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 YOUMILLETS

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.

Science with a human face

Mothers from Mali to Mumbai use finger millet as baby porridge due to its richness in calcium

Millets are

Millets for DIABETICSMillets with their

GLUTEN FREEand hence a boon for people suffering from Celiac disease.

ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIESPhenolic 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 MILLETCalcium 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.

IRON 75mg/kg

ZINC 43mg/kg

HIGHEST FOLIC ACID 46 mcg/100g

CALCIUM3 times more than milk

340mg/100g

CRITICAL NEED FOR DIET DIVERSITY