health benefits of millet - Foxtail millet( Setaria italica) is a common food in parts of India. Scientists at Sri Venkateswara University in that country studied its health benefits in diabetic rats, and concluded that the millet raised a" significant precipitate( 70%) in blood glucose" while having no such aftermath in normal rats. Diabetic rats fed millet also presented significantly lower levels of triglycerides, and total/ LDL/ VLDLcholesterol, while exhibiting an increase in HDL cholesterol.
Pathophysiology. Sept 23, 2010[ Epub ahead of publish]
Sprouting( Malting) Millet Makes Some Minerals More Bioavailable
In India and some other countries, sprouted( malted) grains are commonly used as weaning menus for babies and as easily-digested menus for the elderly and infirm. A study at the Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore, India, calibrated the changes caused by malting paw millet, wheat and barley. They found that malting millet increased the bioaccessibility of iron (> 300%) and manganese( 17% ), and calcium (" marginally "), while reducing bioaccessibility of zinc and seeing no divergence in copper. The the consequences of malting on different minerals ran widely by grain.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 14 July 2010; 58( 13 ): 8100-3.
All Millet Varieties Show High Antioxidant Activity
At the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, a team of biochemists analyzed the antioxidant undertaking and phenolic contents of several selections of millet: kodo, paw, foxtail, proso, pearl, and little millets. Kodo millet presented the highest phenolic material, and proso millet the least. All selections presented high antioxidant undertaking, in both soluble and cover fractions.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 9 June 2010; 58( 11 ): 6706-14.
Naturally Gluten-Free Grains May Be Cross-Contaminated
A Polish team from the Instytut Zywnosci in Warsaw analyzed 22 gluten-free concoctions and 19 naturally gluten-free grains and flours, for gluten material. Gluten content in the products arrayed from 5.19 to 57.16 mg/ kg. In the inherently gluten-free grains and flours , no gluten was detected in rice and buckwheat tests, but was detected in rice flakes( 7.05 mg/ kg) in pearl millet( 27.51 mg/ kg) and in oats (> 100 mg/ kg ).
( Poland) Rocz Panstw Zaki Hig. 2010; 61( 1 ): 51-5.
Meanwhile, in the U.S ., Tricia Thompson, MS, RD, a nutrition consultant specializing in gluten-free foods, was organised by gluten-testing of 22 retail tests of inherently gluten-free grains, seeds, and flours. She found contamination of 20 to 2925 ppm in seven members of 22 tests, putting them over the proposed FDA limit of 20 ppm, with lower levels in some others. Both essays point to the importance of gluten-free certification even on menus that are naturally gluten-free, such as millet.
( USA) Journal of the American Dietetic Association. June 2010; 110( 6 ): 937-40.
Millet consumption lessenings triglycerides and C-reactive protein
Scientists in Seoul, South Korea, fed a high-fat diet to rats for 8 weeks to encourage hyperlipidemia, then randomly divided into four diet groups: white rice, sorghum, foxtail millet and proso millet for the next 4 weeks. At the end of the study, triglycerides were significantly lower in the two groups consuming foxtail or proso millet, and levels of C-reactive protein were lowest in the foxtail millet radical. The researchers concluded that millet may be useful in preventing cardiovascular disease.
Nutrition Research. April 2010; 30( 4 ): 290-6.
Indian Diabetics Form to Ragi( Finger Millet) and other Millets
Diabetes is rising rapidly in India, as it is in many nations. Researchers at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College in Tamaka, Kola, India decided to study the prevalence and awareness of diabetes in rural areas, in order to inform health plan. While there was prevalent absence of awareness of the longterm the consequences of diabetes and diabetic help, common knowledge favored uptake of ragi, millet and whole wheat chapatis instead of rice, desserts and fruit.
International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. January 2010; 30( 1 ): 18-21.
Finger Millet( Ragi) Tops in Antioxidant Activity Among Common Indian Foods
The National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad, India, conducted a study of the total phenolic material and antioxidant undertaking of various pulsings, legumes and cereals, including millets. Finger millet and Rajmah( a type of bean) were highest in antioxidant undertaking, while finger millet and pitch-black gram dhal( a type of lentil) had the highest total phenolic content.
