Dr. Hagiwara believes that the key to the nutritive value of this supplement is not just the nutrient content of the concentrated extract, but its biochemical form which promotes more effective assimilation. What really sets this powdered barley juice apart from other food supplements, he says, are the thousands of live enzymes. SOD aids in digestion and metabolism by helping to disperse vitamins and minerals into the blood stream to be absorbed by the body. Dr. Richard Cutler, a biophysicist at the National Institute of Aging has shown that the life span of many mammalian species, including man were found to be directly proportional to the amount or SOD contained in the cells. Dr. Hagiwara in Japan and Biologist Dr. Jasuo Hotta, a specialist of gene engineering at the University of California at La,Jolla, found that when powdered barley juice was added to damaged cells, the DNA within the cells repaired itself twice as quickly as DNA in cells receiving none.
Current theories are that both cancer and aging result when genes fail to repair themselves.
Moreover, when the barley juice supplement was added to cells before they were subjected to radiation and a carcinogen, Hotta says the repair rate was easily three times as fast as normal. Hagiwara claims, the findings may eventually help to prevent cancer, aging, or both. Experiments showing the ability of powdered barley juice to repair damaged cells, neutralize the effects of carcinogens and radiation, and retard the aging process have all been done on laboratory cell cultures and animals. While many people report improvement in a wide variety of physical problems, no controlled tests have been done on humans. All rights reserved.