Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine | Wheat Grass Therapy

Definition

Wheat grass, sometimes written as wheatgrass or wheat-grass, is a young green wheat plant (genus Agropyron) harvested before it develops grain kernels and turns the traditional yellow color associated with wheat stalks. Wheat grass is commonly prepared as a juice, and is consumed either alone, or as a mixture with other juices.

Wheat grass is a source of many nutrients. Differences between samples of wheat grass due to variable growing conditions, quality of seed, and other factors including dose amounts and form will produce variable amounts of nutrients in any single dose of wheat grass. The following is a partial list.

• biotin
• choline
• lutein
• lycopene
• betacarotene
• thiamine
• riboflavin
• niacin
• pantothenic acid
• pyridoxine
• folic acid
• vitamin C
• vitamin E
• vitamin K
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