YOUR 3 REASONS TO CHANGE TOWARDS A HEALTHY MILLET DIET

by Millet Amma GLUTEN-FREE AND VEGAN WONDER FOOD FOR A HEALTHY DI

Climate change, lifestyle diseases, and a weakened immune system are all challenges of the modern day. What if there was a single answer to all these issues? Indeed there is, meet our superstar- Millets!

Why are millets so popular, and why should one substitute wheat, rice, etc. with these supposedly superfoods?

Low GI Index: Essentially, food is more than just something we put in our mouths to gratify our taste buds. Food is the source of our energy, allowing us to perform at our highest potential.

However, there is a process by which this food is converted into energy for humans. It is known as Glycolysis.

Anatomically speaking glycolysis is a cytoplasmic pathway which breaks down glucose into two three-carbon compounds and generates energy.

In simple words: Glycolysis is the process through which glucose is broken to generate energy.

In this process of glycolysis, each nutrient is first transformed to glucose before being converted to energy. And the time it takes for a food to convert to glucose is the crucial part of this process. The quicker a food converts to glucose and provides a short burst of energy, the more it contributes to lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, etc. And the slower food converts to glucose, the less it raises blood sugar and the longer it offers sustained energy for a healthy body.

The glycemic index (GI) is a 1–100 scale.

The lower a food’s score, the longer it takes for that food to raise a person’s blood sugar levels.

The GI indicates how quickly carbohydrate-containing foods increase blood sugar levels, compared with pure glucose.

For example:

Both glucose and white bread have a GI of 100.

This is how the scale operates: