Whats in Wheat Germ Extract and How Does it Work?
According to the article, “Fermented Wheat Germ Extract Beneficial in Cancer Therapy,” by Jeremiah Smith, published October 14, 2008 in Natural News.com Wheat germ is the most nutritious part of the wheat kernel, one of the most nutritionally dense foods available. Fermented wheat germ extract also is being used to treat cancer patients. They key word is ‘fermented.’ When subjected to yeast fermentation, wheat germ becomes a source of two biologically active substances: 2-methoxy-benzoquinone and 2,6-dimethoxy-benzoquinone. Following fermentation, the resulting product can be standardized to a benzoquinone concentration that is capable of producing the desired health effects. Investigation into the biochemical significance of fermented wheat germ began with Albert Szent-Györgyi. Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian physiologist, credited with the isolation of vitamin C, and recipient of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He strongly believed in the idea of food as medicine. Szent
