| If you suffer from Celiac disease or are sensitive | | | | amount of calcium, potassium and other essential |
| to gluten, then you have probably already heard | | | | minerals found in an equal amount of other grains. |
| about Teff and if you haven't, get ready to learn | | | | Plus, the short fermentation process of making |
| about a nutritional powerhouse of a grain you | | | | engera allows the yeast to generate even more |
| should seriously consider adding to your diet. Teff | | | | vitamins. The high fiber content of the grain is |
| is the main ingredient in the Ethiopian and Eritrean | | | | particularly helpful in dealing with diabetes and |
| engera, which is a flat sour-like fermented | | | | helping with blood sugar control. |
| pancake that is used with "wot", a stew made | | | | Though almost no research is available regarding |
| with spices, meats, lentils, beans and split peas. | | | | the risk and prevalence of diabetes specifically |
| The grain is tiny, round, and khaki-colored and | | | | among Ethiopian immigrants in the United States, |
| closely resembles millet. | | | | a study done in Israel among new African |
| In fact, Teff is the smallest grain in the world and | | | | immigrants compared the prevalence rates of |
| often is lost in the harvesting and threshing | | | | diabetes in newly arrived immigrants and in |
| process because of its size. It has long been | | | | immigrants who had been residing in Israel for 2.5 |
| known by Ethiopians and Eritreans for its superior | | | | - 4 years. The study showed that new |
| nutritional quality, containing 11% protein, 80% | | | | immigrants form Ethiopia, in 1984-1985 and 1991, |
| complex carbohydrate and 3% fat. Teff is also an | | | | had prevalence rates as low as 0.4% and 0% |
| excellent source of essential amino acids, | | | | respectively and the rate was found to be 8.9% |
| especially lysine, the amino acid that is most often | | | | among Ethiopians who had been residing in Israel |
| deficient in grain foods, and has even more than | | | | for 2.5 - 4 years, which was after being exposed |
| barley, millet, and wheat. It is also an excellent | | | | to a Western diet and lifestyle. |
| source of fiber and iron, and has many times the | | | | |