Dietary fiber is three times that of brown rice! Super grain barley

Taiwan Province people's staple food is mostly rice and flour, and "barley" is a familiar but unfamiliar food. The reason why many people eat highland barley in Taiwan Province Province is that the manufacturers pass highland barley off as coix seed, because coix seed is also called foreign coix seed. The history of human cultivation of barley can be traced back to about 1 ten thousand years ago, and it is the oldest crop in the world. Recently, Japan set off a research upsurge on barley, which confirmed that regular consumption of barley can reduce visceral fat and help to lose weight, and thus attracted the attention of researchers all over the world.

Yuki Ikekami, honorary professor of Daiwa Women's University, is a pioneer in the study of dietary fiber in barley in Japan. She pointed out that barley is famous for its high dietary fiber content, which is about three times that of brown rice and 19 times that of polished rice! It can be described as the "king of dietary fiber", and she also recommends a bowl of barley for breakfast to be healthy and mild! Ikebukuro Yuji also pointed out several functions of barley:

Control the blood sugar level. After a full meal, the blood sugar will rise in one breath, and the excess glucose will turn into fat accumulation, causing obesity. Research papers show that eating barley rich in dietary fiber for breakfast can inhibit the rise of blood sugar after Chinese food and dinner and shape a body that is not easy to gain weight.

Eliminating constipation Barley is rich in water-soluble dietary fiber β-glucan, which can make beneficial bacteria in the intestine proliferate, increase fecal volume, promote intestinal peristalsis and make defecation smooth.

Keeping satiety barley contains a lot of β-glucan. Because of its high viscosity, it forms a viscous state when mixed with other foods. This feature allows food to slowly pass through the gastrointestinal tract, so it is not easy to get hungry, and naturally it will not accidentally eat too much!