Wheatgrass is the young grass of the wheat plant and is harvested early when its nutrients and minerals contents are at its peak.
Wheatgrass is reported to contain a much higher level of vitamin E, selenium, phosphorus, manganese, chlorophyll, etc.
The most outstanding feature of the wheatgrass is its very high content of chlorophyll at about 70%. This alone makes it a superfood that has a highly energizing and alkalizing effect.
Wheatgrass is a complete food and an excellent source of vitamin C, E, K and B complex (including B12). In the minerals department, it is rich in calcium, cobalt, germanium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, protein, sodium, sulphur, and zinc.
This miracle grass also has a long list of amino acids—about 17 types of them and about 80 known enzymes.
WHAT IS CHLOROPHYLL?
When you hear the word “chlorophyll“, you may remember this word from Biology in school. To some of you, the word may mean almost nothing, other than the green thing in plants.
Yes, it is “the green thing” in plants, the phytochemical that makes plants green. But, it is also a very important proteinous compound that acts as our internal healer, cleanser, antiseptic, cell stimulator, rejuvenator and red blood cell builder, just as it is the “lifeblood” of the plant.
If you are like me on Blood transfusions (Every three weeks) then this must be part of your diet if you are Leukemic especially.
Studies have shown that chlorophyll molecule is remarkably similar to hemoglobin in human blood, the substance that carries oxygen in our body. Except that our hemoglobin has an iron element in the center of the structure and chlorophyll has a magnesium element (see picture below). Experiments have shown that our body is able to convert chlorophyll into hemoglobin, thereby enriching the blood.
Iron quantities are negligible, although I fight to rid my body overdose of Iron due to transfusions it is not enough to not warrant taking this powerful blood stimulator.
