by Family Health Freedom Network
Wheatgrass is the young grass of the wheat plant, Triticum aestivum. It is far less expensive to grow your own since it grows throughout Europe and United States, and you can actually grow wheatgrass with greater quality.
Most wheatgrass tastes very bitter. In order to avoid the bitterness, you should harvest right on time, which is around one week after you germinate the seeds when it is at its sweetest. Expose the grass only to indirect sunlight since exposure to direct sunlight contributes to the bitterness.
Growing wheatgrass can develop mold because it is tightly bound in moist soil. If this occurs, the mold can make you sick.
There are three approaches to help limit the risk of growing mold: Planting the wheatgrass in a less congested area to allow a proper air flow, watering less frequently, and spacing the seed so the growth is less dense.
Wheatgrass is a natural source of vitamins and minerals ( a few of which are antioxidants) including:
- Selenium
- Magnesium
- Calcium
- Vitamins A,E and B-12
- Iron
- Zinc and selenium, which help prevent cancer
It contains the full spectrum of B vitamins, as well as phosphorus, potassium and sodium in a balanced ratio. Just two ounces of wheatgrass juice has the nutritional equivalent of five pounds of the best raw organic vegetables, which means that it is a complete source of protein.
Why Wheatgrass Should Be Incorporated In Our Daily Diets
Wheatgrass floods the body with minerals, vitamins enzymes, phytonutrients and antioxidants, and it is very helpful because neutralizes toxins and enviromental pollutants in the body by detoxifing the blood and the liver.
Wheatgrass contains Superoxide Disumate, an enzymes which help protect us from carcinogens, digest toxins in the body’s tissue and organs and cleanses any heavy metals, and pollutants from our systems, lessens the effects of radiation.
Among all other things, wheatgrass is particularly high in chlorophyll which contains more healing properties than any other element.
Photosynthesis is the process through which only green plants can transform the sun’s energy into chlorophyll. In order to heal and thrive your cells, you will need this important phytonutrient.
Oxygen is vital to many body processes, epecially for the brain which uses 25% of the oxygen supply, so the high content of oxygen in chlorophyll helps deliver more oxygen to the blood.
With the regular drinking of wheatgrass juice, blood oxygen levels rise very quickly. This high oxygen helps support a healthy body.
Wheatgrass: The Most Alkalizing Food You Should Be Eating Every Day
The body, in order to remain healthy and balanced, it requires to maintain a blood pH of 7,35 to 7,45. Since wheatgrass is one of the best natural and nutrient rich alkaline booster, we can say that it is the best tool to fight acidity and maintain balance because it washes away too much acidity in the body.
Moreover, wheatgrass can verifiably repair genetic makeup that has been damaged by radioactivity, because it possesses the enzymes P4-D1 and D1-G1.
How To Incorporate The Therapeutic Life Benefits Of Wheatgrass
Some people find eating the daily requirement od vegetables difficult, but with a quick glass of vegetable juice, can be easily accomplished.
It is easier in this way, because juicing helps you absorb all the nutrients from the vegetables as it helps to "pre-digest" them for you.
Wheatgrass tends to have a bitter flavor on its own so adding ingredients like bananas, coconut water and sweet pineapple sweeten things up a little bit.
Coconut and Pineapple Green Smoothie with Wheatgrass Recipe
- 4 ounces organic coconut water
- 4ounces of juice from freshly juiced wheatgrass
- 2 cups pineapple, cubed
- 2 small bananas, peeled
- 1 cup baby spinach
First add the juice to your blender, then put the cubed pineapple and peeled bananas. At last, add the spinach to your blender. Blend on high of 30 seconds or until the smoothie is creamy.
Consume the wheatgrass juice fresh within fifteen minutes of juicing for the best results.
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