cow's milk, nearly five times the iron content of spinach, nearly seven times the vitamin C in oranges, four times the vitamin B1 in whole wheat flour, and 80 micrograms of vitamin B12 per 100 grams of dried barley plant juice. This analysis was done by the Resource Research Association, Office of Science and Technology, and Japan Food Analysis Center.
This same food analysis center which did research on the dried barley grass juice, found that it contains per 100 grams: 775 Na, 8,800 K, 1,108 Ca, 224.7 Mg, 15.8 Fe, 1.36 Cu, 534 P, 7.33 Zn. Closest to it is spinach: 25 Na, 490 K, 98 Ca, 59.2Mg, 3.3 Fe, 0.26 Cu, 52 P, -
Many people have claimed that regular supplementation with green barley juice stimulates weight loss, which research says is due to the enhancement of the cytochrome oxidase enzyme system which is essential for cell metabolism.
Another enzyme contained by barley grass is superoxide dismutase (SOD), a powerful antioxidant which protects the cells against toxic free radicals which are thought to be a primary culprit in aging and many other diseases.
"It has been my experience, after growing both wheat grass and barley grass and providing juice for people, both in my green house and in juice bars, that people who tend to be arthritic do better with barley grass juice because of its high sodium content. Many people using it have found relief from pain with a week or two."
KK Fowlkes
We have Ann Wigmore to thank for her research on wheat grass and Yoshihide Hagiwara to thank for our knowledge about barley grass. In addition Hippocrates, the father of medicine advised, "Let your food be your medicine," and Shin Huang-
