Inspired by the positive impacts of millet grains this restaurant is now willing to pursue feeding the families in and around Hyderabad at the best.
Tollywood actors such as Nagarjuna, Nabha Natesh and others have been swearing by whole grain millet products. Actor Nagarjuna went ahead and tweeted “It’s a healthy replacement for rice and especially wheat,” who has been eating millets for the last four years.
I have been eating millets for the last 4 years!! A health replacement for rice & especially wheat…Take a look at @MilletMarvels from my friend and co-actor @bharathreddyam at https://t.co/jThBnqbEOb you won’t regret it? pic.twitter.com/cIbT89sbi7
— Nagarjuna Akkineni (@iamnagarjuna) January 8, 2021
Utilising this opportunity, Dr Bharath Reddy who is a senior consultant cardiologist and a Telugu actor is promoting the increasing millet consumption and started the Millet Marvels – a restaurant in Hyderabad which serves from dosa, idly and vada to puri and uthappam, with a vision to keep major focus beyond customer gratification, by helping customers to choose what builds them in a right manner, providing best to bring in sustainable practices via climate advantageous ingredients.
Dr Bharath Reddy not only wants to create a business but main idea is to create awareness about making the right food choice. He says “If you continue eating polished white rice and wheat, you will end up taking medications from the age of 35 to 40,” he told to #KhabarLive.
Finger millet is considered rich in niacin, playing an important role in more than 400 enzyme reactions. Finger millet is full of dietary fibre, which helps to control the bad cholesterol. However, today finger millet is used in hundreds of recipes. Enjoy the popular dishes using pic.twitter.com/wQy5bEBbP6
— Millet Marvels (@MilletMarvels) January 28, 2021
He further added. “We put the word millets in the restaurant’s name as we want people to know that they are eating millets when they step into our outlets and the awareness around it should increase. Giving something worthwhile back to society is the main aim behind starting this,” he himself has been on a millet diet for the last five years.
Despite running into financial losses, Dr Bharath said he managed to keep the restaurant afloat with the help of entrepreneurs, Raju and Bhasker Reddy. Today, Millet Marvels has branches spread across the city at Film Nagar, Kismatpur, Kapil Towers and Manikonda. He plans to turn his venture into a Pan-India project.
Dr Bharath Reddy, who is also a practising cardiologist for last 22 years, said that he has been seeing frequent cases of diabetes among the young population, especially those in the age of 22 and 24 years. The sugar levels are as high as 450 to 600, “which is a pathetic scenario,” he said the main culprit is predominantly the eating habits which includes polished white rice and wheat and the quantity in which it is consumed by our people. “They are also called as negative grains as they cause more harm to the body, inducing diabetes, hypertension and obesity. There is not much benefit you get from polished grains, not even one per cent of fibre,” said Dr Bharath.
If the trend continues in another five years, most of them end up being diabetic, “Everything is interconnected, if we don’t change our eating habits now we have lost. If we don’t give the next generation what they are supposed to eat, then we are gone.