Wheatgrass and Its Bushels of Nutritional Benefits
Author: John J. Fike
With the growing concern over our health and the important role that diet plays, tens of
million of people all over the globe are looking for dependable food sources and one food
keeps on turning up in their research and in conversations with those they trust: wheatgrass. At the same time, there is an army of skeptics who are spreading misinformation and disinformation like a poorly run propaganda smear campaign. In this article, I give you some nutritional facts and the benefits that wheatgrass can give you so you can make up your own mind.
There are bushels of benefits in wheatgrass:
Wheatgrass is the young grass stage of grain plants (wheat, rice, and oats are grasses) taken just after sprouting. Within its young tender sprouts lie one of nature's few "whole foods" -- fast becoming one of the most popular and widely used health supplements for very sound nutritional reasons:
Chlorophyll... 20 amino acids, several hundred different enzymes not found in other foods, as many as 90 out of 102 possible minerals, a full menu of vitamins, phytochemicals, and other important nutrients. Authorities have described chlorophyll as "Quite possibly the closest
thing to the fountain of youth man has ever conjured up."
Wheatgrass gives you these exciting health benefits. In its tender young shoots you get a bounty of nutrition. How do these incredible health results come about?Because wheatgrass is plain chock full of nutrition!
Take a look:
Vitamins:
Vitamin C, Vitamin E (succinate), Vitamin A (beta-carotene), choline, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6 (pyridoxine), B7 (biotin), B9 (folic acid), B12 (cyanocobalamin), Vitamin K
Minerals and Trace Minerals (partial list):
zinc, selenium, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, boron, chloride, chromium, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, sodium, sulphur (up to as many as 90 out of 102 possible minerals)
Amino Acids:
tryptophan, glutamic acid, alanine, methionine, arginine, lysine, aspartic acid, cystine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryosine, valine, and
small polypeptides
Enzymes:
super-oxide dismutase, peroxidase, phosphatase, catalase, cytochrome oxidase, dnase, RnaseSuperoxide, hexokinase, malic dehygrogenase, nitrate reductase, nitrogen oxyreductase, fatty acid oxidase, phosolipase, polyphenoloxidase, dismustase, transhydrogenase (all told: several hundred enzymes not found in other foods)
Phytochemicals:
chlorophyll, carotenoids, bioflavonoids, growth hormones, RNA, DNA
Wheatgrass contains the entire B-complex:
The B-complex vitamins are actually a group of eight vitamins, which include thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), pyridoxine (B6), biotin (B7), folic acid (B9), and cyanocobalamin (B12). The B-complex is essential for:
•Delivering energy by breaking down carbohydrates into glucose.
•Helping the immune and nervous systems by breaking down fats and proteins.
•Maintaining toned stomach and intestinal muscles.
•Maintaining healthy skin, hair, eyes, mouth, and the liver.
•Promote cell growth and division especially in red blood cells to prevent anemia.
W A R N I N G:
Serious risks in drinking fresh wheatgrass juice:
Fresh wheatgrass juice is the most popular form of wheatgrass. And yes: there are some serious drawbacks. What's one of the most popular ways to get your detoxifying chlorophyll? By making fresh wheatgrass juice in a juicer.
About the Author
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