What is useful for barley porridge?

Eating an easy and affordable food ancestors never wondered what a useful barley or any other cereal, cereals were the basis of their diet. However, modern people basically prefer a limited set of cereals - buckwheat, rice, oatmeal, semolina. And many porridges, such as barley, undeservedly remain forgotten.

Benefits of barley porridge for the body

The barley is obtained by grinding the unpolished grains of barley. This man uses the food for more than 17 thousand years, and it can be found in nature on any continent, even where more capricious rice and wheat do not grow. It is because of its high resistance to difficult climatic conditions that barley was so prevalent in ancient times.

Today, many consider barley food for the poor. However, the benefits of barley porridge on the water exceed the utility for the body of many exotic and expensive products. The rich vitamin-mineral complex of this cereal contributes to the normalization of the main processes occurring in the body. Fans of barley porridge long remain clear mind and excellent condition of blood vessels.

In folk medicine, barley is recommended for cancers, arthritis, diabetes, constipation , kidney disease. Infusion of a tablespoon of barley cereals and a glass of hot water serves as a preventive maintenance of urolithiasis.

Another valuable property of barley porridge is the ability to effectively release the body from metabolic products. As a "brush" in this case, there is fiber, which in barley contains 65%. In addition, the composition of barley cereal includes hordecin, which destroys pathogenic microbes and fungi that parasitize the skin.

Glycemic index of barley porridge is 50 units, caloric content is 320 kcal. In other cereals, these indicators, with rare exceptions, are much higher, which makes the barley porridge a valuable dietary product.

Dissatisfied with his the figure can be advised to experience a truly miraculous diet on barley porridge on the water, the use of which for the body is not only in losing weight, but also in preventing obesity after returning to normal (but not excessive) nutrition.

Diet on barley porridge can save 3 extra pounds per week. Feeding in this period is as follows:

• breakfast - 100 grams of barley porridge in water, banana (apple, orange), a glass of kefir;
• dinner - salad of vegetables (vegetarian soup), 100 g of barley porridge;
• afternoon tea - fruit;
• Supper - 100 g of barley porridge, unsweetened yoghurt (ryazhenka).