Wheatgrass Health Benefits

Wheatgrass is a rich source of nutrients, it contains ninety of the estimated one hundred and two minerals, it has about the same level of protein as meat, as well as traces of vitamin B12. Naturally its mineral content will vary according to the type of soil it’s grown on, that’s why it’s better to grow your own in trays filled with organic soil. It is also a rich source of digestive enzymes, these are a most important addition to the diet, since today’s highly processed food is devoid of these. If we eat an eighty percent raw diet of organic fruits and vegetables, then digestive enzymes are readily supplied.

Wheatgrass also contains the anti- oxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase ( SOD), as well as P4D1. The latter is a gluco protein which acts to stimulate the renewal of DNA and RNA, that is it slows down the degenerative process of diseases. It reduces inflammation, and it has proved to be a very successful addition to the diets of those with arthritis. P4D1 also helps the immune system to attack cancer cells. Superoxide dismutase is the enzyme found in healthy cells, which protects them from free radicals.

Wheatgrass contains large quantities of mucopolysaccharides, these have the ability to strengthen all body tissues, and generally stimulate the body’s repair mechanisms. Because this is an ongoing process in the body, these mucopolysaccharides slow down the aging process, and aid in the repair of damaged heart and artery tissue.

Wheatgrass is a rich source of chlorophyll, the properties of which have been widely researched. This substance capture’s the energy of sunlight and stores it within its cell, which we can then use to sustain our lives. Chlorophyll’s benefits are numerous, it is anti-bacterial, detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, purifying, nourishing, to name just a few of its properties.

Wheatgrass juice improves digestion, lowers blood pressure, prevents tooth decay, can dissolve scars in the body, removes heavy metals, improves digestion, it rebuilds, and neutralizes toxins.

Personally I find it a rather sickly drink, however, if I add an apple to the juicer, it makes a very pleasant drink. I grow trays of wheatgrass, and yet I never seem to have enough to have a glass of it a day. I will have to improve my methods of cultivation. I must admit, I don’t pack the wheatgrass seeds into the trays, for I don’t want mould to grow. This is something you have to be careful with, for it would defeat the purpose if you drink mouldy wheatgrass juice.