Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass is immature wheat. It is lovely fresh green shoots that are picked a very long time before it matures into wheat. 

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Wheatgrass Health Benefits

  • Gluten Free

    Wheatgrass does not contain any gluten. Many people can have a reaction to gluten, which is in wheat that has been made into bread. But it is the grain of wheat that contains gluten not the grassy shoots. The reaction to gluten can upset your stomach and cause a lot of pain.

  • Increases energy

    Wheatgrass also gives you more oomph because it cleans your body. There is sludge in the body that needs to be got rid of. The body can get rid of this itself but as the saying goes every little helps. So it uses ingredients in wheatgrass to boost its cleaning power. This means everything runs much better.  

  • Improves metabolism

    The fact that everything is running well means that it speeds up a little. Your metabolism is the name for all the processes that are going on in your body keeping it ticking over. It is what keeps you alive.

  • Improves sleep

    Normally when you are asleep the body goes into housekeeping mode. This means it cleans up your organs from what you have been eating the day before. If what you have been eating is helping to do that house-keeping you will wake up feeling much more refreshed and ready to face the new day. 

  • Fights illness

    When you come into contact with the bugs that cause you to make be sick, the vitamins in wheatgrass mean you are less likely to feel poorly.