date:Apr 23, 2013
ntial health benefits of eating millet include preventing cancer and cardiovascular diseases; reducing tumor incidence; lowering blood pressure, risk of heart disease, cholesterol and rate of fat absorption; delaying gastric emptying; and supplying gastrointestinal bulk. Millet grains have the potential to be useful in preventing diabetes and for treatment of diabetics, according to the review.
Research also is needed to determine the bioavailability, metabolism and health contribution of mille