There are more reasons to seek wheat alternatives than simply avoiding gluten. For example, barley contains gluten. If you’re celiac, then barley is not a safe alternative for you. However, for the ...

Food has the greatest impact on our health. We eat food a minimum of twice a day regularly and our health is also dependent on what is included in that food. Elders are always advised to eat seasonal ...

Longevity is a complicated matter that can often be rather scientific. The mechanisms in the body when certain foods are consumed can either help or hinder this. Bread often has a bad reputation when ...

GWYNEDD based bakery Popty Cae Groes says an innovative bread it has developed has created a lot of interest and it is looking to bake other speciality bread lines. GWYNEDD based bakery Popty Cae ...

Sometimes the only way forward is backwards. Barley, Europe's oldest cultivated cereal and once scorned as a food of the poor or fit only for animal feed, is, I reckon, a food of the future. It is a ...

The "superfood", the UK's second largest crop, has a mix of fibres that boosts metabolism and reduces appetite, blood sugar and insulin levels, a study in Sweden found. Barley is used in bread, ...

Many scholars contend that our prehistoric ancestors gave up their hunting-and-gathering lifestyle once they learned how to bake bread. Although there is evidence that barley was sown and harvested ...