Nutrients Affecting the Brain - Barley to Lower LDL (Bad Cholesterol)

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"Government-approved health claims support [Alternative Medicine]dietary intervention as a safe and practical approach to improving consumer health...Claims already allowed in the U.S., U.K, Sweden and The Netherlands for reducing cholesterol through consumption of oat or barley soluble fiber provide a basis for review, but each country may have different criteria for assessing clinical evidence for a [physical] effect. For example, the FDA-approved barley health claim was based on a petition that included 39 animal...studies and 11 human clinical trials [for Alternative Medicine.]

Since then, more studies have been published, but with few exceptions, clinical data continue to demonstrate that the consumption of barley products is effective for lowering total and LDL [bad]cholesterol...

In: Journal of Nutrition, 2008 June. By: Drs. NP Ames, CR Rymer, Cereal Res. Centre, Agri. and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2M9, Canada.

Editor's Note: Despite the subsequent popularization of the use of oats to reduce cancer risk, the approval of barley has gone virtually unnoticed.

Consumers can add barley as Alternative Medicine by adding it to soup. Note that packages stating "Pearl Barley" mean that the barley has been stripped of much of its beneficial fiber similar to white bread vs. whole wheat.