If you live in a car-congested city, you MUST drink wheatgrass juice, as must your birds. Do not go out and buy liquid chlorophyll and add it to your or your birds' diet. Much of the scientific literature suggests that it is not just the chlorophyll that has beneficial effects, but the plant as a whole. The complexity of plantlife can make it difficult to separate out what is having the direct effect, although some studies have shown a direct effect of chlorophyllin, the sodium and copper salt of chlorophyll a. Both antimutagenic effects and anti-genotoxic activity of common dietary phytochemicals have been shown in vertebrate animals.
Enzymes determine the efficiency and health of the metabolic system.
They break down the nutrients in food so they can be used by the body and they are behind most of the chemical processes that sustain life, affecting everything from digestion to healing. The naturally occurring enzymes in our bodies can be aided and benefitted by the addition of enzymes in the diet. The most natural enzymes come from live food, such as wheatgrass, that has not been changed through processes such as preserving and cooking. Fresh wheatgrass is highly preferable over powdered wheatgrass. The need to improve oxygenation of the blood has been emphasized again and again in human nutrition.