Barnyard millets are sweet in taste. The food prepared with this millet gives strength and is easily digestible. Therefore, in North India this is used
during religious fasting.
- In Uttarakhand and Nepal pregnant women and neonatal women are given food made of barnyard millet as this is rich in iron. They believe that anemia is reduced in neonatal women and they will have plenty of breast milk.
- This food maintains body temperature.
- It improves the resistance capacity of the body.
- This is very good food for those who work for long hours in stationary position without much physical labour.
- It is good for constipation as well as diabetes as there is a lot of fiber in this millet.
- The food made of this millet protects us from ulcer-formation in small intestine and the cancer of large intestine