Healing and cleansing with barley

High in fibre, barley is also a kidney cleanser. Better yet, regular intake of it helps prevent heart disease.
BARLEY water was always a regular drink when we were still living at home. Whenever we had to go for a medical exam that included a urine test, my mum would make us drink barley water a day before it to make sure we got a positive result! My mother was a wise woman. I later found out from an Australiannaturopath that barley is known to be a kidney cleanser, and he happily downed glasses of it at a meal we had in a coffee-shop here. Barley is good for your intestinal health too.
Try to eat the barley grains you find in your drink or sweet broth with fu chook (beancurd skin) and ginkgo nuts. It’s high in fibre which feeds the friendly bacteria in the colon andhelps speed up the transit of fecal matter in it. In this way it helps prevent haemorrhoids and colon cancer. The propionic acid and beta glucan from barley’s insoluble fibre also help lower cholesterol and prevent the formation of gallstones.
Eating barley regularly is a preventive step against heart disease as, besides the fibre content, it is also high in niacin, a B vitamin good for lowering cholesterol. Diabetics should eat more barley as the fibre will prevent blood sugar levels from rising too high. It also provides relief from constipation or diarrhoea for those suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome.



Day Fruit Fast:
It is a very simple and effective way to cleanse and de-toxify your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days.
You will be suprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look.
During the “fruit fast”, you can eat different fruits at different times, although occasionaly mixed fruit with salad would also be permissible and more interesting.

some points of good body

* Firstly, bear in mind that you need the good fats because they provide a rich source of the fat soluble vitamins, A, D, E and K. The body also needs at least 25g of fat in order to absorb these fat soluble vitamins.
* Secondly, fats have an important part to play in producing the oestrogen hormone in women as well as promoting healthy skin and regulating bodily functions.
* Thirdly, they provide an energy source for the body as well as heat, measured in calories, which burn off during activity.
* Fourthly, fats cushion and protect vital organs and insulate against loss of body heat.
* Lastly, but by no means least, linolenic acids contained in fat, assists in the production of other polyunsaturated fatty acids, which enables the body to metabolise cholesterol.