Amazing Grass!

i tend to talk a lot about products i believe in. i'm a coach and an athlete afterall. my life revolves around my health. when i find a product i think improves my ability to train hard and recover i start telling everyone about it.

i've been interested in wheat grass ever since last winter. i stayed in slc with patagonia ultrarunner roch horton, ultra running legend and like 10 time finisher of the hardrock 100 (no i didn't get in ~ sux). i tend to study these types. you have to assume they are doing something right. so i ask a lot of questions, etc. ask karl meltzer about our first time we met in hawaii... i must have asked him 300 questions about how he trains in the first 2 hours.

anyway roch had a little plot of wheat grass and a wheat grass juicer on his counter. so i figured there must be something do it. however i wasn't interested in actually growing it if i could avoid it. after looking around a bit i found amazing grass wheat grass powder (at my local overpriced whole foods)! it's a great easy alternative and apparently has 10x the chlorophyll of tray grown wheatgrass.

here are some benefits:

• Increases and sustains energy naturally
• Detoxifies and cleanses your body
• High alkalinity helps balance your body’s pH level
• Strengthens your immune system
• Insoluble fiber gently cleanses your digestive tract and promotes regularity
• Complete food with enzymes and all essential amino acids (enzymes = proper digestion, amino acids = muscle repair)
• Natural source of antioxidants to help repair damaged cells (this one is huge for ultra athletes!)
• Excellent source of beta carotene, folic acid and vitamin C
• Whole leaf powder- not from juice!
• Dehydrated below 107 and nitrogen packed to preserve the raw food properties
• 10x the chlorophyll of tray grown wheatgrass juice
• Field grown outdoors through a cold winter
• Tested free of mold
• Gluten free and Vegan
• Certified Organic

now i can't claim wheat grass juice or the amazing grass powder taste very good. however i feel like that is a small price to pay for the health benefits (this is the same theory i used to use with jack daniels for the buzz beneifts). with the powder you can add small amounts to foods you eat and not notice it.. i've been putting it in my smoothies and shakes. even though i eat a lot of veggies already i feel like this has helped tremendously and i've been putting in some real work lately.

give it a try and let me know what you think.