Today we are going to tell you about a plant whose benefits have been ignored by you for quite some time. It is a plant that has a cure for unlimited number of diseases. We are talking about the nutritious, Wheatgrass. You can consider it a “gift of nature” for all your health related problems.
The wheatgrass plant comes from the family of Poaceae; barley, oats and rye all come from the same family. Wheatgrass spouts from the seeds of wheat and it is harvested after 7 to 10 days of its plantation. To get the wheatgrass juice it is squeezed by a specially designed juicer.
Why wheatgrass is so nutritious? Wheatgrass is harvested at the jointing stage, this is a stage where the supply of vitamins, proteins, enzymes and chlorophyll is maximum. After jointing stage its nutritional value diminishes. This is the reason why, when you consume one ounce of wheatgrass juice you get nutritional value equal to 2 pounds of leafy vegetables.
Schnabel a scientist in 1940s stated that “15 pounds of the wheat grass can offer nutrients that are comparable to 350 pounds of other common garden vegetables”.
This ordinary looking grass contains a lot of minerals, almost 90, including calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, potassium and sodium. There are almost 19 amino acids contained in it. You can also find 13 vitamins in it including vitamin B12 (rare in vegetables).
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