I’ve always been one of those who loves vitamins, super foods and supplements. I’ve heard bits and bats about wheatgrass, but I’ve never really looked into how good for you it actually is.
Wheatgrass is said to have tonnes of health benefits, it has 19 amino acids and 92 minerals! It’s usually found in a form of grass, juice or powder and has therapeutic and healing properties . It contains no wheat gluten and is thought to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
It has more than 10 benefits, but I have put together the ones I found most impressive in a quick and easy list for your reading pleasure. I’ve kept the science and complicated words out in order to keep it as simple and to the point as possible.
10 Benefits of Wheatgrass
- It helps control blood pressure.
- It acts as a detoxifier and protects the liver.
- It aids digestion to relieve constipation.
- It helps the immune system.
- It helps skin rejuvenation – mix the powder with milk for a face mask to help with blackheads, whiteheads and acne! It also has anti-ageing properties and helps sagging skin, helps your skin maintain elasticity and gives your skin a youthful glow.
- It’s said to, though lacks scientific proof, help fight cancer, arthritis, insomnia, asthma and menstrual problems.
- It can help you lose weight as it stimulates the thyroid gland, thus boosts your metabolism. It also gives you energy and strength which means you can exercise longer, again, helping with weight loss.
- It can be used externally as an antiseptic to help heal cuts, burns, scrapes, rashes, athlete’s foot, insect bites, sores and poison ivy.
- It is wonderful for you hair. You can rinse your hair with wheatgrass powder for a treatment for dray and itchy scalp, you can add it to your normal shampoo to help repair damage and rinsing your hair with it can even turn grey hair back to it’s natural colour!
Rubbing wheatgrass powder into your gums is said to be a great treatment for gum disease and tooth decay.
The powder can be added to water to make a nutritious drink or added to juices and smoothies. When I was sent this product to review, I knew I wanted to make it into a smoothie right away. I blended 2 bananas, two apples and some strawberries with milk and then added 2 heaped teaspoons of the powder.
What shocked me most was how green it was! As you can see, it completely changed the colour of the smoothie!
The powder doesn’t really change the flavour at all, the only way I can describe it is that it does have a slightly ‘chalky’ taste, but nothing too overwhelming. I’m going to try this on my hair too as I’ve been having trouble with my scalp!
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Have you ever tried wheatgrass? What do you think of it and it’s benefits?
Haha it is so green! Mad stuff. Ooh yeah maybe it will help with your scalp 🙂 hopefully!
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Great detailed review, love the pictures too!
Have heard of wheatgrass. I recently ordered barley grass powder which was the same green in colour. I added it to warm water and drank it. It was yuck! Thanks for showing me this way of having it. With just plain water, it tastes horrible 🙁
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I never try wheatgrass did not know all the good benefits of it now I want to give it a go.
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Hello from Spain: very interesting product. Keep in touch
Never knew wheatgrass has so many benifits..
I am shocked that it dose but change the taste of smoothies , I must try it ..
Will try to use it for hair too
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I have never tried this but I liked all the positive things you wrote about it . The colour is not very nice .Kisses:)
nice idea!
Have a great day!
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i don’t know this product! thanks for sharing!
I have heard good things about wheat grass. Cool.
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Really interesting! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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great post!!!!
I have never tried wheatgrass but find it very interesting. There have certainly been a lot of health claims made for it. I too was surprised to see that it has such a bright green colour to it! I like the healthful and tasty things you blended it with. If I see some in one of the health food stores or markets I’ll read the package, and if I plan a recipe it would be good it will consider using some.
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didn’t know all that.. thanks for sharing.. the color is a problem, i can’t trick my kid into drinking it with me 🙁
would love to hear about it in your hair though.
i’ve never tried it, sounds good but doesn’t look very appealing haha
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I have never heard about wheatgrass(( Corinne thanks for this useful post!
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i’d love to try this!
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Never heard of, it looks a little too healthy for me.
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great post! I didn’t know about all of the benefits of wheatgrass either-but I’m very into holistic medicine so I’m glad I do now!
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I’ve never tried wheat grass. looks interesting I must say!
Corinne, I am LOVING the benefits! I’ve never tried it, but I have got to get some!
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I never liked the taste, but with a smoothie like this, I can go back to it trying again.
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Great post until recently I had not tried adding anything additionally healthy to my smoothies but have begun using vital green, flax seed, linseed and honey pollen feel loads better skin, hair and bags of energy Lucy x
wow so many health benefits !!!
i really must try this soon 🙂
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I’ve never tried wheatgrass but heard about good things about it. The colour is definitely strong. Mt thyroid keeps dancing, sometimes is hyper and at times its hypo so I will need to check about that.
Thanks for sharing, I will definitely look into it