Importance
of Millets
On Wednesday, 17th October, 2018 our school organized an
orientation programme about the importance of millets. The school invited Mr. Diwakar Gouda, Mrs. Neelamma
and Mr. Surendra to demonstrate on the benefits of healthy and nutritious food.
They prepared different varities of dishes and malt
using Foxtail Millets. The recipes were healthy and nutritious.
Millets are highly nutrients
as they provide protein, fiber, iron, vitamin B, manganese, phosphorus,
potassium and magnesium. They are highly alkaline, easily digestible and
soothing to the stomach. They contain around 15% of protein and rich in fiber.
They are rich sources of vitamin E, B complex, niacin, thiamin and riboflavin.
In addition to it millets also contain essential amino acids like methionine,
lecithin, phyto chemicals, and phytic acid to lower cholesterol and phylate, which
is associated with reduced cancer risk.
Millets contain double the
amount of minerals, fiber and low in sugar content when compared to rice and
wheat. It’s a store house of nutrients. White rice breaks down to glucose very
fast which in turn increases blood sugar level where as the millets slowly
breaks down because of low glycemic. Most of us are aware and it’s also proven
that the white rice we use is polished multiple times to look attractive.
Millets are unique due to their short growing season and yields crop within 75-90 days.There are several varieties of millets available throughout the world. The most commonly found millets are jowar (sorghum), sama (little millet), ragi (finger millet), korra (foxtail millet) and pearl millet.
This Programme helped our
teachers to prepare the food items by using Foxtail Millets. It was more informative and knowledgeable.