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Millets offer profound benefits for women across all life stages — from adolescence through pregnancy, lactation, and post-menopause. A 2021 clinical study published in PMC demonstrated that physical activity combined with finger millet supplementation significantly improved bone mineral density (BMD) and serum calcium levels in premenopausal women with low BMD.
Millets and women's health by life stage:
Adolescence: Iron and zinc in pearl and finger millet address menstrual iron loss; a study by Karkada et al. (2019) showed finger millet improved hemoglobin in anemic adolescent girls.
Pregnancy: Foxtail millet provides iron for fetal red blood cell formation and calcium for fetal bone and teeth development; folic acid in proso millet prevents neural tube defects.
Lactation: Finger millet (Ragi) enhances breast milk production; recognized in traditional medicine and supported by nutritional research as a galactagogue.
Menopause: Bone resorption studies show finger millet consumption reduces the bone resorption marker Beta-CTX by 28–47% in peri- and post-menopausal women respectively (Anitha et al., 2021).
Skin health: Kodo millet's collagen-supporting properties improve skin elasticity; Vitamin E in millets supports healthy skin function.
Hormonal balance: While pearl millet contains trace goitrogenic compounds, properly processed millets in moderate quantities have no adverse hormonal effects in healthy women.
PCOS and insulin resistance: Low-GI millets help manage insulin resistance, a key driver of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
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