A Review to Determine Various Health Benefits, Nutritional Composition, Processing of Millets and their Significance in New Generation Agriculture

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  • Himani Tanwar
     Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chandigarh College of Hospitality, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran (Punjab) - 140 307 ,IN
  • Pooja Bhatt
     Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chandigarh College of Hospitality, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran (Punjab) - 140 307 ,IN
  • Priya Mehta
     KVA DAV College, Karnal, Haryana - 132 001 ,IN

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https://doi.org/10.21048/IJND.2024.61.3.44902

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Health benefits, processing, nutritional composition, millets, antioxidant activity, phenolics, flavanoids

Abstract

Millets can be the revolution for developing countries like India. There is a crucial need for millets in the agricultural sector. Other similar cereals present in the market have definitely hindered the use of millets. Millets were the main source of nutrition for the ancient man but with advancing time and introduction to wheat comeback through proper awareness of their nutritional as well as agricultural benefits. Millets have many health benefits. It is has proven to be beneficial in diabetes mellitus due to low glycemic index. For taking in all the benefits which millets can provide one should know their production and processing techniques which are as important as the correct way to consume them. Millets though a very beneficial cereal can be a bit complicated use for the common man because wrong food processing method can truly harm the nutrient content of the millet they are using. Millets do have some anti nutritional factors which can make it a little difficult to digest and can cause an upset stomach for which different processing techniques have been introduced. Each processing technique has different effect on the grains and the factor which influences the technique to be used to process the millet is based on the scale of production and area available. This review basically summaries the various health benefits, nutritional composition along with their processing.

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2024-08-06

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Tanwar, H., Bhatt, P., & Mehta, P. (2024). A Review to Determine Various Health Benefits, Nutritional Composition, Processing of Millets and their Significance in New Generation Agriculture. The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 61(3), 353–364. https://doi.org/10.21048/IJND.2024.61.3.44902

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