Life Health Green Barley Leaf

Green Barley Grass is one of the green grasses and is the only vegetation on the earth that can supply sole nutritional support from birth to old age. When barley leaves are 12-14 inches high, they contain all the vitamins, minerals, and proteins necessary for the human digestion of chlorophyll.

The true nutritional benefits are found in the young grass leaves. These leaves, grown and harvested in the South Island of New Zealand, are harvested and processed into the final product. The leaves contain many of the vitamins, minerals, and proteins necessary for the human diet.

Barley Grass is considered a whole food concentrate that is close to its natural state supplying the nutrients we require in a natural proportion. The colour reflects the abundance of chlorophyll and the similarity to other dark leafy vegetables. Eighteen amino acids are found in Barley Grass including Alanine, Arginine, Aspartic acid, Glutamic acid, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Tyrosine and Valine.

All 8 of the essential amino acids are found in Barley Grass. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, which are the major constituents of our body and are necessary for the continual cell building, cell regeneration and energy production that are necessary for life.

There are high amounts of vitamins and minerals in Barley Grass leaves. The vitamins found in Barley Grass include beta-carotene, folic acid, pantothenic acid, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6 and vitamin C. The minerals include potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, phosphorus. manganese and zinc. There are many important enzymes found in Barley Grass including the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and the new antioxidant 2''-O-glucosylisovitexin (2"-O-GiV). 2"¬O-GIV has been isolated and reported to have antioxidant activity equal to or superior to vitamin B.