Healing With Barley Grass: "Barley grass is one of the most
incredible products of this decade. It improves the skin texture and
the dryness associated with aging." Dr. Howard Lutz.
Dr. Howard Lutz, who is director of the Institute of Preventive
Medicine in Washington, D.C., has said this about barley grass:
"(Barley grass is) one of the most incredible products of this decade.
It improves stamina, sexual energy, clarity of thought, and reduces
addiction to things that are bad for you. It also improves the texture
of the skin, and heals the dryness associated with aging. Some people
who try grass juice find that they just cannot tolerate wheatgrass
juice. It is extremely detoxifying and makes some people nauseous every
time they drink it. These people may find that they can tolerate barley
grass juice. It is milder, although quite bitter, compared to the
sweetness of wheatgrass juice."
The Benefits of Barley Grass
Barley grass is one of the green grasses. The young barley leaves have
a tremendous ability to absorb nutrients from the soil. When barley
leaves are 12-14 inches high, they contain all the vitamins, minerals,
and proteins necessary for the human diet, plus chlorophyll. Barley
contains a multitude of vitamins and minerals. Its juice is seven times
richer in Vitamin C than an equivalent weight of oranges, five times
richer in iron than spinach, ten times richer in calcium than milk, is
a significant source of Vitamin B-12, and contains 15 times as much
protein as an equivalent amount of milk.
A research pharmacologist from Japan, Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara, M.D
believes that the key to the nutritive value of this supplement is not
just the nutrient content of the concentrated extract, but its
biochemical form which promotes more effective assimilation. What
really sets this powdered barley juice apart from other food
supplements, he says, are the thousands of live enzymes. The anti-aging
enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD) is one of these. SOD aids in
digestion and metabolism by helping to disperse vitamins and minerals
into the blood stream to be absorbed by the body. Dr. Richard Cutler, a
biophysicist at the National Institute of Aging has shown that the life
span of many mammalian species, including man were found to be directly
proportional to the amount or SOD contained in the cells. The animals
with the longest life spans and man were found to have the highest
levels of SOD. SOD acts as a cellular anti-oxidant, protecting against
radiation and chemical free-radicals from pollution, as well as acting
as an anti-inflammatory agent and preventing cellular damage following
heart attacks.
Dr. Hagiwara and Biologist Dr. Jasuo Hotta, a specialist of gene
engineering at the University of California at La,Jolla, found that
when powdered barley juice was added to damaged cells, the DNA within
the cells repaired itself twice as quickly as DNA in cells receiving
none. Current theories are that both cancer and aging result when genes
fail to repair themselves. Moreover, when the barley juice supplement
was added to cells before they were subjected to radiation and a
carcinogen, Hotta says the repair rate was easily three times as fast
as normal." Thus, Dr.Hagiwara claims, the findings may eventually help
to prevent cancer, aging, or both. Experiments showing the ability of
powdered barley juice to repair damaged cells, neutralize the effects
of carcinogens and radiation, and retard the aging process have all
been done on laboratory cell cultures and animals. While many people
report improvement in a wide variety of physical problems, no
controlled tests have been done on humans. The improvements noticed are
the effects o[ detoxifying the body and providing the proper
nutritional elements in a form readily absorbed by the body.
Recently research has unveiled a wealth of other possible benefits of
green barley leaves. Extracted compounds have found to have
hypercholesteromic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-ulcer properties. A new
antioxidant, 2"-0-GIV, has been isolated and reported to have
antioxidant activity equal to or superior to vitamin E. Finally,
studies have shown that when green barley juice is added to injured
cells, the cells' DNA repairs itself rapidly. This may contribute to
preventing the changes that often lead to cancer, rapid aging, and cell
death.
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