SynthesisFrontiers in nutrition2021
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Potential of Millets for Managing and Reducing the Risk of Developing Diabetes Mellitus.
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- Can Feeding a Millet-Based Diet Improve the Growth of Children?-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Can Millet Consumption Help Manage Hyperlipidemia and Obesity?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
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- A Comprehensive Review of Starches From Diverse Millets: Composition, Structure, Functionality, and Strategies for Genetic Improvement.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026Review
- Harnessing microRNA regulatory networks for engineering climate resilience and nutritional enhancement in millets.Stress biology · 2026Review
- Role of Functional Foods and Nutraceutical Compounds in Alleviating Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Millets and food security: a sustainable response to growing population needs.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Millets for food and nutritional security in semi-arid Bundelkhand, India: historical, scientific, and socio-economic perspectives.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Millet: a functional powerhouse against chronic lifestyle disease.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Impact of Adding a Millet Diet on Glycemic Control and Lipid Profile in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Annals of African medicine · 2026Article
- Energy potential, health benefits, antinutrient reduction methods, and nutritional properties of Indian millets: a review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Conventional and Advanced Processing Techniques and Their Effect on the Nutritional Quality and Antinutritional Factors of Pearl Millet Grains: The Impact on Metabolic Health.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Millets: Journey from an Ancient Crop to Sustainable and Healthy Food.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of milling degree on proximate composition, functional components and antioxidant capacity of foxtail millet.Food chemistry: X · 2025Article
- Sensory Properties and Acceptability of Fermented Pearl Millet, a Climate-Resistant and Nutritious Grain, Among Consumers in the United States-A Pilot Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nanotechnology: an emerging field for enhancing micronutrient enrichment in millets via biofortification strategies-present knowledge and prospects for the future.Journal of food science and technology · 2025Review
- Fermentation dynamics of millet beverages: Microbial interactions, nutritional enhancements, and health implications.Food chemistry: X · 2025Review
- Millets for little ones: child feeding practices and nutritional profile of millet-based foods in Telangana, India.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Role of millets in pre-diabetes and diabetes: effect of processing and product formulation.Journal of food science and technology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Millets (including sorghum) are known to be highly nutritious besides having a low carbon footprint and the ability to survive in high temperatures with minimal water. Millets are widely recognised as having a low Glycaemic Index (GI) helping to manage diabetes. This systematic review and meta-analyzes across the different types of millets and different forms of processing/cooking collated all evidences. Of the 65 studies that were collected globally, 39 studies with 111 observations were used to analyze GI outcomes and 56 studies were used to analyze fasting, post-prandial glucose level, insulin index and HbA1c outcomes in a meta-analysis. It is evident from the descriptive statistics that the mean GI of millets is 52.7 ± 10.3, which is about 36% lower than in typical staples of milled rice (71.7 ± 14.4) and refined wheat (74.2 ± 14.9). The descriptive, meta and regression analyses revealed that Job's tears, fonio, foxtail, barnyard, and teff were the millets with low mean GI (<55) that are more effective (35-79%) in reducing dietary GI than the control samples. Millets with intermediate GI (55-69) are pearl millet, finger millet, kodo millet, little millet, and sorghum which have a 13-35% lower GI than the control with high GI (>69). A meta-analysis also showed that all millets had significantly (
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