Blood sausage similar ingredients, is also eaten in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia during winter time, usually with sauerkraut and cooked potatoes. In Romania, the traditional "sângerete" (from "sânge", "blood" in Romanian) is made from shoulder butt pork meat, pork blood and a filler such as pre-boiled rice seasoned with pepper, garlic and basil. It has many regional variants, but the most common are the "sângerete" from Transylvania. Similarly, in Czech cuisine, "jelito" is made from second-rate pork, pig's blood and peeled barley; the stuffing served by itself, unformed, is called "prejt". In Denmark, "blodpølse" is made from pigs's blood and suet,
Barley milled into "beremeal" it is used locally in bread, biscuits, and the traditional beremeal bannock. According to Health Canada and the US Food and Drug Administration, consuming at least 3 grams per day of barley beta-glucan or 0.75 grams per serving of soluble fiber can lower levels of blood cholesterol, a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Eating whole-grain barley, as well as other grains with lots of fiber, improves regulation of blood sugar (i.e., reduces blood glucose response to a meal). Consuming breakfast cereals containing barley over weeks to months also improved cholesterol levels and glucose regulation. Like wheat, rye,