An Anatomy of Wheatgrass: Nature’s Perfect Health Food

Wheatgrass. When most people hear this word, they think of shots, smoothies, and all natural health drinks.

While wheatgrass is widely known as something that’s commonly found in health food stores and at juice bars, it is available in other forms and can be grown in a home garden.

Because wheatgrass is fairly popular today, it’s well known and often used, however there’s more to wheatgrass than just trendy all-natural juice bars and coffee shop concoctions.

The truth is that wheatgrass comes with a rich history and a wide variety of health benefits that many people may not even know about.

Read on to learn all about wheatgrass, and how you can enjoy this nutrient rich plant food that provides a wide variety of health benefits.

What is Wheatgrass?

A type of grass, wheatgrass is a food made from the cotyledons of the wheat plant scientifically known as triticum aestivum.

Cotyledons are the “seed leaves” of the plant, or the grass part you’re used to seeing.

History and How It Works

Wheatgrass has been around for more than 5,000 years and has been traced to Egypt and possibly some early Mesopotamian civilizations.

In western civilizations, wheatgrass was first used in the 1930s when used in experiments by Charles F. Schnabel who was working to popularize the plant.

Within a decade, Schnabel was successfully selling cans of the powdered plant in major drugstores across America and Canada.

Due to the natural chemicals found in wheatgrass, it is thought to be a rich source of antioxidants and contain anti-inflammatory properties.

Due to this, many people believe that wheatgrass will be helpful for the listed health problems and even help kill bacterial infections.

Nutrients

Wheatgrass, which is 70% chlorophyll, is commonly sold as a juice or a powder, which act as concentrated sources of nutrients such as:

• Vitamin A, C, and E
• Calcium
• Iron
• Magnesium
• Amino acids

Since the juice of wheatgrass is extracted from the plant’s sprouts, it is also gluten free.

A 1-oz. serving of wheat grass juice has:

• 5 calories
• 1 gram of carbohydrates
• Less than 1 gram of sugar
• 6% of daily value of vitamin C
• 10% daily value of iron

Alkaline Food

As it’s broken down in the body, food produces either alkalizing compounds or acids.

Wheatgrass is an alkalinizing food and a diet rich in alkalizing foods supports alkalinity and therefore natural homeostasis in the body.

Forms

While it is normally sold, it can also be grown and harvested right from home.

The roots, rhizome, and above-ground parts of the wheat grass are used to create medicines while the grass itself can be added to drinks and foods for an extra shot of vitamins and minerals.

Wheatgrass is also available as a spray, a liquid herbal supplement, herbal supplement tablets, massage lotion, cream, and gel.

How Wheatgrass Is Used In Healing

Wheatgrass also contains chlorophyll and enzymes like most plants, which are where much of the health benefits come from. Many believe in the healing properties of wheatgrass and it is used in a variety of ways.

Wheatgrass is used to treat a variety of conditions making it highly versatile and very popular.

It touches most of the different bodily systems and helps with different functions that encourage optimal health.

• For one, wheatgrass is used for increasing the production of hemoglobin, which is a chemical found in red blood cells that carry oxygen through the blood.

• It is also used to improve blood sugar disorders like diabetes, improve and accelerate wound healing, prevent bacterial infections, and even prevent tooth decay.

• Wheatgrass is also useful for removing toxins in the blood and liver such as drugs and heavy metals as well as cancer-causing agents in the body.

It helps to cleanse the various systems so that you feel lighter, better, and healthier overall.



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