Millets, know about its benefits and nutritional facts !
Millets are cereal grains that belongs to a grass family known as Poaceae . Just because of its wide range of health benefits, it is used in many developing countries throughout African and Asian continent. Although it looks like a small seed, but it has a vast reserves of various important nutrients. One of the main reasons of gaining popularity in Western countries is, it’s gluten free and provide high quality protein and fibre. Millets are considered as one of the ancient grains that are used for human and livestock consumption. This grain shows multiple advantages over other crops. Some of them are pest resistant and can survive in barren soil too. Millets also have several sub varieties and mainly divided into 2 parts, major millets and minor millets. Pearl Millet is one of the most common and widely used variety for human consumption. So let’s come up with some of the impressive health benefits millets may have. • Have good antioxidant capacity Ferulic acid and catechins are the ...