Yesterday’s post I said wheatgrass is equal in overall nutritional value to 350 pounds of ordinary garden vegetables. This claim came from a man named Charles Francis Schnabel. He believed the nutritional value of grasses varied through different stages of the plant’s life.
Wheatgrass, when juiced at home or in a juice bar, it’s usually cut right when you order the wheatgrass shot. This way the wheatgrass does not lose any of it’s nutritional benefits before it’s juiced, But more on that tomorrow.
The benefits of wheatgrass include:
- Increases and sustains energy naturally
- Detoxifies and cleanses your body
- High alkalinity helps balance your body’s pH level
- Strengthens your immune system
- Insoluble fiber gently cleanses your digestive tract and promotes regularity
- Complete food with enzymes and all essential amino acids
- Natural source of antioxidants to help repair damaged cells
- Excellent source of beta carotene, folic acid and vitamin C
- Better complexion
- Healthy glow associated with a natural physically fit lifestyle
- The slowing of graying hair
- Induces better sleep
- Improves eyesight and gives clearer night vision
- Cleaner lymphatic systems, resulting to stronger immune system
- Decreases food cravings because of its fibrous content
- Reduces inflammation
- Detoxification on a cellular level—removes metals from the blood.
- Increases clarity of the mind
- Provides steadier nerves
- Gives a better overall physical and mental sense of well-being
Wheatgrass juice contains all of the vitamins and most of the minerals needed by the human body for health and well-being, as well as 80 protein enzymes. It has no toxic side effects and is approximately 70% crude chlorophyll, the rich, green life blood of plants. website
Tomorrow learn how to make wheatgrass for your home and how to juice it properly.