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Oat Grass: Our Next Superfood?
by Jennifer Good     Our exploration of natural healthy ingredients continues this week as we take an in-depth look at oat grass! While oats in their grass form may be most commonly used for horses, there are plenty of nutritional uses for humans as well. In fact, oat grass may just be another super food! So, let's take a closer look at this week's featured ingredient.
Oat grass is part of the cereal grass family and joins other powerhouse grasses such as wheatgrass and alfalfa. These green grasses (either juiced or freeze dried and powdered) have been called some of nature's finest medicines. They contain chlorophyll, enzymes, vitamins, and nutrients that are essential for a healthy body. Like the other cereal grasses, oat grass contains beta-carotene, vitamins K and C, folic acid, calcium, iron, protein, fiber, and B vitamins; has up to 30% protein and is illuminated with rich chlorophyll - nature's blood cleanser.
Oat grass has a relaxing and stimulating action that nourishes and strengthens the nervous system, and has been shown to be helpful for arthritis, rheumatism, stress, depression, debility, exhaustion, nerve tremors, epilepsy, convalescence, palpitations, nervous headache, nervous stomach, nervous breakdown, cholesterol levels, herpes, and menopause symptoms.
It is also used for thyroid and estrogen deficiency, for degenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis and for colds, especially if recurrent or persistent. Oat grass is extremely rich in antioxidants, including polyphenols and one powerful antioxidant called tricin, a flavone compound that exerts smooth muscle relaxing properties, making it beneficial in gastro-intestinal cramping. Green oats are also high in beta-glucan, which helps stimulate immune functions.
While it may be tempting to eat oats in some of the more common forms such as oatmeal or baked goods, the best way to get all the nutritious, whole food benefits of oats is to take it in its grass form -- usually in a powder, or juiced. You can add the powder to fresh fruit juice, and the taste will be much more pleasant. Now that you know some of the benefits of oat grass it may just become part of your go-to health morning routine!
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