Re: safe and nonsafe fiber in grains
04/22/08 11:16 AM
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Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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According to Wikipedia:
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Barley must have its fibrous outer hull removed before it can be eaten. Barley grains with their hulls still on are called covered barley or 'hulled barley". Once the grain has had the inedible hull removed, it is called dehulled barley. At this stage, the grain still has its bran and germ, which are nutritious. Dehulled barley is considered a whole grain, and is a popular health food. Pearl barley or pearled barley is hulled barley which has been processed further to remove the bran. It may be polished, a process known as "pearling". Dehulled or pearl barley may be processed into a variety of barley products, including flour, flakes similar to oatmeal, and grits.
Based on this and the fact that Heather lists "Barley" with no qualifiers in her SF list, I'd treat dehulled barley like oatmeal, cornmeal, and brown rice: a part SF, part IF grain that many IBSers can use as an SF base but that some will have trouble with. So if you like it, give it a try but be cautious. If you have trouble with dehulled barley, fall back to pearled barley.
I can't help you with detailed information on buckwheat groats or millet but my rule is that if it's not mentioned on Heather's SF list, I consider it IF and treat it accordingly.
There are lists of SF and IF content floating around but I don't have much faith in them. Other people do and you may get more info from some of them.
HTH. Welcome to the Boards.
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