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Discussion Forums => Miscellaneous Questions => Topic started by: saj28 on March 14, 2008, 12:27:04 PM

Title: Wheat Grass Juice As Exjade
Post by: saj28 on March 14, 2008, 12:27:04 PM

Hi Everybody,
Recently i knew that wheat grass juice is a effective for iron chelating :rolleyes and it also increase the stability of hemoglobin. :wink Later i serch on this topic on the web and get many positive result.But i do not know how it can eat , is with any mixture or what ? Plz tell me someone.
-------------sajal/ bangladesh.

Title: Re: Wheat Grass Juice As Exjade
Post by: Smurfette on March 15, 2008, 12:19:37 PM

Wheat grass juice is not Exjade!!! It does help in maintaining hb but its not exjade...does not chelate iron as well as exjade or deferiprone..DO NOT RELY ON WHEAT GRASS ALONE TO chelate...

Title: Re: Wheat Grass Juice As Exjade
Post by: Andy Battaglia on March 15, 2008, 05:41:40 PM

I have also never heard that wheatgrass is an iron chelator and Dr Reynolds has never suggested this, as far as I know. Wheatgrass is an Hb inducer and also has many positive properties. Even those who show no increase in Hb from wheatgrass report that they have more energy and that their health is improved by taking wheatgrass. There are some natural iron chelators like IP6 and green tea extract and even milk thistle has some chelating properties, but none of these substances can replace chelating drugs. They are used to supplement chelation.

Title: Re: Wheat Grass Juice As Exjade
Post by: §ãJ¡Ð ساجد on March 16, 2008, 06:45:09 AM

Sajal posted this same thread under "Working Towards a Cure" with another thread:

http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php?topic=1591.0

I had merged them to avoid the confusion that is created in this thread but unfortunately I couldn't do the same with this thread as it is in another board(subforum).

Andy,

I've noticed this too late to inform you sorry :(