Faqs

You can buy millets at Desinutri Foods, which offers a range of authentic, indigenous Indian millets. These food options can ensure that the natural, holistically healthy and nutritionally balanced food will improve everyday meals. Desinutri Foods has a variety of delicious millet-based food options and treats that can easily make way into your daily food.

Millets are rich in calories, and hence ideal to provide energy. It is also high in Vitamin B12 and dietary fiber. This gluten-free grain is packed with vitamins and minerals, giving you a daily dose of protein, good fats and carbs. Millets release glucose into the blood gradually and not suddenly like white rice, which may end up in a surge of glucose. Consuming millets will not only help in weight management but will also give you nutritional benefits that rice and wheat may not. They are considered to be least allergic and extremely digestible grains.

No, millets has no adverse effects on the body. You can safely consume these on a daily basis and reap its health benefits.

Millet is found to be significant as diabetic food, and is helpful in maintaining blood sugar levels. Additionally, its antioxidant property eliminates acidic element from the body. Thus, it can also aid in regulating cholesterol levels in the body.

Yes millets can be given to babies. Babies can be fed millet powder; this is like a millet based substitute for baby food. Traditionally, children were given different forms of millets from 6 months up.

Millet is an excellent alternative to rice. Soak foxtail millets for an hour and cook just like rice. Millets are strong in taste, and are primarily used in making dishes including flatbread, porridge, or prepared and eaten much like rice. Mango rice, payasam, Pongal are some of the dishes made from millets.

Not at all! The high fibre content in millets leads to slower digestion and a lower glycaemic index. Foxtail millets do not contain any gluten, a wheat protein that is hard for the stomach to digest. Hence, they are not acid-forming foods, making them easy to digest.

Millets can be used as a replacement for normal rice, and is also used to prepare various curries. Quinoa is the other substitute for rice.

Yes, millets can be consumed on a daily basis. They can either be used as is or mixed with wheat and rice based products. A continuous or regular consumption of millets is beneficial for postmenopausal women suffering heart ailments, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

Yes, pregnant or lactating women can safely consume millets. Millets are, in fact ideal in pregnancy since several of them like ragi and bajra are rich in iron and calcium. Mothers who have gestational diabetes must replace other grains with millets, aiding in combating diabetes. Consumption of millets is also beneficial to help build immunity in the baby growing in the womb.