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Millets, Good For You

  1. Fewer crop species are feeding the world than 50 years ago, with a stark decline in millets and other traditional crops. This globalized non-diversified diet of energy-dense crops, fuels the rise in diabetes and heart disease. Millets are part of the answer to reverse this trend. Average change in the calories consumed from key crops worldwide (1961-2009) Soybean +284% Sunflower +246% Palm oil +173% Sorghum -52% Casava -38% Sweet potatoes -45% Millets -45% ,, GOOD FOR YOU MILLETS MULTIPLE HEALTH BENEFITS Millets for THE GLUTEN-INTOLERANT Millets for PREVENTION OF CANCER, HEART DISEASE NUTRIENT DENSE PEARL MILLET Pearl millet has the highest folic acid content among cereals. Folic acid is especially recommended for pregnant women and helps prevent neural tube defects in newborns. Consumption of folic acid is also reported to reduce the risk of heart attacks and cancers. Sciencewithahumanface Mothers from Mali to Mumbai use finger millet as baby porridge due to its richness in calcium Millets are Millets for DIABETICS Millets with their GLUTEN FREEand hence a boon for people suffering from Celiac disease. ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES Phenolic acids, flavonoids etc. present in millets have Antioxidants provide potential health benefits such as preventing cancer and cardiovascular diseases. PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES, VITAMINS and MICRONUTRIENTS Millets are high in FINGER MILLET Calcium is an important requirement for all; especially children and pregnant and elderly women. ,, An adult recommended daily allowance of iron and zinc is about 15mg LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX (GI) helps manage blood glucose levels in diabetics. IRON75mg/kg ZINC43mg/kg HIGHESTFOLICACID46 mcg/100g CALCIUM 3 times more than milk 340mg/100g CRITICAL NEED FOR DIET DIVERSITY
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