What is the difference between wheat and wheatgrass?

Although wheatgrass comes from the same plant that produces the wheat grain used to make flour, wheatgrass is harvested before the plant matures and produces grain. read more

Although wheatgrass comes from the same plant that produces the wheat grain used to make flour, wheatgrass is harvested before the plant matures and produces grain. Wheat Plant Wheat and wheatgrass come from the same plant, Triticum aestivum. read more

Wheatgrass is a derived term of wheat. As nouns the difference between wheatgrass and wheat is that wheatgrass is young grass of the common wheat plant, (taxlink), used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption while wheat is (countable) any of several cereal grains, of the genus triticum , that yields flour as used in bakery. read more

The difference is that hemoglobin contains iron and chlorophyll contains magnesium. The presence of chlorophyll means that wheatgrass can help build RBC, destroy carbon dioxide, dilate blood vessels and improve blood flow and improve enzyme system functioning and promote higher metabolism. Wheatgrass improves energy and alkalizes blood. read more