{"id":15756,"date":"2026-10-16T10:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/?p=15756"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:53:29","slug":"world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/","title":{"rendered":"World Food Day 2026: Why Food Diversity Matters for Your Gut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad23383420ee\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #4d948b;color:#4d948b\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #4d948b;color:#4d948b\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad23383420ee\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/#Quick_summary\" >Quick summary<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/#What_is_World_Food_Day_and_whats_the_2026_theme\" >What is World Food Day, and what\u2019s the 2026 theme?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/#What_does_World_Food_Day_have_to_do_with_your_gut\" >What does World Food Day have to do with your gut?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/#How_small_has_the_worlds_food_basket_become\" >How small has the world\u2019s food basket become?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/#What_happened_to_Indias_millets\" >What happened to India\u2019s millets?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/#Does_a_narrower_food_supply_mean_a_narrower_gut\" >Does a narrower food supply mean a narrower gut?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/#So_whats_the_innovation_then\" >So what\u2019s the innovation, then?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/#What_can_one_plate_do\" >What can one plate do?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/world-food-day-food-diversity-gut-health\/#Sources\" >Sources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quick_summary\"><\/span>Quick summary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World Food Day falls on 16 October, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/world-food-day\/en\">2026 theme is \u201cInnovate today. Nourish tomorrow.\u201d<\/a> The gut connection is food diversity. What farms grow helps shape the range of grains, pulses, vegetables and other plants available to eat. Human research links greater plant variety in the diet with a more diverse gut microbiome, although this does not prove cause and effect. Bringing millets and other familiar plants into a varied diet is one practical place to start, alongside reducing food waste and protecting the diversity of our food supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask most of us what World Food Day has to do with our digestion and we\u2019d probably shrug. It\u2019s a day for big numbers: hunger, harvests, water, climate. And the numbers are big. In 2025, about 645 million people faced hunger, and 2.69 billion, nearly one in three people on the planet, couldn\u2019t afford a healthy diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those figures come from the UN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/newsroom\/detail\/progress-on-hunger-continues--but-africa-and-new-crises-raise-concerns--fao-chief-economist\/en\">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)<\/a>, and they describe problems with the whole food system rather than with anyone\u2019s stomach. But your gut sits at the very end of that system. What farmers grow helps decide what reaches the market. What reaches the market helps decide what lands on your plate. And what lands on your plate influences what the microbes in your gut get to eat. So let\u2019s follow the food all the way down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_World_Food_Day_and_whats_the_2026_theme\"><\/span>What is World Food Day, and what\u2019s the 2026 theme?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World Food Day is marked every year on 16 October, the date the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/newsroom\/story\/75-years-of-growing-nourishing-and-sustaining-our-world\/\">FAO was founded in 1945<\/a>. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cInnovate today. Nourish tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you hear \u201cinnovation\u201d, you might picture drones over wheat fields or high-tech labs, and those are part of it. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/world-food-day\/about\/en\">FAO\u2019s list is broader<\/a>. Alongside digital advice for farmers and better seeds, it names traditional ways of managing land and water, and recognises the knowledge of farmers, fishers, herders and Indigenous Peoples. Hold on to that idea. We\u2019ll come back to it, because some of the most useful innovation for your plate may be very old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_World_Food_Day_have_to_do_with_your_gut\"><\/span>What does World Food Day have to do with your gut?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your gut is home to a large community of bacteria and other microbes, often called the gut microbiome. Some of the food they use is the part you can\u2019t digest yourself. Certain types of dietary fibre, for instance, reach the large intestine, where microbes can ferment them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different plants carry different kinds of fibre and other compounds. That gives researchers a reason to investigate how plant variety relates to the variety of microbes in our guts, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.asm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1128\/msystems.00031-18\">American Gut Project<\/a> did. It also brings us back to the food system. You can only eat as varied a diet as your market, your ration shop, your budget and your kitchen habits allow. And in many places, the menu has narrowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_small_has_the_worlds_food_basket_become\"><\/span>How small has the world\u2019s food basket become?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s the number that stops most people in their tracks. In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/interactive\/state-of-biodiversity-for-food-agriculture\/en\/\">2019 report on biodiversity for food and agriculture<\/a>, the FAO reported that humans had cultivated more than 6,000 plant species for food. Fewer than 200 made major contributions to food production globally, regionally or nationally, and just nine accounted for about two-thirds of total crop production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think about what that means at the scale of a planet. A handful of staple crops, often grown in vast single-crop fields, supplies a large share of our food. That system has fed billions. But it puts a great many eggs in very few baskets, both for farms and for the variety of food that ends up on our plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_happened_to_Indias_millets\"><\/span>What happened to India\u2019s millets?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India\u2019s version of this story is written in jowar, bajra and ragi. For generations these millets were everyday staples across large parts of the country, from bajra rotis in Rajasthan to ragi mudde in Karnataka. Then the plate shifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/oar.icrisat.org\/12243\/1\/farm-to-fork-an-overview-of-millet-supply-chains-in-india.html\">2023 analysis by ICRISAT researchers<\/a>, drawing on NSSO data, reported that rural Indians\u2019 yearly sorghum (jowar) consumption fell by about 73% between 1991\u201392 and 2011\u201312, from roughly 10 kg to under 3 kg a person; in cities it fell by about 61%. It also reported that between 1990 and 2020, the area under sorghum shrank by 62% and the area under other millets by 36%. The authors estimated that millets and sorghum then made up about 6\u20137% of India\u2019s staple diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why? The researchers pointed to policies that promoted rice and wheat through minimum support prices and the public distribution system, alongside urbanisation, convenience and changing tastes. This isn\u2019t a villain story: plentiful, affordable rice and wheat mattered for a country that needed to feed itself. But variety was part of the price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a water story here too. A <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29978036\/\">2018 study in Science Advances<\/a> found that rice was the least water-efficient of the cereals studied in India for producing key nutrients, particularly iron, zinc and fibre. In one district-level modelling scenario, replacing rice areas with alternatives such as millets, sorghum or maize reduced irrigation-water demand by 33% and increased iron production by 27%, with a modest reduction in calorie production. These were modelled changes in crop production, not the measured effects of swapping one meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the plate, one difference shows up in fibre. Per 100 g of raw grain, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nin.res.in\/ebooks\/IFCT2017.pdf\">Indian Food Composition Tables 2017<\/a> list about 11.5 g for bajra, 10.2 g for jowar and 11.2 g for ragi, compared with about 2.8 g for raw, milled white rice. Cooked portions have different weights and nutrient concentrations, so these figures shouldn\u2019t be applied directly to 100 g of cooked rice or roti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_a_narrower_food_supply_mean_a_narrower_gut\"><\/span>Does a narrower food supply mean a narrower gut?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers are still working this out, so it\u2019s worth being honest about what we know and what we don\u2019t. The studies below examine diets and microbes; they don\u2019t directly establish that a more concentrated global crop supply causes a less diverse human gut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One useful piece of human evidence comes from the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.asm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1128\/msystems.00031-18\">American Gut Project<\/a>, a large citizen-science study. Participants reporting more than 30 different types of plants a week tended to have more diverse gut microbiomes than those reporting 10 or fewer. Plant variety was associated with microbial diversity beyond broad labels such as \u201cvegan\u201d or \u201comnivore\u201d. That\u2019s an observation rather than proof of cause, and it doesn\u2019t establish 30 as a magic number or a clinical target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26762459\/\">Stanford study in mice, published in Nature in 2016<\/a>, adds a sobering twist. Mice given microbes from a human donor and then fed a diet low in fibre available to gut microbes lost microbial diversity. In the initial experiment, returning to a high-fibre diet brought only partial recovery. Across successive generations kept on the low-fibre diet, the losses compounded. By the fourth generation, a high-fibre diet alone could not restore many of the missing microbes; <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/news\/all-news\/2016\/01\/low-fiber-diet-may-cause-irreversible-depletion-of-gut-bacteria.html\">restoration required reintroducing microbes as well as fibre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a mouse study, so it can\u2019t tell us that the same losses happen in people. But it raises an important question about what a persistently narrow diet might mean over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_whats_the_innovation_then\"><\/span>So what\u2019s the innovation, then?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where the World Food Day theme gets interesting. Some of the ideas for nourishing tomorrow are old ones, brought back with fresh thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Millets are the obvious example. The UN declared 2023 the International Year of Millets, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/plant-production-protection\/news-and-events\/news\/news-detail\/showcasing-millets--rich-heritage-and-potential\/\">FAO highlights their potential<\/a> to grow in drylands and challenging conditions with relatively few inputs. Their suitability still depends on the crop and local growing conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closer to home, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nin.res.in\/dietaryguidelines\/pdfjs\/locale\/DGI07052024P.pdf\">ICMR-NIN\u2019s Dietary Guidelines for Indians (2024)<\/a> recommend that at least half of the cereals eaten should be whole grains. They suggest millets can make up 30\u201340% of the recommended cereal quantity, measured by raw weight. That\u2019s a share of cereals, not of everything on your plate. Not sure where to start? See <a href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/millets\/which-millet-is-best-bajra-jowar-ragi-comparison\/\">which millet fits your kitchen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there\u2019s one of the oldest food technologies of all: fermentation. Idli and dosa batters, dhokla, kanji and home-set dahi turn everyday grains, pulses and vegetables into new foods, and Indian kitchens have been doing it for a very long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And there are the heritage grains and regional varieties that families and farmers have kept going, from <a href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/khapli-wheat-india-history-green-revolution-revival\/\">khapli wheat<\/a> to local rice and pulse varieties. Bringing these back into kitchens is innovation too, because it widens the food basket instead of narrowing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_can_one_plate_do\"><\/span>What can one plate do?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A food system is far bigger than any one kitchen. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/world-food-day\/about\/en\">FAO\u2019s suggestions for individuals<\/a> are refreshingly simple: choose nutritious, varied diets, cut food waste, and support the protection of soil, water and biodiversity. Here\u2019s what that can look like on an Indian plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Swap in a millet a few times a week.<\/strong> Bajra or jowar rotis, ragi dosa or a millet khichdi all count. If you\u2019re new to higher-fibre foods, start small: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/digestive-diseases\/constipation\/eating-diet-nutrition\">adding fibre gradually<\/a> gives your body time to adjust. A sudden increase can cause gas or bloating.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Count plants, not just portions.<\/strong> Dal, sabzi, a handful of peanuts, a spoon of til, a sprinkle of coriander: each different plant adds to the mix. It\u2019s a way to notice variety, rather than a target you have to hit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Buy one local or seasonal vegetable you don\u2019t usually cook<\/strong>, and widen what goes into your basket. If your week tends to look the same, this piece on <a href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/healthy-eating\/eating-same-food-every-day-diet-variety\/\">eating the same food every day<\/a> is for you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Use more of what you buy.<\/strong> Plan around what\u2019s already in the kitchen, store food properly, and use edible stems and leaves where appropriate. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/happytummy.aashirvaad.com\/en\/dietary-tips\/root-to-stem-cooking-vegetable-parts\/\">root-to-stem cooking guide<\/a> includes the parts to save and those best left alone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Keep everyday staples varied.<\/strong> Whole dals, a different grain on different days and a fermented dish now and then all have a place in the mix. For a small experiment, note the different plants in today\u2019s meals, then choose one addition you\u2019d enjoy tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using food well matters at scale too. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/sustainable-development-goals-data-portal\/data\/indicators\/1231-global-food-losses\/\">FAO estimates that 13.3% of food was lost between harvest and retail in 2023<\/a>. Separately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/resources\/publication\/food-waste-index-report-2024\">UNEP\u2019s Food Waste Index Report 2024<\/a> estimated that 19% of food available to consumers was wasted in 2022, across shops, food service and households. The figures cover different stages and shouldn\u2019t be added together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of this will fix the global food system on its own. But what we buy and cook sends a signal, and a more varied plate is a small vote for more varied fields, and for a better-fed gut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sources\"><\/span>Sources<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FAO. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/world-food-day\/en\">World Food Day 2026<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/world-food-day\/about\/en\">About World Food Day<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FAO. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/newsroom\/story\/75-years-of-growing-nourishing-and-sustaining-our-world\/\">75 years of growing, nourishing and sustaining our world<\/a>. 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FAO. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/newsroom\/detail\/progress-on-hunger-continues--but-africa-and-new-crises-raise-concerns--fao-chief-economist\/en\">Progress on hunger continues, but Africa and new crises raise concerns<\/a>. 2026 SOFI findings on hunger and healthy-diet affordability in 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FAO. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/interactive\/state-of-biodiversity-for-food-agriculture\/en\/\">The State of the World\u2019s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture<\/a>. 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kumar S, et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/oar.icrisat.org\/12243\/1\/farm-to-fork-an-overview-of-millet-supply-chains-in-india.html\">Farm to fork: An overview of millet supply chains in India<\/a>. 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Davis KF, et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29978036\/\">Alternative cereals can improve water use and nutrient supply in India<\/a>. <em>Science Advances<\/em>. 2018;4(7):eaao1108.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ICMR-NIN. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nin.res.in\/ebooks\/IFCT2017.pdf\">Indian Food Composition Tables<\/a>. 2017. Table 1; food codes A003, A005, A010 and A015; values per 100 g edible portion, raw.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McDonald D, et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.asm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1128\/msystems.00031-18\">American Gut: an Open Platform for Citizen Science Microbiome Research<\/a>. <em>mSystems<\/em>. 2018;3(3):e00031-18.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sonnenburg ED, et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26762459\/\">Diet-induced extinctions in the gut microbiota compound over generations<\/a>. <em>Nature<\/em>. 2016;529:212\u2013215. See also <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/news\/all-news\/2016\/01\/low-fiber-diet-may-cause-irreversible-depletion-of-gut-bacteria.html\">Stanford Medicine\u2019s account of the experiment<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FAO. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/plant-production-protection\/news-and-events\/news\/news-detail\/showcasing-millets--rich-heritage-and-potential\/\">Showcasing millets\u2019 rich heritage and potential<\/a>. 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ICMR-NIN. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nin.res.in\/dietaryguidelines\/pdfjs\/locale\/DGI07052024P.pdf\">Dietary Guidelines for Indians<\/a>. 2024. Guideline 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NIDDK. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/digestive-diseases\/constipation\/eating-diet-nutrition\">Eating, Diet, &amp; Nutrition for Constipation<\/a>. Guidance on adding fibre gradually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FAO. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/sustainable-development-goals-data-portal\/data\/indicators\/1231-global-food-losses\/\">SDG indicator 12.3.1: Global food losses<\/a>. Global estimate for 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UNEP. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/resources\/publication\/food-waste-index-report-2024\">Food Waste Index Report 2024<\/a>. Global estimate for 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> This article provides general educational information and is not a substitute for personalised medical or dietary advice. Dietary needs and tolerance vary. If you have a digestive condition, have been advised to limit fibre, or are making dietary changes for a child or during pregnancy, consult a qualified healthcare professional. 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