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Skeptoid #6: Wheatgrass Juice

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2006

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Wheatgrass juice contains virtually nothing of nutritional value to the human body.

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0:00.0

King of the Hill of superfruit and detox juices has to be the original, wheatgrass juice,

0:10.5

essentially blended up grass.

0:13.1

Its fans claim it has incredible nutritional value and all sorts of assorted benefits,

0:18.5

but a simple nutritional analysis finds that it contains almost nothing of value to the

0:23.4

human body.

0:24.4

You're not a cow, so you shouldn't feed yourself like a cow.

0:29.9

Wheatgrass juice is today on Skeptoid.

0:39.6

Hey everyone, Brian here.

0:41.3

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0:45.0

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0:49.4

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0:52.8

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0:58.0

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0:59.3

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1:01.1

Please visit survey.prx.org slash Skeptoid to take the survey today.

1:08.4

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1:16.2

Thanks.

1:22.0

You're listening to Skeptoid.

1:23.5

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

1:26.9

Wheatgrass juice.

1:29.1

The other day I was getting a pineapple smoothie for lunch when I happened to notice a poster

1:33.8

extolling the virtues of wheatgrass juice.

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