Igama elithi “millet” alibhekiseli kuhlobo olunye lwengqolowa kodwa kwiintlobo ezininzi zengca ezikhuliselwa imbewu yazo etyiwayo, ngokutsho. Britannica. Ngelixa i-millet isenokungaziwa kakhulu njengezinye iinkozo, kudala ikhona. Oku kutya okunesitatshi yenye yeenkozo ezindala ezilinywayo emhlabeni, kwaye kufunyenwe kwiindawo zakudala eAsia naseAfrika ezineminyaka engaphezu kwama-7,500 ubudala, ngokutsho I-Oldways Whole Grains Council, iqela labathengi elingenzi nzuzo elisebenzela ukwandisa ukuqonda kwabathengi kunye nokusetyenziswa kweenkozo ezipheleleyo kwimpilo engcono.

Namhlanje, i-millet sisithako esiphambili ekutyeni kwesintu kwihlabathi liphela, kubandakanya yonke into ukusuka kwizidudu kunye nezonka ezisicaba ukuya kwiziselo ezibilisiweyo. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba i-gluten-free, umgubo we-millet usetyenziswa ngokuqhelekileyo ukwenza iimveliso ezingenagluten. Ikwasetyenziswa ngokubanzi njengokutya kwemfuyo yasekhaya okanye njengembewu yeentaka, ngokweOldways.
Ngenxa yokuba iimililitha zizizityalo eziqinile, ezingakhathalelwanga kangako nezikhula ngokukhawuleza (malunga nesiqingatha sexesha elithathwayo ukuze ingqolowa nerayisi zivuthwe) yaye zinokuchuma kumhlaba okumgangatho ophantsi, imozulu eyomileyo namaxesha embalela, ziye zakhuthazwa ukuba zikhule kakuhle. ubutyebi obuxabisekileyo obunokulwa indlala kunye nokungondleki kwiindawo zehlabathi ezisesichengeni sokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nobutyebi bendalo obunyiniweyo, ngokweOldways.
Ngo-2023, i Umbutho wokutya nezolimo (FAO) yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo yawubiza loo nyaka “Unyaka Wehlabathi Lonke WeeMillet” njengendlela yokubalaselisa ukubaluleka kweemililitha kubonelelo lokutya ehlabathini.
Ke ngokuqinisekileyo kukho izibonelelo zempilo ezithe zayanyaniswa nokutya amabele. “Yingqolowa egcweleyo, ngoko inecarbohydrates enzima kunye nefiber, kwaye ikwangumthombo olungileyo weprotheyini,” utshilo. UJohn "Wesley" McWhorter, uDktPH, i-RDN, isithethi sikazwelonke se-Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, umlawuli weyeza lokuphila kwi-Suvida Healthcare, kunye nompheki oyingcali.
Uphando ibonisa ukuba i-millet inokudlala indima ekulawuleni ukusebenza kwamathumbu, ukulawula iswekile yegazi kunye ne-cholesterol, kunye nokugcina impilo yamathumbu. Izifundo baye babonisa ukuba i-millet iqulethe amanqanaba aphezulu e-antioxidants, okwenza ukuba ingabi yindawo yamandla enesondlo kuphela kodwa ukutya okunokwehlisa umngcipheko womhlaza ebantwini.