Everything You Need To Know About The Incredible Healing Powers Of Wheatgrass

by Alexa Erickson
Collective Evolution

Grown from the Red Wheat Berry, wheatgrass is composed of the young shoots of wheat before stalks form a head with grain. It contains no wheat gluten, but produces high concentrations of chlorophyll, antioxidants, active enzymes, vitamins, vital amino acids, and other nutrients. One of the highest and most nutrient-dense superfoods known to man, wheatgrass may very well be your ticket to optimal health.

The History Of Wheatgrass

Consumption of wheatgrass for its health benefits dates back some 5,000 years to ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. Egyptians believed the leafy blades to be sacred and honoured them for their health benefits.

In the 1930s, American agricultural chemist Dr. Charles F Schnabel began a movement that made grasses available for both livestock and human consumption. By the early 1940s, tins of Schnabel’s dry grass powder were available in pharmacies all across North America. He gave the dehydrated grasses to his family of seven, none of whom ever had a serious illness or a decayed tooth.
In the 1950s, Lithuanian-American nutritionist and whole-foods advocate Ann Wigmore began to recognize and take advantage of the full potential of the wheatgrass, popularizing it as a juice that she believed contributed to the remission of cancer. Wigmore initiated a study of natural healing modalities where she discovered that there are 47,000 varieties of grass in the world, all great for human health. This led her to conclude that wheatgrass was the best for a medicinal grass.

Cleansing the body is important in order to offload toxins and control your exposure to environmental chemicals. Wheatgrass is a powerful cleanser that may start an immediate reaction with toxins and mucus in the stomach, while the chlorophyll will bring toxins stored away in cells or in fatty tissue into the bloodstream, allowing them to move naturally out of the body.

Scientific Support for Wheatgrass

Scientists have also proved the healing effects of wheatgrass juice. It has been clinically proven to heal ulcerative colitis, for instance. The April 2002 issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology reported that when patients with active distal ulcerative colitis were given 100cc wheatgrass juice for a month, all of them showed a significant reduction in disease activity. Researchers attributed this to the antioxidant properties of wheatgrass juice.

Wheatgrass juice also offers hope to breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Patients were given wheatgrass juice to observe if it could inhibit myelotoxicity, or bone marrow suppression, with results suggesting it may indeed be capable of reducing the life-threatening condition, even during chemotherapy.

How To Consume Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass is typically ingested as a juice, but it can also be made into powder, tablets, or capsules. In order to make the latter forms, the blades are harvested, dehydrated at a low temperature or freeze-dried, and sold as a dietary supplement. For wheatgrass juice, homegrown, fresh wheatgrass skips the drying process and can be juiced directly after cutting from the soil.

Fresh juice or immediately frozen juice is optimal for consumption due to living enzymes. Powered wheatgrass or capsules are not as beneficial. Tray grown wheatgrass is also inferior to ground grown wheatgrass.

When you first begin taking wheatgrass, you must be mindful of building up your serving sizes, as too much at any given time can make you feel sick. If you are incorporating wheatgrass juice into your diet, begin with 1 ounce per day and slowly graduate to 2 ounces per day.

Wheatgrass should also be ingested on an empty stomach or alongside fruits and vegetables, but never after a meal, which can cause you to feel nauseated.

Wheatgrass Benefits

• A rich source of Vitamin A, C, and B Vitamins
• Packed with calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulphur, cobalt, and zinc
• Boosts immunity
• Increases tissue cell activity and its normal regrowth
• Boosts energy, stamina, and mood
• Slows down aging and reverses wrinkles
• Boosts reproductive health
• Improves blood sugar imbalance
• Increases red blood cell count
• Rids the body of drug deposits
• Lowers blood pressure
• Boosts libido
• Alleviates pain and inflammation
• Protects the liver
• Reduces eczema, psoriasis, sores, and other skin conditions
• Combats halitosis (bad breath)
• Rids the body of mercury, radiation, heavy metals, chlorine, and fluoride

Justin’s Story

Many people have proclaimed their personal success stories with incorporating wheatgrass into their diet. Justin Booth, for example, told his story to Collective Evolution this year. In 2012, he found himself at the hospital, a team of doctors explaining to him that his body was beginning to deteriorate.

Justin wrote, “Thirteen years of severe substance abuse accompanied by the spending of hundreds of thousands of dollars — earned both legally and illegally — and I thought to myself, ‘Is this how it’s all going to end?’ ” He had second stage kidney failure, which was causing his liver to shut down.

Justin eventually found himself consuming wheatgrass juice regularly as a means to detoxify his body, and replace the synthetic medications he was being prescribed.

“After 3 months of regular wheatgrass juice consumption partnered with other small changes in my diet and lifestyle (10-15 minute daily jog, meditation, cleaner eating, etc.) I was a completely new Justin. My skin began to clear, I was no longer tired throughout the day, and my cravings for substances I was once heavily addicted to had completely subsided.”

Check out the wheatgrass Justin used during his time healing his body.

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