Who is Dr Khader Vali ?
Dr Khader Vali, in recent days this is the most familiar name in Telugu and Kannada states in India because of his diet plan with natural millets, other plants based kashaya and their role in cure Diabetes, Obesity, Cancer and heart-related problems.
He was native of Proddature town, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh. He got masters in Science from the Regional Institute of Education, Mysore and he did PhD on steroids from the IIS, Banglore. He married his classmate Ms Usha. Later Dr Khader pursued his post-doctoral research fellowship on environmental science from Beaverton Oregon, USA. At that time when food was being rapidly commercialized.
He returned to India from the US in 1997 intending to construct a healthy society in his own country and settled down in Mysore. Since his graduation relentlessly worked to revive millets, further worked hard to revive five distinct types of millets that were fast disappearing.
He discovered that each of these millets having healing properties and if you consume them it could cure even deadly diseases, Hence he named these five types of millets, ‘Siridhanyalu’, these millets fall under the category of positive grains / rich grains.
5 Types of Millets / Siridhanyalu / Rich Grains
- Foxtail millet
- Kodo millet
- Little millet
- Barnyad millet
- Browntop millet
Watch below video to know the shape, size and colour of the different millets (Siridhanya).
Dr Khader highlighted the fact that the health of the people depends on food intake. The ratio of dietary fibre to carbohydrates in the food determines the health of the consumer. The 5 millets mentioned are rich in fibre when compared to Rice and Wheat.
Foods which have carbohydrate to fibre ratio is less than 10 are has shown medicinal properties. 5 millets above mentioned contains fibre ranges from 8 to 12.5 whereas in paddy rice and wheat 0.2 to 1.2 respectively. This high ratio of fibre to carbohydrates in millets make you healthy.
Glucose will be released into the blood within a few minutes when you consume carbohydrates food. With fibre rich food the activity delays, glucose will be released to the blood in a regulated manner between 6 to 8 hours.
In earlier days people used to consume fibre rich millet food before use of rice and wheat was the reason why people are healthy, strong not victims of modern diseases like diabetes, blood pressure, cancer and heart-related issues. Millets not only rich in fibre but also having many micronutrients which certainly for our health..
Foxtail millet
- Foxtail millet rice is a balanced food with 8% of fibre and 12% of protein.
- The right food for pregnant women, it also cures constipation in the pregnant woman.
- Can get rid of epileptic fits, nervous weakness and convulsions in children.
- Heals certain kinds of skin disorders, mouth cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer, Parkinson’s disease and asthma (along with Kodo millet rice).
Kodo millet
- Kodo millet has 14.3% fibre content, 11% protein and low fat 4.2%.
- Helps cleansing blood, boosting the efficiency of bone marrow, cures asthma.
- Fights various cancers like kidney, prostate, blood, intestinal, thyroid, throat, pancreatic glands and liver.
- Purifies the blood of the people who become weak after affected by dengue, typhoid, viral fever etc.
Little millet
- Contains 8.5% fibre and 11% Protein.
- Cures issues related to male and female productive systems. It controls Poly Cystic Ovary Disease (PCOD) in women and enhances sperm count in men.
- Plays a great role in cleansing the human lymphatic system and combating brain, throat, blood, thyroid, pancreatic gland cancers.
Barnyard millet
- It will have 11.2% protein and 10.1% dietary fibre.
- Controls the problem of the thyroid, pancreatic glands and diabetes.
- Efficacious in the cleansing liver, urinary bladder and gall bladder.
- Work well in healing jaundice but also strengthens liver after the illness.
- Liver and uterus cancer can be cured with Barnyard millet.
Browntop millet
- It will have 11.5% protein and 12.5% dietary fibre.
- Roots out the problem with the digestive system. Besides, a wide range of condition like on piles, fistula, haemorrhoids and ulcers.
- Brain, blood, breast, bone, stomach, intestine skin cancers have an effective answer with Browntop millet rice.
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Video: Dr Khader Vali speech on millet ( Siridhanya )