Any idea how many calories/ sat fats are in this barley water?

It says something different for boiled just because of rounding, and math errors. The way they calculate how many kCal and how much fat (or salt, sugar, etc) is in something isn’t perfect. Often the total number of kCal in a portion won’t add up to the breakdown below. The difference isn’t all that great, so don’t stress about it. The water probably contains some of the calories and some of the fat, but not very much at all. Mostly carbs, probably… Unfortunately it’ll be impossible to figure out exactly how much, but probably little enough that it doesn’t really matter.

Also, just for curiosity’s sake… why on earth would you cook a bunch of barley and then toss it and drink the water it was boiled in?? That makes no sense at all to me!

hee hee… well now that you ask…!!! ya see…. apparently it’s supposed to be soothing for the urinary tract. After seeing numerous specialists and having numerous tests done (and I mean numerous) to identify why I’ve been suffering with reoccurring… chronic cystitis for 22 years…they can’t help me so I’m slowly going to work my way through all the alternatives…and barley water..pure… is the first… :-) Thank you for your helpful answer xxx I shan’t worry about counting the calories!

lol…I just burnt the barley by fluthering about the barley!! oh well…start again!!

Ahh I see! Well, good luck on getting your cystitis under control, @lynneblundell… I hope the barley water works!

um…2nd attempt…not burnt but all water evaporated…this isn’t going very well… :-( thank you anyway!! x

@lynneblundell Skip all the trouble and just have a beer!

hee hee xx I would but I’m on a diet! :-(

http://www.recipezaar.com/Barley-Tea-113366

And here’s a dandy one for cleansing the kidneys: http://www.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/drinks/barleywater.html

thanks @snowberry xxx those are great!!