4 Health Benefits Of Wheatgrass Plus How To Use It

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There are so many health benefits of wheatgrass, regardless of whether you take it fresh or in powdered form.

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• Benefits
• Dosage and Side Effects
• Fresh Juice vs. Powder
• How to Use It

While wheatgrass is considered to be a healthy and safe dietary supplement, you shouldn’t take it to treat any health conditions without talking to your doctor.

Technically, wheatgrass is gluten-free, even though it comes from the wheat plant (gluten comes from the seeds, not the grass), per the Celiac Disease Foundation. But if wheatgrass isn’t harvested and processed correctly, there’s a risk of gluten contamination. If you’re avoiding gluten, check with your doctor before taking wheatgrass juice or powdered supplements.

But if wheatgrass isn’t harvested and processed correctly, there’s a risk of gluten contamination. If you’re avoiding gluten, check with your doctor before taking wheatgrass juice or powdered supplements.

      American Botanical Council: HerbClip News
    
      IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences: Green Blood Therapy of Wheat Grass-Nature ’ s Finest Medicine ’-A Literature Review
    
      Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry: The Medical Use of Wheatgrass: Review of the Gap Between Basic and Clinical Applications
    
      Journal of Dietary Supplements: "Impact of Wheatgrass (Triticum Aestivum L.) Supplementation on Atherogenic Lipoproteins and Menopausal Symptoms in Hyperlipidemic South Asian Women – a Randomized Controlled Study"
    
      Food Science Research Journal: "Effect of Supplementation of Wheat Grass (Triticum Aestivum L.) Powder on Blood Glucose Level of Selected Diabetic Subjects"
    
      Journal of Clinical Oncology: "The Effects of Wheatgrass Juice Administration in Colon Cancer Patients During Adjuvant Chemotherapy and the Treatment Reflection on the Extracellular Vesicles."
    
      International Journal of Chemical Studies: "A Pilot Study on Wheat Grass Juice for Its Phytochemical, Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential on Chronic Diseases."
    
      Celiac Disease Foundation: Gluten-Free Foods
    
      International Journal of Chemical Studies: A pilot study on wheat grass juice for its phytochemical, nutritional and therapeutic potential on chronic diseases.
    
      Functional Foods in Health and Disease: Wheatgrass and Health
    
      Journal of Food Science: Nutritional Quality and Antioxidant Activity of Wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) Unwrap by Proteome Profiling and DPPH and FRAP assays
    
      American Journal of Clinic Nutrition: Dietary intake and blood concentrations of antioxidants and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, and all-cause mortality: