on the web. It is a good grain to introduce
into your diet in many forms.
I prefer barley grass over wheat grass.
I use Green Magma, quite often.
You can order it from Kunio
at Kenshin Traders.
He is a good friend
and has helped me over the years
with my own health conditions
through his wonderful products.
http://www.kenshin.com/barley_juice_drink.htm
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Of over 400 tested plants, barley grass is the highest quality plant found in nature. It is the highest in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, chlorophyll, and proteins all in perfect balance with each other and the human body. Green Magma is made with barley grass grown in the pure and fertile southern California earth without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. In order to preserve the delicately balanced enzymes, the barley grass is cut, washed, juiced and spray dried at low temperatures. It is then blended with other compatible elements to create a nutritionally balanced beverage. Green Magma may be one of the finest nutritional sources for healing and overall good health.
Barley article:
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Barley
Barley is a wonderfully versatile cereal grain with a rich nutlike flavor and its gluten content gives it an appealing chewy, pasta-like consistency. Its appearance resembles wheat berries, although it is slightly lighter in color. Sprouted barley is naturally high in maltose, a sugar that serves as the basis for both malt syrup sweetener and when fermented, as an ingredient in beer and other alcoholic beverages.
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Health Benefits
When the weather's cold, a big pot of soup simmering on the stove warms the heart as well as the hearth. Adding some whole grain barley to the pot will improve your health along with the flavor of whatever soup or stew you're cooking. In addition to its robust flavor, barley's claim to nutritional fame is based on its being a very good source of fiber and selenium, and a good source of phosphorus, copper and niacin.
Barley's Fiber for Regularity, Lower Cholesterol, & Intestinal Protection
Wish you were more regular? Let barley give your intestinal health a boost. In addition to providing bulk and decreasing the transit time of fecal matter, thus decreasing the risk of colon cancer and hemorrhoids, barley's dietary fiber also provides food for the “friendly” bacteria in the large intestine. When these helpful bacteria ferment barley's insoluble fiber, they produce a short-chain fatty acid called butyric acid, which serves as the primary fuel for the cells of the large intestine and helps maintain a healthy colon. These helpful bacteria also create two other short-chain fatty acids, propionic and acetic acid, which are used as fuel by the cells of the liver and muscles.
The propionic acid produced from barley's insoluble fiber may also be partly responsible for the cholesterol-lowering properties of fiber. In animal studies, propionic acid has been shown to inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, an enzyme involved in the production of cholesterol by the liver. By lowering the activity of this enzyme, propionic acid helps lower blood cholesterol levels.