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GREAT MILLETS/SORGHUM

                                                          Great Millets/Sorgh GREAT MILLETS/SORGHUM GREAT MILLETS/SORGHUM Great millets/sorgh (Telugu: Jonna) Sorghum is  sweet, sour and bitter in taste . This is widely cultivated in India. This millet is widely used as food in Rayalaseema and Telangana for past centuries. They also find a variety of other sorghum  health benefits , even for people without gluten intolerance  sorghum  has high nutritional value, with high levels of  unsaturated fats, protein fibred and minerals like phosphorus, potassium calcium and iron  .it also has more antioxidants. Wonderful food  for diabetic, obesity and for constipation. Controls  sugar levels in blood  and improves bone strength. Sorghum's nutritional profile includes several minerals. This mineral matter is unevenly distributed and is more concentrated in the germ and the seed coat. In milled sorghum flours, minerals such as phosphorus, iron, zinc and copper d