Health enthusiasts from all over the world are starting to take notice of the wonders of wheatgrass. Because of its high nutrition content (almost triple that of your typical green veggies) and the many reassuring testimonials from different people, it is fast making believers out of skeptics. What’s more, aside from the awesome goodness wheatgrass contains, it is extremely easy to grow. Grow it in a tray, in a pot in the garden or inside your home—it’s that easy.
Going back to the benefits of wheatgrass, let’s take a closer look at why wheatgrass is the perfect juice.
First, it can serve as a great substitute for certain multivitamin tablets. One of the benefits of wheatgrass is that it is filled with vitamin A, C and E, calcium, magnesium, potassium and iron. Wheatgrass essentially has got you covered from head to toe, from A to Z.
A list of some of the vitamins in wheatgrass:
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B8, B12
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
A list of some of the minerals in wheatgrass:
- Calcium
- Iodine
- Selenium
- Magnesium
- Potassium
- Iron
- Zinc
- Enzyme storehouse
Another benefit of wheatgrass is that it stores and releases into your body tons of enzymes that are beneficial to your body. Enzymes are critically important in the human body as they are in charge of breaking down food into simpler parts albeit digestion and it is a catalyst and speeds bodily processes up. So the next time you have a wound, constipation problems or want to lose weight fast, take a shot at wheatgrass and you’ll be delightfully surprised.
One of the best benefits of wheatgrass is that it is a complete food. A wheatgrass shake is the perfect substitute for multivitamins because it has the necessary vitamins like Vitamins A, C, and E in large doses. Also the chlorophyll content in wheatgrass (which is around 70%) has been proven to be very powerful.
A list of some of the enzymes stored in wheatgrass:
- Amylase
- Protease
- Soperoxide Dismutase (SOD)
- Cytochrome Oxidase
- Lipase
- Transhydrogenase
- Amino Acids
Aside from protein enzymes that help the body function properly and efficiently, wheatgrass has loads of amino acids too. It provides 8 of the essential amino acids needed by the body and 13 of the non-essential amino acids. And these amino acids shouldn’t be taken lightly either, as each kind of amino acid has been linked to specific roles in the body.
A list of the amino acids found in wheatgrass are:
- Abensic - anti cancer agent
- Alanine- blood builder
- Arginine- seminal fluid
- Aspartic acid- energy
- Glutamic acid- mental alertness
- Glycine- energy
- Histidine- hearing and nerve function
- Isoleucine- growth in infants
- Loucine- energy and nerve stimulation
- Lysine- anti aging
- Methionine- kidney and liver cleanser
- Phenylaianine thyroid function
- Proline- Glutamic acid absorption
- Serine- brain stimulation
- Threonine- digestion and assimilation
- Tryptophane- skin and hair growth
- Valine- brain/muscle coordination
- Wheatgrass Green with Chlorophyll
Last but not the least, one of the biggest reasons why wheatgrass is so beneficial to the human body is because of chlorophyll. That scientific term we all learned in school along with biology, plants and photosynthesis is behind a lot of the benefits wheatgrass has to offer.
Amazingly, chlorophyll is very much identical in molecular structure to human blood. And with this, it has been found that chlorophyll is able to increase the number of red blood cells in the body, protect the body from cancer, aging, toxins and free radicals and so forth.
While I usually dedicate a whole post to the benefits of chlorophyll (benefit of wheatgrass), to give you a nutshell on just how powerful chlorophyll is let me list just a few of the benefits chlorophyll has to offer here:
- Protects against cancer
- Detoxifies and neutralizes toxins and polluting elements
- Increases red blood cell supply
- Lowers blood pressure
- Inhibits bacterial growth
I hope this post is enough to convince you of the wonderful properties of drinking just an ounce of wheatgrass everyday. So get your manual wheatgrass juicer out now and squeeze some juice!
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I’m diabetic can wheatgrass help lower my A1c.
I’m diabetic can wheatgrass help lower my A1c.also does wheatberries have the same benefits as wheatgrass