"Switch to jowar. Millets are for sugar."

Someone at home says it the day the sugar report comes. We checked the roti tests.

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Roll a jowar roti

84.1

on the glycemic index, as eaten

70 or more counts as high. That was 15 healthy adults in an Indian test.

The millet tests

"But millets are whole grains!"

The researchers put it plainly: whole grain alone doesn't mean a lower GI. Bajra roti tested 70.1.

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Now your everyday atta

Whole wheat roti tested lower

Wait. Each is one Indian test. Other labs got up to 62 for atta roti.

Why GI varies

Don't sieve out the chokar

Fibre in 100 g

Same wheat. The mill takes the bran out of maida.

IFCT 2017

Atta vs maida

The lowest roti was a blend

One tested "atta mix". The answer is a method, not a bag.

Talk to your doctor before changing your diet.

The blend

So what was in that mix?

Its published summary doesn't say. Two flours in your kitchen add the fibre and protein atta lacks. The article names them.

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