Oats-Barley Health & Nutrition

The goal of this book, ‘Oats-Barley Health & Nutrition’is to make food your medicine, instead of making medicineyour food. You are what you eat. By incorporating two healthy grains, oats and barley into your everyday food in creative and fun ways, this book can help you make healthy and delicious meals, so you eat healthy, drink healthy and be healthy.
Oats and barley, two ancient grains, have been chosen in these recipes for their numerous health benefits. Oats has been used as a healing food for many years. Oats are very nutritious, fiber and protein rich, and loaded with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. It helps to lower cholesterol and reduce blood sugar. It lowers the risk of heart disease and also helps lose weight. Barley, a whole-grain, is among the earliest grown grains. Barley is rich in soluble fiber, lowers blood pressure, improves bone health and prevents gallstones. Both Oats and barley contain beta-glucans. Recent research has shown beta-glucans to have significant health benefits including lowering LDL cholesterol, lowering blood sugar levels, and improving immune system functions.
This book contains healthy and creative recipes complimenting oats and barley with other ingredients containing complex carbohydrates, low-fat, and high protein with a selection of whole grains, legumes, sprouts, dals, seeds, roots, vegetables and fruits.
Though this book is targeted for diabetics and obese people,it is for anyone who is health-conscious and wants to incorporate oats and barley in their daily diet.