Millet A supper food or a diet fad

2. MILLETS-A SUPPER FOOD OR A
DIET FAD
PRESENTED BY NIHAR RANJAN NAYAK
CLASS-9
ODISHA ADARSHA VIDYALAYA,OLANGA,
BHADRAK

3. POINTS TO KNOW:-
• Introduction
• Why millets?
• Types of millets
• Health benefits of millets
• Sustainable development and why govt. is
promoting millets and govt. initiatives
• Prepared delicious foods from millets
• Environmental benefits of millets

4. WHAT IS MILLETS?
• Millets are group of small seeded cereal grains
belonging to the grass or poaceae family.
• Millets are nutri-cereals,millets are finding favour
among farmers for being climate smart crops that are
drought resistant and are able to grow in areas with
low rainfall and less fertile soil.

5. WHY MILLETS?
• Millets contributes to a healthy diet.
• Millets provide antioxidants,minerals,vitamins and protein.
• Millets as a whole grain,it’s each type provides different
types and amounts of fiber which play a role in regulating
important function in case of blood sugar and lipids .
• It contains:-
7-12% protein
Vitamin-B
Minerals-Ca,K,P,Mg,Fe,Zn,etc.
Fiber
2-3% Fats
65-75% Carbohydrates

8. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAJOR AND
MINOR MILLETS
Major Millets
• Comprises of sorghum
pearls and finger millets .
• Do not have husk on them.
• Ready for human
consumption after cleaning
Minor Millets
• Comprises of kodo ,
foxtail,barnyard,porso,
browntop and little millet.
• It has husk on their seeds.
• Husk is needed to be
cleaned for making it ready
for human consumption.

9. TYPES OF MILLETS

10. MILLETS

11. HEALTH BENEFITS OF MILLETS
•Millets keeps our digestive system healthy, cure constipation.
•It reduces chances of colon cancer and gastric ulcer.
•Millets are alkaline in nature so it reduces gastric problem and bloating.
•Rich in Anti oxidants so boost immune system.
•Rich in P , so reduces cardio Vascular disease.
•Rich in Fe , prevents Anaemia.
•Rich in K , Keeps Kidney healthy.
•Its glycaemic index (GI )is low . So it has low impact on blood sugar.

13. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,WHY GOVT. IS
PROMOTING MILLETS AND GOVT. INITIATIVES
• Millets-this super grain can be economic friendly,environment friendly and
farmer friendly also.
• It is climate friendly.
• It requirs no chemical fertilizers and prestisides.
• GOVERNMENTINITIATIVES:-
• Launching of Production Linked Incentive Scheme For Food Processing
Industries For Millet Based Products(PLISMBP) By ministry of food processing
industries.
• Introduction of International year of millets on 2023 by UNGA assembly.
• Now a days govt. hikes millets minimum suport price(msp) , so that farmers
could easily afford it

14. ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF MILLETS
• Millets provide natural resistance to pests and
insecticide.
• It requires less water than rice and wheat.
• These being rain fed crops donot need standing
water in their fields.
• It keeps the green house gas level in control.

15. DELICIOUS FOODS FROM MILLETS

16. ODISHA MILLET MISSION

17. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MILLETS 2023

18. CONCLUSION
• UN Food and Agriculture organization 2023 has
been announced as International Year of millets.
"The rice eater is weightless like a bird ; The one
who eats Jowar is strong like a wolf ; one who eats
Ragi remains Nirogi throughout his life."