Millets are good for you. Millets have multiple health benifits

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%
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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.
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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.
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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