Wheatgrass: Superfood for a New Millennium

by Li Smith, Richard Smith (Illustrator)

More than just a grain, wheatgrass has tremendous health and healing properties. As a primary “sun-food,” it converts the sun’s rays directly into chlorophyll as well as an abundance of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and enzymes―all of which are needed to optimize well-being. Wheatgrass describes the outstanding therapeutic benefits of consuming wheatgrass juice. Included are home usage suggestions and growing instructions, as well as a cleansing and rejuvenation program that incorporates wheatgrass, fresh fruits and vegetables, fermented foods, herbs, and edible flowers.

164 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2000

About the author

Li Smith was raised on a farm in Kyalami, South Africa where her mother taught her the essentials of growing vegetables and herbs. An artist from her youth, Li studied art at the Johannesburg School of Art and obtained her National Art Teachers Diploma in 1969. She exhibited her paintings at the Everard Read Gallery in Johannesburg.

Li began to grow wheatgrass in 1978. She has witnessed many cases of dramatic healing among those consuming wheatgrass juice, including the reversal of high blood pressure, anemia, ME, asthma and kidney disfunction. Li has appeared on South African television and People magazine promoting wheatgrass as a therapeutic superfood.

Her book, Wheatgrass superfood for a New millennium was published by Vital Health Publishing in 2000. The book was acquired by Square One Publishers in 2007.

Li's husband, Richard Smith is an internationally recognized cartoonist and artist working in numerous mediums.