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LifeForce: Nutritional information by ingredient
B A R L E Y G R A S S Hordeum leporinum
A.K.A.: Barley green.
PROPERTIES: Adaptogen, Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent, Emollient, Immuno-stimulant, Nutritive, Digestive Tonic.
Barley is known for its soothing and strengthening properties. It is easy to assimilate into the system. An entire book on the benefits of gruel made from Barley was written by Hypocrites, the father of medicine.
Barley Grass juice powder provides SOD (super oxide dismutase), a free radical scavenger, in greater amounts than most any other food source available. It is an excellent blood and immune builder.
Comparison test have shown Barley Grass juice powder to have as much as thirty times more vitamin B-1 than cow's milk and eleven times the amount of Calcium. Barley Grass juice powder holds about six times the amount of carotene than does spinach. It has seven times the amount of vitamin C than equal amounts of oranges. Barley Grass also has vitamin B-12, a vitamin that works to overcome fatigue and anemia.
Barley Grass juice powder is made by separating the juice in the Barley Grass from the grass solids, and then by a special freeze drying process, evaporates the water off the juice, leaving the juice powder. This process further concentrates the food elements which are in the whole Barley Grass, (just as juicing a carrot concentrates the nutrients of carrots).
Barley Grass promotes natural tissue repair and nourishes anti-aging mechanisms of the body. Barley Grass has been determined to be an anti-inflammatory agent, therefore, it will be found to be effective in the healing of stomach and duodonal ulcers. It will help chronically inflamed hemorrhoids and assists in reducing pancreatic infections.
- Barley Grass juice powder is a great cleanser and booster for the immune system.
- Barley Grass juice powder detoxifies cells and normalizes the metabolism. It assists in balancing the body chemistry.
- Barley Grass juice powder neutralizes heavy metals, such as lead and mercury.
- Barley Grass juice powder is a cholesterol reducer along with being a great blood purifier.
Source: The Little Herb Encyclopedia, Jack Ritchason, Ph.D., N.D.
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