Nutritional Value of Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass contains a vast amount of nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and amino acids. But the nutritional value of wheatgrass is largely due to its high content of chlorophyll – 70% high in fact.

Chlorophyll is considered to be the “blood of plants”, with the only actual difference from red blood cells (haemoglobin) in human blood being that its chief chemical element is magnesium, whereas in red blood cells it is iron.

The chlorophyll in wheatgrass can increase the body’s resistance to illness by helping to build red blood cells, purify the blood, and detoxify the organs.

With the exception of vitamin D, wheatgrass is an excellent source of the essential vitamins required to keep your body at its optimal level of health. Wheatgrass contains more vitamin A than carrots and more vitamin C than oranges. It is especially rich in the B-complex vitamins, as well as in vitamins E and K.

Wheatgrass is known to retain 92 minerals of the 102 found in soil. Calcium, phosphorous, potassium, iron, magnesium, and a host of other minerals are abundant in wheatgrass.

Enzymes, key to metabolising nutrients in your body, are plentiful in wheatgrass. When ingested, these enzymes increase the amount of the enzymes already in your cells, thereby increasing the efficiency of your metabolism.

Wheatgrass contains 17 amino acids, the building bocks of protein. These amino acids are essential for tissue rebuilding, cell repair, and blood clotting.

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