Wheat Grass Powder

Green Leaves International  Organic wheat grass powder 100 gms packs. Available in air tight jars.

Wheatgrass is the green leaves of a young wheat plant. While there are many wheat species, the most common is known as Triticum aestivum.

In the first few weeks of growth, these leaves look like the grass in your yard. The wheatgrass is cut and then turned into a juice or dried and made into a powdered form. When consumed, it has an earthy taste.

The vibrant green color of wheatgrass comes from chlorophyll. spinach and arugula.

Wheatgrass also includes enzymes, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, as well as flavonoids, alkaloids and tannins.

You can find wheatgrass juice and powder in health food stores and online. You can also find fresh-cut wheatgrass at some grocery stores. Prescott says some people even grow and juice it themselves.

“In that case, it’s the freshest,” says Prescott. “But depending on your growing strategies, it can also get contaminated with bacteria or mold from the soil that you grow it in.”

Health benefits of wheatgrass

With its Animal studies show that wheatgrass may help lower cholesterol.

A control group was fed a high-fat diet, while the experimental group was given a high-fat diet plus wheatgrass.

“The animals that were fed a combination of a high-fat diet and wheatgrass overall had decreased levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol and total cholesterol,” shares Prescott.

Reduces inflammation

The anti-inflammatory properties found in wheatgrass may help with chronic inflammation.

More research is needed, but it might help those who have conditions like arthritis and