{"id":23450,"date":"2017-03-12T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/?p=23450"},"modified":"2017-10-13T13:33:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T08:03:38","slug":"wheat-or-jowar-roti-what-is-better-for-people-with-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wheat-or-jowar-roti-what-is-better-for-people-with-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheat Or Jowar Roti: What Is Better For People With Diabetes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23461 size-full\" title=\"Wheat Or Jowar Roti: What Is Better For People With Diabetes?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/rsz_shutterstock_250532884.jpg\" alt=\"online medicine purchase in india\" width=\"630\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a person with diabetes, it is best recommended to have\u00a0<em>roti<\/em> made of jowar atta (sorghum) compared to a wheat flour\u00a0<em>chappati.<\/em>\u00a0Here is why jowar roti is the preferred choice for people with diabetes:<\/p>\n<p>1 .The high dietary fiber of sorghum is not only important for digestive, hormonal and cardio-vascular health, but <strong>also\u00a0reduces the glycemic index of sorghum<\/strong>. Since it has a low glycemic index, <strong>which is 62 compared to that of whole wheat (72),<\/strong> it takes a longer time for the release of glucose in the blood. This helps in preventing spikes of blood sugar levels in diabetics.<\/p>\n<p>2 . Jowar (sorghum) is a rich <strong>source of protein, iron, vitamin B, dietary fiber and antioxidants such as tannins and anthocyanin<\/strong>. These antioxidants help to reduce inflammation and also prevents free radical damage in diabetics.<\/p>\n<p>3 . Jowar (Sorghum) is gluten-free. It is also a <strong>rich source of antioxidants therefore making it a better grain<\/strong>. Few of its varieties<strong> have high phenolic content which is beneficial for people with diabetes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4 . Being a rich source of antioxidants, it <strong>has been found to ward off several forms of cancer such as colon cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5 . Jowar\u00a0<strong>can be easily digested and is well tolerated<\/strong> by the human body.\u00a0It is <strong>rich in starch, as well as protein<\/strong>. It slows down the process of digestion and regulates release of glucose in the blood.<\/p>\n<p>6 . Jowar contains antioxidants like tannin and anthocyanin,<strong> which help in reducing caloric value of food and also helps to reduce weight<\/strong>. It has also been found to be beneficial in fighting obesity and subsequent worsening of diabetes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/rsz_shutterstock_250532884.jpg\" alt=\"online medicine purchase in india\" width=\"630\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[56,91,123],"class_list":["post-23450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetes","tag-anti-diabetic","tag-diabetes","tag-healthy-eating"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wheat Or Jowar Roti: What Is Better For People With Diabetes? - Tata 1mg Capsules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For a person with diabetes, it is best recommended to have roti made of jowar atta (sorghum) compared to a wheat flour chappati. 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