Introduction

Chris Masterjohn: Millet is just a generic name for small-seeded grasses. Pearl millet was being consumed at 30 to 70% of the diet during those epidemics of Goiter, he says. There's another type of millet called phonio millet that has been shown to be Goitergenic but it's not a very important crop,. In the United States, prosomillate is mainly cultivated as bird seed, but it's also sold as a health food.