Trader’s Narrative

A while back I mentioned that my sister was gung-ho about the health benefits of BarleyLife. Now that a few day’s worth of holidays has me within reach, she wasted no time in making me drink the stuff.

How do I describe it? Think of a horse stable; then imagine you go in and indiscriminantly shovel what’s on the ground into a 500 horse-power blender. And then drink it.

Visually it looks like fine algae. But it isn’t. It is powdered barley shoots and brown rice and some other stuff.

The smell? Again, a horse stable.

The taste? You don’t want to know. Trust me.

According to her though it is incredible stuff. It gives you lots of energy, cleans your system, and full of vitamins. Guaranteed to keep you regular. Or as she puts it, ‘you will eliminate first thing in the morning’. Thankfully she doesn’t elaborate what exactly is being eliminated.

If you are going to try it, I recommend taking it within a strong smoothy.

Sis: You take barley right?
Me: Sure
Sis: Isn’t it awsome?
Me: Yeah, ofcourse mine is usually in liquid form.
Sis: What?
Me: You know, as in beer… barley, hops, etc..
Sis: You’re such a dork. I’m talking about BarleyLife, this supplement… didn’t I tell you about it?

My sister is a total health and yoga nut (I mean that in the nicest way possible). So I find out more and it turns out that there is this supplement which has actual barley shoots in it - as in young green barley leaves. It has a few more things too. But the important thing is that according to her it gives you a total energy boost during the day.

So far the only natural supplements I’ve tried are chlorella (from Japan) and ginseng root (from Korea). I’ll give this Barley thing a try and if I suddenly get a boost of energy and start doing laps around the neighbourhood I’ll let you know.