It has numerous health benefits. It reduces obesity and blood pressure; helps in maintaining blood sugar levels; lowers cholesterol and triglycerides; easy to digest; reduces constipation and effective for heart problems. It also has 15% fewer carbohydrates as compared to normal brown wheat.
No. Black wheat aata has to be used as it is.
Rural Grains rolls out black wheat flour that is clean and washed hygienically and freshly milled. It is 100% organic with no preservatives added, non-genetically modified, gluten free. It is procured directly from the farms of Madhya Pradesh and thus empowers the farmers.
It's all about Anthocyanin; Anthocyanin is an antioxidant present in blueberries and jamun and this gives the purple or black colour to the wheat. Proportion of Anthocyanin in normal brown wheat is 5 ppm; in purple wheat it's 40 ppm and in Black wheat it's 140 ppm ( parts per million ). Coloured wheat which is biofortified with zinc, can fight malnutrition among children.
Anthocyanins are the naturally occurring anti-oxidants that prevent oxidative damage and help in delaying ageing, reducing cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and other disorders.
Black Wheat and Millets are both super foods but millets should not be taken on a regular basis. Despite millets' multiple health benefits, they also contains anti-nutrients — compounds that block or reduce your body's absorption of other nutrients and may lead to deficiencies (31). One of these compounds — phytic acid — interferes with potassium, calcium, iron, zinc, and magnesium uptake. Millets contain goitrogens which interfere with Thyroid hormones and can result in an enlarged thyroid gland.
