Abstract
In the diabetes mellitus cases, the period of time necessary for treatment depends upon kind of staple food intaken. It was observed that barley can be compared advantageously with rice in making the convalescency period shorter. So the following research work was conducted in order to evidence the good effect of the enriched barley upon the blood sugar level and to study the difference of the urine sugar level between diabetics and the healthy control. Each of 100g of the enriched barley (Vita Barley) and refined rice boiled was given alternatively at an interval of one week to 10 healthy persons and diabetics. In the healthy control, there was no difference by either of the food given in both the blood sugar level and urine sugar level. In the diabetic cases, the blood sugar level as well as the urine sugar level showed lower values by the enriched barley intake when compared with those by the rice intake. The difference of the values became marked with the aggravation of the diabetic mellitus. These differences of the values will be attributable to the structure difference of the polysaccharides of the two foods. The diabetics may have altered types of the activities of the enzymes concerning saccharification.
