Wheatgrass is your complete food supplement for your general health. It cleanses, alkalizes and nourishes your blood and ultimately your body.
Wheatgrass is the young wheat plant and has 13 vitamins, 10 minerals, 17 amino acids and more than a hundred enzymes. Wheatgrass has the highest level of alkaline minerals than any other food.
This means that wheatgrass will make your blood alkaline. Processed foods, preservatives, pollution, stress and lack of exercise can make your blood acidic, causing all sorts of sickness.
When your blood is alkaline, your body utilizes nutrients better, blood flows smoother, cancer cells are less likely to form.
What is Wheatgrass?
Wheatgrass vs. Grains
Wheatgrass is the YOUNG GRASS sprouted from wheat grains, which has been allowed to grow for 7 to 8 days. Wheat grains, on the other hand, are the seeds of the wheat plant.
Wheatgrass is juiced or powdered and taken because of its huge amount and high level content of nutrients which include vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, phytochemicals and more than 100 types of enzymes.
Wheat grains are eaten or added to food (like bread, biscuits, cookies, cakes) to increase its fiber content.
Wheatgrass or sprout does not contain gluten thus will not cause gluten-related allergies. In contrast, some people are allergic to wheat grains because it contains gluten.