GINGER AND BARLEY

A Cancer Killer in the Kitchen -

Ginger The powerful healing effects of ginger have been well documented..It's a proven remedy for upset stomach.
Reams of studies show that itinhibits inflammation. And there is substantial evidence that itfights cancer too.For instance, a recent University of Michigan study showed that when ginger was added to ovarian cancer cells in the laboratory, it causedthe cancer cells to self-destruct (a process known as "apoptosis").
In a separate study at the University of Minnesota , researchers injected colon cancer cells into mice that were bred to have no immune system. Half of these mice were routinely fed gingerol, the main activecomponent in ginger. The researchers found that the mice that were fedgingerol lived longer, their tumors were smaller, and the cancer didnot spread as widely as in the control group.
With all these health benefits, you should be using ginger as often asyou can. The best way I've found to get a healthy serving of ginger is to juice it. (The brand of juicer I use is an Omega.) Two or threedays a week, I juice an apple or two, some carrots, spinach, broccoli,cabbage, and a big piece of ginger root.The ginger gives the drink a great flavor and a powerful anti-cancer kick.I highly recommend that you try it.


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Healing and cleansing with barley High in fibre, barley is also a kidney cleanser. Better yet, regularintake of it helps prevent heart disease. BARLEY water was always aregular 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 Australian naturo path that barley is known to be a kidney cleanser, and she 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 (beancurdskin) 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 helpsprevent haemorrhoids and colon cancer.
The propionic acid and beta glucan from barley's insoluble fibre alsohelp 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 goodfor lowering cholesterol.Diabetics should eat more barley as the fibre will prevent blood sugarlevels from rising too high. It also provides relief from constipationor diarrhoea for those suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Barley is rich in selenium which prevents cancer and relieves symptomsof asthma and arthritis. It is a good source of manganese, copper andphosphorous.Malt sugar comes from sprouted barley which, when fermented, is aningredient in beer and other alcoholic beverages.Barley, whose Latin name is " hordeum vulgare" , has been cultivatedfor more than 10,000 years.Since ancient times, barley has been used for healing purposes and has been known to the Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Athletes inGreece and Rome in those days were known to eat barley bread to give them strength.