Wheatgrass: Facts, History and Health Benefits

Wheatgrass is widely consumed as a superfood, health tonic and dietary supplement. Grown for its impressive array of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids and chlorophyll content, it is the young leaves of the wheat plant, Triticum aestivum. It is commonly found as a shot at juice bars, as capsules or in powder form as a supplement at natural food shops.

Purported health benefits and curative properties are as innumerable as they are fantastic, bordering on magical. It’s incredibly easy to grow with little supplies and skill required. Anybody seeking a natural, sustainable and medicinal elixir would be remiss to overlook the advantages of growing your own wheatgrass at home.

Plant History & Origin

The origin of consuming raw wheatgrass can be traced back thousands of years. Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations regularly used wheatgrass as a purifying health food. The Essenes, a religious sect that lived near the Dead Sea around the beginning of the common era proclaimed that wheatgrass was the perfect food for the human race. The holy book of the Essenes, The Gospel of Peace, was translated by Hungarian linguist and philosopher Edmond Bordeaux Szekely in 1923, claiming their principles of well being and nutrition were taught to them by Jesus. In it were the pronouncements that the…