What are the benefits of taking Wheat Grass?
Wheat grass powder is a concentrated source of vegetable greens, essential to life. Chlorophyll, for natural cleansing of the blood and support to the immune system, and Beta Carotene, the precursor of Vitamin A, are present in highly significant quantities. Wheat Grass powder is an alkaline food. Alkaline foods keep the body from losing bone calcium. Wheat grass contains significant levels of anti-oxidants. We have known of the presence of the antioxidant superoxide dis-mutase, but the presence of Vitamin E Succinate an analogue of alpha-tocopherol, and an even more powerful anti-oxidant,’ 2′-O-glycosyl isovitexin, which is an isoflavonoid have been reported. Although isoflaonoids are potential therapeutic ‘anti-estrogens’, they have significant antioxidant value as well. Wheat grass is a valuable source of folates and folic acid, an essential B Vitamin, to help prevent neural tube defects like spina bifida. Wheat grass contains significant levels of Omega-3 alpha linolenic fatty acid
