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The Wheatgrass Diet
Wheatgrass
is a type of young grass grown from wheat seeds contains
an abundant amount of nutrients, including iron, calcium,
magnesium, amino acids, chlorophyll, and vitamins A, C and
E. Proponents claim this nutrient-rich content enhances
immunity, eliminates harmful bacteria in the digestive
system, and clears the body of waste. Ann Wigmore
developed a dietary program called the wheatgrass diet
based on raw wheatgrass as its primary nutritional
ingredient. Wigmore claimed the diet could cure and
prevent diseases. However, there is limited scientific
evidence supporting Wigmore's claims.
The Diet
The wheatgrass diet involves avoiding all meats, dairy
products and cooked foods. The wheatgrass diet emphasizes
"live foods," such as uncooked sprouts, raw vegetables and
fruits, nuts, and seeds. Wheatgrass dieters also use
wheatgrass to make juice drinks. According to Wigmore,
wheatgrass needs to be cut from growing plants, juiced and
consumed fresh within three hours in order to obtain its
live enzymes. Wigmore suggested that the live enzymes from
wheatgrass can detoxify the body and cleanse the liver.
The Wheatgrass Diet Theory
Ann Wigmore theorized that decomposing food within the
intestine forms toxins that circulate throughout the
bloodstream and cause cancer. She proposed that the
wheatgrass diet could cause tumor shrinkage in cancer
patients or eliminate cancer all together.
Ann Wigmore also theorized raw wheatgrass contained
beneficial enzymes that could detoxify the body,
especially because it contains chlorophyll. Wigmore called
chlorophyll "the life blood of the planet," according to
the NCAHF. Wigmore hypothesized cooked food destroyed the
chlorophyll and deactivated the beneficial enzymes found
in raw grasses and vegetables.
The Wheatgrass Anti-Cancer Diet
Most nutritionists recommend a diet of whole,
nutrient-dense foods for people undergoing cancer
treatment or seeking protection from cancer recurrence,
and wheat grass juice may be a healthy addition to this
type of diet. Health-food stores often sell small flats of
wheat grass you can grow at home to use for juicing or
have juice bars where you can purchase the juice freshly
made. However, wheat grass juice may cause nausea,
according to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
worsening a common side effect of treatment. In addition,
fresh wheat grass may harbor microbes that can cause an
infection in people with compromised immune systems, such
as cancer patients. Talk to your doctor about the use of
wheat grass juice in conjunction with cancer treatment.
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