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Wheatgrass^®

COMPOSITION

Each caplet contains
standardized wheatgrass dried powder ..... 500 mg

PLANT DESCRIPTION

Wheatgrass grown outdoors in its natural climate. When wheat seeds are planted, the leaves grow 7 - 10 inches above the soil. The root system already reaches deep below the frost line, preparing to sustain the plant's life during the cold winter months to come. During winter season, the roots slowly absorb and store nutrients from the soil. In the spring the wheat plant again converts sun light into energy, and utilizes the nutrients stored in its roots to transform simple sugars into complex carbohydrates, vitamins, amino acids and other nutrients.

PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIONS

Wheatgrass is powerful because it is full of chlorophyll. Once the wheat grain has germinated, it harnesses the energy of the sun and transform it in the process we know as photosynthesis. The electrons in cells called chloroplasts are excited by sunlight. In this way they are charged with energy which is stored as chlorophyll. This reduces the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the water in the plant into oxygen and carbohydrates in many forms. This growth in green cells synthesises many complex substances from simpler ones.

1. Wheatgrass is the complete food of so many animals, it contains a very broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals. A shot of wheatgrass juice is like a single complete supplement. It has all the B group vitamins; indeed it is a vegetable source of vitamin B12, and also vitamins A, C, E and D. Wheatgrass is rich in minerals, major and minor. It contains calcium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, zinc and selenium. These are minerals important for cardiovascular and immune system function. For healing purposes, potassium ions are particularly vital to balance the composition of body fluids, and thus its alkalinity.

2. The chlorophyll molecule itself is structurally very similar to the iron-carrying component of haemoglobin. Studies have shown that anaemic animals restored by ingesting chlorophyll rich foods.

3. Wheatgrass is highly active chemically and contains over 80 enzymes. These are used for digestion, but also to detoxify harmful substances, and partake in the many chemical changes in the body necessary for the maintenance of good health. Wheatgrass enhances cell vigour.

4. Chlorophyll has strong anti-oxidant properties. It can strip out free radicals, which are a damaging by-product of metabolism. Free radicals encourage an acidic cell environment, contribute to the aging process and have been implicated in the development of some cancers. Anti- oxidant activity by wheatgrass ‘mops up’ the free radicals and restores the chemical balance of cells.

5. It has been reproted that the incidenec of cancer is much lower in people who take leafy green vegetables (chlorophyll).

INDICATIONS

1. Convalescence stage
2. Anti-anemic
3. Detoxification
4. To obtain antioxidant effect
5. Promotion of cardiovascular and
Immune system wheatgrass.

SIDE EFFECTS

No known side effects have been reported.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated in those who are hypersensitive to any component of a wheatgrass supplement.

DRUG INTERACTION

Wheatgrass supplements may effect those who are on warfarin.

PREGNANCY AND LACTATION

Those on warfarin should exercise caution in the use of wheatgrass supplement.

DOSAGE

One caplet two times daily after meal or as directed by the physician.

HOW SUPPLY

30 caplets in one bottle.