Millets benefits and nutritional information

Millets are not very popular other than Bajra, Jowar and Ragi and in all the millets Bajra (Pearl Millet) is most popular. Now a days millets are again gaining it's movement and people bringing more aware of it and today we going to learn about few millets which we can include in our diet, there are plenty of other millets too which hopefully we can cover some time soon.
Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops/ grains. They are tiny in size, round in shape and can be white, gray, yellow or red. Millets are

• Highly nutritious and rich in Vitamin B, Calcium, Iron, Potassium, Magnesium, Zinc etc.
• Gluten-free and have low Glycemic index (GI), making them suitable for diabetics, weight-watchers, people intolerant to wheat.
• Helps lower type 2 diabetes and reduces the risk of heart disease.
• Three to five times nutritionally superior to rice and wheat in terms of proteins, minerals and vitamins.
• Great source of starch, making it a high-energy food.
• Excellent source of protein and fiber. 
• Need very little water for production
• Grow in arid and semi-arid regions
• Pest-resistant
• Short growing period under dry, high temperate conditions. (That's why they are very popular in Africa and Asia.)

Millets such as Pearl millet, Barnyard millet, Sorghum, Foxtail millet, Little millet, Kodo millet, Proso millet have been grown for thousands of years.