Millet Breakfast Drives down Blood Sugar
Comparing to the rice dishes, low glycemic index foods help in reducing the glucose levels.
A tussle study on the impact of
Millets for diabetics takes upon by M.V.Hospital for Diabetics, Rayapuram has
mull over interesting upshots.
This study has been conducted on a
group of 34 diabetics’ patients (18 working men and 13 women homemakers), who
were on oral medication and between the age limits from 37 to 53 years. It has
been identified that, including the millets in the diet helps in lessening the
blood-sugar levels.
Vijay Viswanathan, chief
diabetologist and author of the study, said that the groups of patients in the
study were monitored for their routine treatment and make certain that there
were no alterations in their pursuits during the study period.
The patients were assessed for
their fasting and post-prandial glucose levels on both the rice based and
millet based breakfast. The result shows that the millet-based breakfast was
effective in significantly reducing post-prandial glucose levels.
Despite the fact that the dietary
value of millets has been tacit, it is not cultivated as much as rice or wheat
is, as it is not remunerative as much as necessary, stated Ravi Kesavan, chief
of department of millets at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
