Diabetes Control Cookies

The various ingredients used in the cookies have the following unique property which will make it a unique product:

• Honey – Honey helps to reduce body weight, helps to regulate blood lipids and blood glucose levels. Honey is sweeter than sugar, so we will prefer honey instead of sugar here. Also, it will act as a humectant, drawing in and retaining mixture.
• Millets – We will use here pearl millets which is also known as bajra as its glycemic index is low. Also, it’s a low-cost food item having health benefits.
• Pumpkin seeds – Pumpkin is such a vegetable which is used almost in every house. But hardly do we know that the seeds we throw do contain a number of nutritional properties which are especially beneficial for diabetes patients. So, we can use here the dried pumpkin seeds.
• Cardamom – Cardamom has a number of health benefits. It is antidiabetic, heart protective, liver protective, chemoprotective, and contains a number of antioxidants.
• Almonds – Almonds have a number of health benefits starting from maintaining blood glucose levels to heart protective properties.

The primary objectives of this project are:

• To develop diabetes control cookies.
• Development of a low-cost food product with multiple health benefits that will ultimately help to create a healthy community.

Concept – Today in this modern era where everyone is busy with their work, people usually prefer ready-to-eat foods or snacks. Also, due to irregular lifestyles, there are lots of lifestyle disorders, among which one of the most important is diabetes. It has been observed that during the past few years there has been a rapid rise in diabetes and it has also been found from various data that there is growth in the biscuit industry. So here we have decided to make a combination of pumpkin seeds and millets, which is not only a low-cost food but has several health benefits along with the property of controlling blood sugar levels. Moreover, biscuit is a foodstuff which is consumed by almost all age groups of people every day throughout the year in more or less equal amounts.