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Originally Posted by Wheatenergy
Perhaps one person out of a billion may have a reaction to the myceal mold(3 varieties are here in Florida ) None are pathagenic (technally harmful) there are ALWAYS exceptions to a rule...and MOST people start to detox and blame it on anything they can....mostly the people who work in a drugstore.
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Trust your instincts and stay away from the molds.
We have been growing wheatgrass and producing juice for 35 years. We strongly disagree with the position that molds are not pathenogenic. Perhaps the 3 tested by wheatenergy are not pathenogenic; however, there are hundreds of known species of molds.
Molds are known to release something called mycotoxins. There are 400 known mycotoxins and they are very strange indeed. What makes them unusual is that reactions to them are personal. One mycotoxin may have no affect on one person and produce significant side effects for a second. If you spend a little time on Google, you will note there is a very wide range of reactions.
There are really only a couple of practical ways to test the grass.
- First, visually inspect the grass. You can enhance your visual inspection by using a digital camera. Take a picture of the bottom of the plant and force the flash on. The flash will light up the mold if present and then you can decide what to do. I have attached sample no flash, flash pictures to show you how powerful this technique is.
- Second, molds are bitter and you can taste them. Remember the very best grass that you ever had and use that as a baseline. If the next juice doesn't taste as good, strive to do better, find our why. If is just tastes bad, it probably has high mold contents and should be discarded.
I'd also love to hear how you do following the advice provided by wheatenergy. Good luck!