Source: Beijing News
Dietary fiber in the diet is indeed beneficial to the human body, but to it "eliminate intestinal toxins" is just wishful thinking. More importantly, if the barley green juice is filtered, which is very little fiber, even if it is directly into the powder, the dietary fiber obtained with the body's needs compared to a drop in the bucket.
Online shopping platform a "barley green juice" hot up. Initially from the sea, and then the Japanese manufacturers in China to build a factory production. The so-called "barley green juice", is to grow to 20 to 30 centimeters when the barley seedlings into juice or dry into powder. "Barley Wakaba Green Juice Powder" is also added sweet potato young leaves, kale young leaves and clementine and other natural plants, publicized as detoxification, improve acidic body, weight loss and other effects.
Barley green juice can be called the Japanese version of wheatgrass therapy. Wheatgrass therapy was founded by American Ann Wigmore, according to the Bible, "Ann Masters" that "eating grass can cure the disease", drinking wheatgrass juice can increase the oxygen content of the blood, but also remove toxins. Wheatgrass therapy has many followers in the United States, and some scientists have studied its effects. However, so far, there is no evidence, it can only be a "function by brain, the evidence depends on the belief" of alternative therapies.
Compared with wheatgrass, "barley green juice" is just wheat replaced by barley, and the use of modern technology to increase the "dry powder" product form, claiming that the efficacy and principle of wheatgrass and the same: "The use of rich food fiber to eliminate the intestinal tract. The use of rich food fiber to eliminate intestinal toxins", "the use of chlorophyll to purify the blood, anti-inflammatory sterilization, exclude heavy metals and drugs toxins", "the use of SOD and other active enzymes detoxification of pesticides, chemical toxins", "the use of calcium, potassium and other active enzymes. "use calcium, potassium and other large amounts of mineral alkaline ions to neutralize acidic toxins in the body" and so on. Really? We debunk it one by one:
First of all, dietary fiber in the diet is indeed beneficial to the human body, but to it "to eliminate intestinal toxins" is just wishful thinking. Soluble dietary fiber can take away some cholesterol, but cholesterol can not be called a toxin. More importantly, if the barley green juice is filtered, which is very little fiber, even if it is directly into the powder, the dietary fiber obtained with the body's needs compared to a drop in the bucket - in accordance with nutritional recommendations, adults should be consumed every day more than 25 grams of dietary fiber, while the amount of barley green juice is not more than a few grams per day, and fiber is only one of its components. And fiber is only one of its ingredients.
Second, "chlorophyll purifies the blood" has no scientific basis. There have been some studies exploring the health effects of oral chlorophyll, but so far "there is no evidence sufficient to make a judgment".
In addition, the so-called "SOD and other active enzymes detoxify pesticides, chemical toxins," is nonsense. The enzyme is usually a protein, eaten in the stomach after stomach acid and digestive juices can remain active if the scientists have long been the baby research, not so obscure. SOD is superoxide dismutase, even in the full active state only on the superoxide role, for pesticides and chemical toxins can not help.
Moreover, "acidity causes disease" is a pseudo-scientific propaganda, and "food acidity and alkalinity" is also a kind of classification without practical significance. The human body has a sophisticated acid-base regulation system, no matter what kind of food, can not change the body's acid-base.
Whether it's wheatgrass or barley juice, the most important feature of these products is that they are "basically not harmful". They come from green foods, after all, and will also contain more vitamins, fiber, and minerals. Only, what they do have, other greens also have. Compared to many regular greens, they don't see more, nor are they superior in any way. So, even if it's not bad, it's better to use it to buy a variety of greens and eat them directly - economical, affordable, and much better for your health.