The Wheatgrass Book by Ann Wigmore

Author:Ann Wigmore [Wigmore, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101662359
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 1985-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

SUPER NUTRITION FROM WHEATGRASS CHLOROPHYLL

Of all the valuable compounds contained in wheatgrass juice, chlorophyll is one of the most important. If it weren’t for its delicate nature, I think it would be one of the top weapons in the medical arsenal. Its instability is of no concern to you or me, however, because we can grow, juice, and drink wheatgrass without having to store it for long periods. In the next chapter and in Chapter 8 I will discuss many of the applications of wheatgrass juice in healing. Here I would like to talk about the nutritional value of chlorophyll and its conversion into blood in the body.

By itself, chlorophyll, a proteinous compound found in the green leaves of plants and grasses, isn’t anything special in the eyes of most nutritionists and biochemists. But there are two vital aspects of chlorophyll which should not be overlooked.

First is its role in converting the sun’s energy into a form that plants (and animals and people) can use. Chlorophyll is a sort of living battery. An animal’s body also stores and produces heat and energy: the difference is that plants can get their energy directly from the sun, whereas animals and humans cannot.

In essence, the same life force in nature that explodes into greenery every spring can be transferred into the human body via the consumption of wheatgrass juice. The body can then use this super-nutritious, vital energy to heal and repair itself as needed. Again, it is very important to juice the grass right after it is cut and drink the juice immediately.

The second important nutritional aspect of chlorophyll (as you may recall from our discussion in Chapter 2) is its remarkable similarity to hemoglobin, the compound that carries oxygen in the blood.

Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara, a Japanese scientist and health educator, is a leading advocate for the use of grass as food and medicine. He reasons that since chlorophyll is soluble in fat particles, and since fat particles are absorbed directly into the blood via the lymphatic system, that chlorophyll can also be absorbed in this way. It is his opinion that inside the body the magnesium ion in chlorophyll is replaced with an iron molecule, making new blood. In other words, when the “blood” of plants is absorbed in humans it is transformed into human blood, which transports nutrients to every cell of the body.

Only time and more research into the question will resolve the mystery of why chlorophyll works as it does. But we don’t have to wait to get the benefits.

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