Wheatgrass is the grass that has thicker and bigger leaves. It contains well-structured chlorophyll. People used this plant to make food and drink. We can make this into juice, smoothies, powder, and so on.
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Nutrition of Wheatgrass
It contains :
- Vitamin A, C, E, K, and B complex
- Calcium, magnesium, and iron
- 17 amino acid
- Enzyme
- Protein
- Antioxidant
Benefits of Wheatgrass
1. Prevent our body from cancer and toxic
It has 8 of 17 amino acids. There are prevent our body from cancer and toxic. This benefit can be found on 70% of chlorophyll. These nutritions keep our body from cancer and blood’s toxicity.
2. Reduce cholesterol
The study from Sharma University of Health Sciences di India shows wheatgrass can keep the heart and blood vessels healthy. It helps to reduce cholesterol and triglycerides. Both can trigger inflammation of body tissue. Wheatgrass is given to rabbits with high cholesterol. After ten weeks, rabbits have normal cholesterol again.
3. Balancing blood sugar level
High level of blood sugar cause headache, thirsty, easy urination, and fatigue. Without well treatment, it causes damage of nerve, inflamation of skin, and trouble of vision.
4. Prevents from free radical
Antioxidant on this plans can prevents our body from free radicals. Many research have show this can prevent from some disease that already mention above. It can prevent us from joint pain.
Source : alodokter.com , hellosehat.com
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