Whether dehydrated or fresh, all vegetables have cell walls. Obviously, since juicing vegetables is a relatively new idea, our digestive system must be able to digest vegetables with cell walls or none of us would be here.
Clearly, vegetables do not need to be made into a juice to “break down the cell wall.” Further, it does not matter whether the vegetable is fresh or a dehydrated powder. In fact, vegetable powders are easier to digest because they are milled much finer than anyone could possibly chew the vegetable. As far as dehydration is concerned, for thousands of years our species has dehydrated foods in season for later use.
Whether cereal grass is somehow unique and has to be used only as a juice, dehydrated cereal grass powder was used for all the extensive positive medical research published by Ann Wigmore and other authors. If the powder could not be digested, it would not have produced the significant results in the medical journals.
Regardless of the kind of whole food vegetable or whether it is dried or fresh, the bodies of humans and all other mammals are very capable of breaking down the cell wall and digesting plants and extracting nutrients. Grasses are no different. History of the use of whole food grass powders for humans and other animals is extensive and very positive.
Frankly, the mistaken belief that digestion can’t break down the cell wall of vegetables leads people to believe juice must be extracted from vegetables. Obviously, that is not true. For millions of years, all mammals have eaten grasses and other vegetables in the whole food form and have survived very well.
With the recent research showing that vegetables with the fiber still intact are essential for probiotic bacteria, juicing machines are giving way to blenders, NutriBullets, Vitamixes, etc. These whole food blending machines allow people to drink whole food vegetables instead of depending on extracted juice. Smoothies are now much more popular than juice because they still provide prebiotic effects. Adding a teaspoon of nutrient-dense green powders from PINES is a great way to fortify any smoothie to add another serving of a green vegetable to the mix.
Eating whole foods allows the fiber to remain after digestion and serve as a roughage to support probiotic bacteria. This article points out the fallacy of needing to juice a vegetable to “break down” the cell wall and the danger of depending on juices rather than whole foods. It also indicates that if one uses juice, adding a teaspoon of cereal grass powder from PINES will aid in the digestion of the juice by providing media for probiotic bacteria.
Regardless of the kind of whole food vegetable or whether it's dried or fresh, the digestive systems of humans and all other mammals is very capable of digesting plants and extracting nutrients.