health benefits of cereals and millets

3.  Ever since the beginnings of agriculture, cereals have provided unlimited
health benefits to mankind as a staple food in our diet. Cereals are rich in
complex carbohydrates that provide you with ample energy, and help to
prevent cancer, constipation, colon disorders, high blood sugar levels and
also enrich your overall health with abundant proteins, fats,
lipids, minerals, vitamins, and enzymes.
 Cereals are enriched with niacin, iron, riboflavin and thiamine, and most
cereals have abundant fibercontents, especially barley, oat, and wheat.
Cereals also have soluble bran that aids in lowering blood cholesterol
levels and keeping heart diseases at bay. Cereal consumption also means
an intake of high amounts of protein; breakfast cereals are often eaten
with milk that makes for a protein-rich meal. For infants, iron-fortified
cereals are said to be the premium solid foods

4. Barley

5. Benefits:
 Source of Energy: Cereals are probably the greatest
source of energy for humans. Providing almost 80% of
total calories in a regular diet.
 High Mineral Content: In cereals, around 95% of
minerals are the sulphates and phosphates of
magnesium, potassium and calcium.
 Prevents Constipation and Colon
Disorders: Cereals have both insoluble and soluble
fibers like cellulose, pectin and hemicellulose.
 Maintains Blood Sugar Level: The fiber content in
cereals decreases the speed of glucose secretion from
food, thereby maintaining sugar levels in the blood.

6. Disadvantages
 the high-bran products often lead to
discomforts like abdominal pain, bloating and
intestinal gas flatulence. If you have too much
of these products, the body’s capability of
iron, zinc or other mineral absorption
decreases radically.
 suffering from Coeliac disease or irritable
bowel syndrome, try to avoid whole grain
cereal as they aggravate such conditions.

8. 1 cup cereals
1 cup millets
2 cups milk
Fruit as our like
Sugar/salt

9.  Millets are not very popular other than Bajra, Jowar and
Ragi and in all the millets Bajra (Pearl Millet) is most
popular. Now a days millets are again gaining it's
movement and people bringing more aware of it and
today we going to learn about few millets which we can
include in our die

10.  Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded
grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal
crops/ grains. Millet is tiny in size and round in
shape and can be white, gray, yellow or red like you
can see in pictures. Millets are very high in their
nutrition content. Each millets are three to five times
nutritionally superior to rice and wheat in terms of
proteins, minerals and vitamins. Millets are rich in B
vitamins, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium,
zinc, also gluten-free and has low-GI (Glycemic
index) thus millets are suitable for people
allergies/intolerance of wheat. Also for diabetic,
weight loss millets are excellent.

11. Millets Benefits
 Millets are rich in B vitamins, calcium, iron, potassium,
magnesium, zinc, also gluten-free
 Helps to lower type 2 diabetic and reduces the risk of
heart disease
 Millets are a great source of starch, making it a high-
energy food. It is also an excellent source of protein
and fiber.
 Millets are mostly pest-free and low fertilizer used in
growth (widely comes in Organic form)

13. Be Physically Active
Intentional exercise
Walking
Running
Cycling
Swimming
Active lifestyle
 Take the stairs
Walk to work
Sit less, move more