Wheatgrass Powder

Smoothie Recipes with Wheatgrass

About Wheatgrass Powder

Wheatgrass has been consumed for over 5,000 years.  Egyptians would consume it for it’s effect on health and vitality.  It has been sold in the United States since the 1930’s.

Wheatgrass is gluten free.  The name makes it confusing and it is often a misperception.

Nutrition Benefits of Wheatgrass Powder

Wheatgrass is a superfood.  It contains high amounts of chlorophyll.  There are a lot of reported potential health benefits related to wheatgrass including blood cell health, gastrointestinal health, metabolism booster, tyroid support, liver and detox, sleep, anti-inflammation, radiation support, and others.

Nutrition Facts

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Wheatgrass Powder scores well for 8 health goals

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The Research

Cancer: Score 90

Summary:

Animal: Wheat Grass demonstrated anti-leukemic potential that might be due to the presence of flavonoids and polyphenolics in it. Wheat grass compounds show anti-proliferative activity against tumor cells and tissues. In Vitro: It causes growth inhibition in human cervical cancer cells. It inhibits human laryngeal cancer cell proliferation. It induces apoptosis in human cancer cells via proteasome modulation. It has anti-mutagenic activity that is independent of its chlorophyll content. It induces programmed cell death in colon cancer cell lines

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Lung Cancer: Score 90

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Animal: It contains polyphenols that inhibit lung cancer caused by metastatic melanoma.

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Breast Cancer: Score 88

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Human: It may reduce myelotoxicity and need for granulocyte colony stimulating factors in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

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Cholesterol: Score 86

Summary:

Ameliorates hyperlipidemia and associated oxidative stress in a high fat diet. Wheat Grass is found in the Ancient Chocolate and Ancient Greens Superfood Mixes.

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Circulatory System (Cardiovascular): Score 86

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Ameliorates hyperlipidemia and associated oxidative stress in a high fat diet. Wheat Grass is found in the Ancient Chocolate and Ancient Greens Superfood Mixes.

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Erectile Dysfunction: Score 86

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Ameliorates hyperlipidemia and associated oxidative stress in a high fat diet. Wheat Grass is found in the Ancient Chocolate and Ancient Greens Superfood Mixes.

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Leukemia: Score 86

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Animal: Wheat grass demonstrated anti-leukemic potential that might be due to the presence of flavonoids and polyphenolics in it.

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Colon Health: Score 84

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In Vitro: It induces programmed cell death in colon cancer cell lines.

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How Our Scoring System Works

For each health goal, we assigned a score to each recipe and each ingredient. This helps you better understand the correlation that medical research is suggesting between foods and benefits to various health goals. Our scoring system is based on REAL RESEARCH published on pubmed.gov. This is a website that curates over 25 million different biomedical journals.

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What we consider when creating your scores:

  • 1Type of Study (human, animal, lab, or academic review)
  • 2Amount of Research
  • 3What the Research Says
  • 4How much of the ingredient we use (for the recipes)
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