Why wheatgrass

Grass is often considered the most ubiquitous form of vegetation. There are thousands of varieties. It grows most everywhere in the world and through all kinds of seasons—even after the bitterest of winters, come the spring, grass will invariably sprout up again. Many times grass is noticed for when it grows where it’s not “supposed to”—say, through the cracks of a sidewalk or fight in the middle of a city street. Grass comes from seeds such as wheat, oats, or barley.

            Wheatgrass is a variety of grass (under the domain of cereal grasses) and is an extremely popular and potent herbal medicine, known for its healing and nutritional properties. While there are many more cereal grasses, wheatgrass is the most popular as it is the most palatable to humans. Scientists and researchers have studied its properties and uses for decades, and many consider it “nature’s most complete food”—it’s been said that man can survive with eating grasses alone due to the range of nutrients available. Wheatgrass has been used to heal, to detoxify, and to enhance the health of its users. Wheatgrass is also considered a “living food” because of the existence not only of vitamins and minerals in it, but amino acids, fatty acids, and enzymes—all integral to living healthier and better. The varying products of wheatgrass all aim at aiding the body to flush out impurities, to heal itself, and to enhance its performance.

            What is exciting about integrating wheatgrass into one’s diet is none of its nutrients are processed or synthetically created. At the heart of wheatgrass’s power lies a substance only plants can provide—stored energy that comes directly from the sun. How it comes into play in the human body, together with the other nutrients contained in wheatgrass, is nothing short of a miracle. One that has been there all our lives, beneath our feet.