Wheatgrass is a young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum. It is gaining momentum as a ‘functional food’ with an intention of lowering risk of various ailments. It is documented as a complete food due to the presence of amino acids, vitamin and mineral (some only in trace amounts) necessary for human nutrition.. Wheatgrass is consumed for its healing properties and treatment of certain types of cancers due to its ferric super oxide reduction ability as well as the antioxidant activity. Its cancer healing properties are due to high levels of chlorophyll called chlorophyllin. Wheat grass extract is effective in liver enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation and showed a modulator effect on the two stage skin carcinogenesis and exhibit chemo …show more content…
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Nutritive Value of Wheatgrass The use of grass as a functional ingredient with specific health benefits is not a new concept. Several cereal grasses such as wheatgrass, barley grass, oat grass etc have been used as human food supplements since 1930 (Yadav et al 2013).
Wheatgrass contains nutrients like 860 mg% protein, 18.5 mg% chlorophyll, 15mg% calcium, 38 mg% lysine, 7.5 mg% vitamin C and an abundance of micronutrients, such as B-complex vitamins and amino acids (Rana et al 2011). Wheatgrass is considered to be a complete food because it contains every amino acid, vitamin and mineral (some only in trace amounts) necessary for human nutrition.
Nutritional value of wheatgrass juice obtained from 100g of wheatgrass powder (obtained from 1kg of fresh wheatgrass) is equivalent to nutrients obtained from 23 kg of selected vegetables (Singhal et al
Imagine you are in a courtroom doing jury duty for a case. One table sits the characters from the book “The Scarlet Ibis.” Doodle and Brother sit together nervously wringing their hands together, while their mother, father, and Aunt Nicey sit in the audience directly behind them. At another table, the actors from the 1998 movie Simon Birch sit together. They sit content and ready to begin the trial.
Today is the day for the most fascinating, out of this world adventure, at Dollywood! Our class had an option of choosing our yearly class trip destination, and of course it was Dollywood! Dollywood is a place full of adventure, wonder, and magic! It has everything a girl could dream of it includes: roller coasters, food, animal descriptions, and an area of cognitive-content from years ago. Honestly, to tell you the truth, I had to persuade the class to pick Dollywood, but I knew it would be completely worth it.
There are so many topics I believe that Richard Wright would've talked about today that it is hard to narrow down to just three. If someone told him that we would have a black president in the next century we definitely would have looked at you like you were crazy but if he were here today he would be proud of how much better we have come today. We have improved as a country today for equal rights and treatment of black people but we also still have a long way to go for we are not perfect. For example he would be very ashamed how black people are still getting killed just because of their skin color. He would also be disappointed that blacks are still getting paid less statistically less than whites considering how many jobs Richard had growing up.
In 1910, Branch Rickey coached a college team with one black player. That player, Charley Thomas, was refused a hotel room with the team and had to sleep on a cot in Mr. Rickey’s room. Charley was emotionally distressed and he could not sleep. He tried to scratch off the skin of his own hands, wishing he were white, so he would feel as good as anybody.
In my food?...WHY? Do you want to have an allergic reaction every time you eat something that you favor? How about the question why is it going on , how it’s happening, but you’re not eating the food you’re allergic to? What if I say the scientists and factories are genetically putting genes in one organism to another for the past 10 years. I feel this should have an end to it making us American sickly nationwide.
Jessada 5880476 Theme: Laws and Society. Topic: Marijuana legality. General Purpose: To inform my audience. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience about why marijuana should become legal.
Herbal products have been used for treatments since ancient times, before the exploration of synthetic industrial drugs. Since herbs are natural, most of the consumers believes herbal products are completely safe and the product use continuously increased and is reported 10-19% growth in United States. In U.S.A any botanical product affects the structure and functions of the body belongs to either a drug or dietary supplement and FDA regulates the dietary supplement. The author of this paper selected St. John’s wort ,as the herbal supplement for this assignment of patient educational flyer. Product Description: St. John’s wort (SJW) is a yellow flowering plant, grows in the wild used for health purpose for long time .The
DNA has a massive job of keeping you alive. In essence, a microscopic strand of genes support your entire body and life. There are many smaller jobs protein has to accomplish that combine to accomplish the main job of supporting life. To start, DNA codes for proteins and every protein provide an essential biological function. Also, cells make up tissues, organs, and body systems.
GMOS Introduction: I believe that GMOS are good for this world and for the people because the gmos can save us from starving when all the food is gone. GMOS are a genetically modified organism is an organism whose genetic materials that have been altered using genetic engineering techniques. GMO foods are okay to eat because some food that have gmos could have some genetic characteristics in them to make the food survive the hot when that food has to be frozen. GMOS are different from foods that don 't have GMOS Body 1: GMOS can save the world because if we had no food because if there was a drought and the plants died. Then we could just plant GMO foods, The drought won’t really do anything to the plant.
That was “This is How We do It” by Montell Jordan coming up “Cotton Eye Joe” by the Rednex, wait what was that? My co host has just informed me that President Bill Clinton just said in a press conference that there has been an alien invasion in Washington D.C. The aliens are a hybrid of humans, blobfishes, turkeys, and balloons. Are you sure you aren’t yanking my chain Sally? “No,” Sally replied, “it's true, the Huffington Post just released an article about it.”
What is Veganism? A way of life that adopts a Vegan diet and believes harming animals for meat or products is wrong. Yet, people say vegans are the inhumane and unreasonable ones. Think about where the animals come from. They are not grazing around in a green field.
Did you know that many cows in factory farms die before their 5th birthday? (Leader, Jessica. " 9 Facts About Factory Farming That Will Break Your Heart (GRAPHIC PHOTOS). " The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 17 Mar. 2014.
Many people don’t get the chance to survive and live to have a horrible death. Many people here in the U.S. don’t think that survival is important in other countries. I believe that in order to have a better world, everyone needs to survive and that means ending world hunger. Do you know when your next meal could be the last? Eight hundred fifteen million people don’t have the food they need because they have no job, natural disaster has struck them or they live in very poor spots of the world.
Topic: Water Shortage Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about water shortage and how to cope with water scarcity Thesis Statement: Across the globe, reports reveal huge areas in crisis as reservoirs and aquifers dry up. I. INTRODUCTION A. Turning off the water while brushing their teeth, a family could save about 5 to 10 gallons of water per day. B. Freshwater shortage will cause the next great global crisis.
Do you ever think about the millions of families and kids that suffer from not being able to have food? You should be very grateful if you have a family to provide food for you because not every kid does. Hunger is a term which has three meanings: •The uneasy or painful sensation caused by the want of food; craving appetite. Also, the exhausted condition caused by the want of food.