Millet can provide us with a variety of rich minerals, such as rich potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus; 100g millet can provide 4 1mg of calcium, 5. 1mg of iron, 229mg of phosphorus and 284mg of potassium, which can make up for more vitamins and minerals if eaten for a long time. Millet is rich in crude protein, dietary fiber and a certain amount of fat, which are lacking in white rice. Millet has the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach and preventing indigestion. Porridge oil has the functions of protecting gastric mucosa, strengthening spleen and regulating stomach. Millet is an alkaline grain. People with soreness or stomach acid disorder can eat more appropriately.
Millet contains a lot of iron and is a very good iron supplement food. Eating millet porridge can supplement iron for the body to some extent, promote the synthesis of hemoglobin, promote the production of blood and prevent iron deficiency anemia. Although after a long period of boiling, the gelatinization degree of starch in porridge is improved, and their structures become easily broken, and starch is more easily decomposed into glucose, which has a greater impact on blood sugar, but the sugar rising speed of millet porridge is completely acceptable. Remember not to use edible alkali when cooking millet porridge. Many people, especially some elderly people, think that the porridge after adding alkali becomes sticky, so it tastes better. But on the one hand, it will destroy the vitamins, on the other hand, too thick porridge is not conducive to the stability of blood sugar.
In addition to nourishing the stomach and stimulating appetite, Compendium of Materia Medica also says that drinking millet gruel "can enhance the function of small intestine and has the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves". Therefore, millet is also used as a diet health care product to soothe the nerves and help sleep.