Foods - Barley Grass

 
Latin Name: Hordeum vulgare

 
Description

Barley grass is a popular food used by many cultures throughout the world and has been in cultivation since 7,000 BCE. This green grass contains eighteen amino acids (eight of which are essential), beta carotene, vitamin B₁, B₂, B₅, B₆ B₁₂, C, calcium, folic acid, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, and more than 70 other trace minerals.

The nutritional content of this grass is truly incredible. Per serving, barley grass contains seven times the vitamin C of oranges, four times the iron of spinach, eleven times the calcium of cow's milk, and 8mg B₁₂ per gram.

Barley grass also contains chlorophyll, arethus, glucan, and hordenine, all of which possess beneficial properties further outlined below.

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