Millet a day will keep diabetes away!

If an apple keeps a doctor away, then daily consumption of millets will keep lifestyle diseases like diabetes type 2 away!

One variant of positive millets type if consumed daily will definitely help in improving your health, looking at the nutritional benefits which millets provide. Millets are a complete power house looking at their composition, as they provide good amount of energy, proteins, micro nutrients and the much necessary fiber!.

The staple cereals like rice and wheat contain lower proportions of fibers compared to positive millets, which makes millets the preferred choice when it comes to preventing or controlling diabetes.

How to include millets :-

a. Consume only one type of millet in a single meal.[ as ph values of millets vary digestion time varies].

b. Prepare variety of menu with single millet of your choice [ roti/ cheela / dosa/ idli] on any given day, don't forget to add 1 portion of pulses to the batters, to source good quality protein.

c. Avoid taking multi millet products / flours.

d. Soaking and germination are most important methods to follow before consuming millets to negate the anti-nutrients in millets.

e. One can continue with staple cereals[rice & wheat] provided portion control is in place.

h. Don't forget to add healthy fats to millets preparation.

g. Remember over eating harms, be it millet or other grains.

h. Only eating millets won't make you healthy, you need to work out as well.

These pointers are generalized, individual preferences may differ according to pathological, physical parameters. Customisation is the key aspect of meal planning.

Positive millets- kodo, barnyard, browntop, proso, little millet.

Neutral millets- ragi, jowar,bajra.

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