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Millets vakamira muedzo wenguva uye vakavepo pamberi peIndus Valley Civilization. Zvakataurwa muzvinyorwa zvekare zveYajurveda sepriyan gava (foxtail millet), aanava (barnyard millet) uye shyaamaka (finger mallet), inotangira Bronze Age ye4500 BCE.
Millet ndeyechikamu chekudya chezviyo, chinozivikanwa nekudya kwemuno kwakanangana neiyo geographical dunhu. Mumazuva ekutanga, Green Revolution isati yasvika, mupunga negorosi ndizvo zvaive zviyo zvikuru. Nekuda kwemabasa akasiyana, vamwe vanhu vemune mamwe matunhu chete ndivo vaikwanisa kuwana chirimwa ichi. Panguva yekurima, tsanga dzemapfunde dzinoda mari shoma yembeu dzine goho rakawanda, uye dzinogona kukura nyore sechirimwa chinonaya mvura, icho chinobatsira kurima.
Muchinyorwa chino, Dr Karthiyayini Mahadevan, Musoro, Hutano uye Hupenyu kuColumbia Pacific Communities, inotibatsira kunzwisisa kuti kuwedzera izvi zvidiki-superfoods mukudya kwako kwezuva nezuva kunogona kubatsira sei hutano hwako hwese.
Yakave tsanga ine mukurumbira pakati pemapoka akapfuma aishanda nesimba muswere wese wezuva nekuda kwekudya kwayo. Mhodzi imbeu dzakakora nesimba zvine hutano hwepamusoro, uye nharaunda yega yega yakatora mamwe mapira kuti ishandiswe nguva dzose. MuIndia, mapfunde ndiwo ainyanya kurimwa zviyo kusvika makore makumi mashanu apfuura.
Millet zviyo zvidiki zvinoda kushanda nesimba zvishoma, mishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene, uye mafetireza kuti zvikure paivhu riri kumucheto.
Iwo akakamurwa kuita marudzi maviri, mapfunde mahombe nemapfunde madiki, zvichienderana nekukura kwawo uye nzvimbo yekurima. Sadza (jowar) uye pearl millet (bajra) anoshandiswa zvakanyanya muIndia subcontinent. Chikamu chidiki chemhunga chinosanganisira chigunwe chemhunga (ragi), muswe wemhunga (kangni), mhunga (kutki) zvichingodaro.

Nemichina yaitora yakawanda yebasa rakaoma remaoko, pakanga pane chinjo mumararamire, uye chinodikanwa chezvokudya chakaderera kutozosvikira chiverengero chavagari vapasi chawedzera. Green Revolution yakazadzisa kudiwa kwaikura nekuwedzera goho nefetereza nemakemikari, zvichipa mhuri dzakawanda chikafu. Zvibereko zvemupunga negorosi zvakawedzera kupeta. Asi, idzi shanduko uye shanduko yemararamiro zvinounza matambudziko mazhinji ehutano.
Chirwere cheshuga mellitus, chimwe chezvirwere zvakajairika, idenda riri kukura uye dambudziko rakakura rehutano rinoremedza nyika. Zvakadaro, mapira anoshanda sekufema kutsva kubata aya matambudziko ehutano.
Nyangwe zvazvo mapfunde aripo kubva kare, akaraswa kubva mukudya nekuda kwekuchinja kwemaitiro ekudya pamwe nekudyidzana kwenyika dzepasi rose achionekwa sechikafu chemurombo. Nekudaro, kuwanda kwezvirwere zvemararamiro kwaita kuti tizive zvakanakira kudya kwezviyo izvi.
Millets yakashandura indasitiri yehutano. Millet akapfuma mune antioxidants senge quercetin, katechin, curcumin, nezvimwewo, izvo zvinobatsira kurwisa mahara radicals. Kudya mapfunde kune mabhenefiti akawanda, asi huchenjeri huri mumashandisiro atinoita. Haisi kudzivirira asi inopesana kana zviyo zvakasanganiswa uye zvichidyiwa se-multigrain. Metabolism yemuviri wedu inofanirwa kusiyanisa tsanga imwe neimwe uye maitiro ayo chaiwo. Kunamatira rudzi rumwe rwezviyo kweinenge mwedzi miviri usati waedza dzimwe kwakanakisisa.
Zviyo zvakaunzwa muhurongwa hwekudya kwepakati pezuva muzvikoro. Inzira yakanaka yekuunza chikafu chakakodzera kuvana vari kukura.
Nevhu shoma rasara rekudiridza uye huwandu hwevanhu, mapira muponesi uye chishamiso chemireniyamu itsva. Hunhu hwayo hwekuenderera mberi huchaita basa rakakosha mukuchengeta kudiwa kwechikafu kwehuwandu huri kukura.