Millets & Their Health Benefits
New research has shed light on the potential use of millets in therapeutic diets. Millets also contain several bioactive phytochemicals including feraxans, lignans, ß-glucan, inulin, resistant starch, sterols and phenolic compounds (e.g., ferulic acid, caffeic acid and quercetin). Studies have supported the role of polyphenols in antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and neuroprotective activities, which have shown to be beneficial against cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, inflammatory diseases, metabolic syndrome. Here is how millets can be therapeutic in certain lifestyle diseases.
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