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Literally grind up 2 tbps of Hulled Barley, take 2 mins to boil it in a microwave with a bunch of water, drink your barley water and call it a day.

Humans effectively co-evolved with Barley drink, it's insane we try all this other stuff.

The benefits of barley and beta glucan are well established.

People don't seem to appreciate that it aids in more thorough digestion while protecting your digestive tract.

Eat roughage and greens all you want, but barley in a spice grinder is 100% the base layer for everything else and it takes 3 mins a day to microwave and drink.

Incidentally this also helps regulate the water content in your colon, so hydration curves improve as well.

Bulking with greens without laying down a soluble fiber base is why people get the salad shooter expierence, the greens don't stay in your digestive tract long enough.

All these lesser grains have to have ad campaigns and health fads, barley is the goat and always in demand and so people over look it.



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