Is Barley Grass A No-no?

[Guest BornToRide]

I have a Ultra Juice Green supplement that contains barley grass. Is that also a no-no for gluten intolerant folks?

[CarlaB]

Yes, it's a no-no.

[Guest BornToRide]

Yes, it's a no-no.

Dang - thank you very much!

[Lauren M]

I don't know, Barlean's greens is gluten-free and it has barley leaf (as well as oat and rye leaf)...

I don't know how leaves are different from grasses, if they are at all

- Lauren

[CarlaB]

I don't know, Barlean's greens is gluten-free and it has barley leaf (as well as oat and rye leaf)...

I don't know how leaves are different from grasses, if they are at all

- Lauren

Most of them do claim to be gluten-free. I have a product that has some variation of barley in it that also claims to be gluten-free ... my digestive system has a different opinion though.

Technically speaking, if they perfectly harvested the grass, it shouldn't have the grain ... I think that's why they claim to be gluten-free.

[flowergirl]

I am using a gluten-free barley grass and I don't see any problems or negative simptoms. I think they harvest the young barley grass before it makes the seed but I'm not sure. ??? Before I went gluten-free or ever heard of Celiac, I switched around between different brands and settled on this one that is... you guessed it... gluten-free. I liked it because I felt it worked better. I should have guessed it earlier.

[darlindeb25]

The first few years that I was gluten free, I didn't react to barley, yet that does not mean you are not damaging yourself inside.

I found this out quite by accident. Quaker has a ricecake called Crackerjack, they actually have 2 different varieties of Crackerjack and I didn't know it. I loved them and was telling my sister about them--she warned me to be very careful because one brand had barley. That's when I read the ingredients and had been eating the wrong one for 2 weeks with no reaction. Now, I do react to barley, yet then I didn't.

I feel we should stay away from barley and wheat grasses!