“Wheatgrass and Thalassemia: What Research Says” What is Thalassemia? Thalassemia is a group of inherited blood disorders in which the body does not produce enough normal hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Hemoglobin is made of alpha and beta protein chains. Thalassemia occurs when genes responsible for making these chains are … Continue reading Wheatgrass for Thalassemia: Latest Research, Benefits & Hope for Patients