I just checked on Cronometer, and according to NCCDB data: Whole Sorghum is only 6% fibre by weight. Whole wheat is 10% Whole Rye is 15% USDA data also states sorghum at 6% So i'm wondering where you got the data for sorghum fibre content in your video?
Come to Africa, I’m harvesting black sorghum. We love it. It’s cultural so I’m happy to hear this. A lot of African researchers have some insight into this!
It's a staple of the people of my state Maharashtra's (India) and consumed by almost all the village crowd. It was considered as a grain that was seen by the city people as "food of the poor" until reports of it reducing diabetes levels, lately and now everyone wants to consume it. I make roti out of it, since it doesn't have gluten, it's tough to make a dough, but villagers pour boiled water while kneading it in the proportion of 1 part boiled water to 2 parts sorghum dough and knead it immediately to make big balls, and you can find many tutorials on it over UA-cam. All the village food is healthy right from Ragi flour, millet flour, sorghum flour, buckwheat flour. Sadly, us city dwellers don't see them equivalent to our foods until some medical research blasts us for being fools instead. Meanwhile, now with the rarity and scarcity and the health benefits that have come forward, the price for jowar (Sorghum) have shot 10 times. Just like it was for Quinoa for the South Americans.
Yes tradional indian grains are so heathy, but aren't appeciated even in India! high time we Indians go back to our roots which will definitely cure us of many modern day diseases.
@@tabla-6220 If you see the bias of the West with the Mediterranean Diet, we should know Everything from Lignan rich Sesame or Flax, Our spices, our nut and grain usage, I can list hundreds of our items that are in rage in the West including nootropics like Ashwagandha and brain rejuvenation by Brahmi and now Gotu Kola, to heart supplement of Arjuna, Everything Indian is in rage. Dr. Greger has a whole playlist on spices, turmeric, etc. If you'd want to watch. Sadly, our own people are consuming the Western diet and consuming meat, which our ancestors never even touched let alone consume. I'm happy that the Westerners to atleast reform their diets and transform their lives.
I'm cooking sorghum pancakes (oil-free) right now. It's really hearty and filling and makes you go longer before feeling hungry. I mixed in a banana and pumpkin seeds and chia seeds and blueberries into the batter.
I tried to find red and black sorghum about a year ago. Red is widely available as a pet food (birds) and black is apparently patented by a Texas University and available in bulk to commercial users.
@@lightdark00 I assume you're referring to rice taking up tons of arsenic from the growing environment, enough that it can be dangerous as a result? I'm pretty sure that's specifically a rice problem-rice is a unique staple grain in that it grows in standing water, which is where the arsenic comes from and is why rice specifically ends up absorbing so much. All non-rice grains have been found to be negligible sources of arsenic.
@@lightdark00 I'm afraid I don't know where they were grown. I've already thrown away the packaging. The next time I go to the store I'll check it out.
Sorghum is delicious guys. We eat it a lot here in Tunisia. Here's an easy recepe : 3 tbsp of sorghum flour, 2 cups of coconut milk, heat it on low and stir until it becomes thick, about the same consistency as pudding. Add a few dates and sesame or pumpkin seeds, 1 tsp of geranium water and your favorite sweetener (I use honey) then tell me thank you 😁
I’m Tswana and fermented sorghum known as Tieng is a cultural staple. Many traditional beer recipes across African cultures use sorghum as a base carb/sugar
Sorghum raised in a field with 15 other grains, grasses and flowers would make an excellent pasture. Mixing 16 crops in one field opens up Quorum Sensing amongst microbes. (See videos from Christine Jones) It grows topsoil and makes the forage more nutritious. Good to know red and black sorghum are better.
This summer was my first time growing sorghum , I could only find a bulk amount sold as a cover crop . It ended up being a dwarf variant that produced harvestable seeds (not dried) in sixty days ! I don’t think I could make molasses from the stalk but it was sweet to the taste while chewing it . It did good in our clay soil with zero watering . I’m definitely growing to plant some next season a bit earlier and see if it does well with a longer growing season .
@@ramonakaufman8134 This year I grew two types , a large roxy type . It grew to about ten foot and had a very sweet stock and large seed heads . I grew the dwarf type as well and at preformed really well . Good luck !
Thank you! This is very helpful. I recently started eating sorghum and I feel pretty good with it. I had already decided to use it as a rice substitute before I found your videos on arsenic levels in rice. Glad you're covering this!
I grew Texas Black Sorghum on my Toronto condo balcony for the last two years. South facing but with a big chunk of the days sun blocked by another building. It is the easiest plant you’ll ever grow. I had two curry type meals with it and beans. It has a delightful chew. I also had enough to pop in the microwave using a silicone bowl. I love it!!! …and I wish I could find it in grocery stores!
In Australia, gluten free Weet-Bix is made from sorghum and they taste amazing - I would say better than the original Weet-Bix which are made from wheat.
i agree, the animal testing is rampant like in the dark ages to this day. but the upside is that drugs are not vegan so vegans don't supports the cruelty
Testing on mice and rats is worth it to learn about what might be dangerous for humans. The alternative is waiting for humans to suffer before we learn that something is harmful. There's no scenario without living things suffering, and it should be rats rather than humans. Just be thankful that humans didn't evolve to be obligate carnivores, or else we'd be forced to kill animals just to survive day-to-day like so many other members of the animal kingdom have to do.
Dr. Greger, i’m looking forward to the mext video so i can conduct my own study of 1. I had tongue cancer and the treatments. I’m now cancer free for 5 yrs but only eat wfpb for 4 yrs. I prefer to eat mixed grain rice where i mix white rice w/ other grains such as barley, red sorghum & black/brown rice. Your work had turned me to wfpb eating minimum oil since i watched my first video of how not to die presentation.
@@lightdark00 why else? I love them and i’m Asian. I got my rice locally grown organically on the side of a volcano. I got them tested too for arsenic level and it’s negligible amount.
@@lightdark00 i happen to know the farmers. Out here whenever i go out of town on a hike of one of our many volcanoes, i often “book” the veggies i saw they were harvesting. Most of them happily sell me their produce at much cheaper price than i can get at my main market. I also grow most of my own veggies.
@@lightdark00 we got no farmers market here, only wet market. All produce come through main market then bought by various vendors to be sold at neighborhood smaller markets. That’s why whenever i got a chance to go up any mountain and see the locals are harvesting produce i don’t grow in my garden to load up to trucks, i always stop by to buy some. I always do on my way down. Sometimes i even get to help harvest and get a 1st pick. When that happens, i always share with my neighbors.
@@ludicrousone8706 i only mix 1/2c short grain white rice +1/4c each of other grains. I normally cook a big batch to eat through out the week. I like changing things up and mix in red sorghum, adley, barley, black rice, millet, or beans such as mung beans or adzuki beans. I wash and soak them all for 2 hrs up to overnight in the fridge or just throw them all into my cuckoo rice cooker & use the mixed rice menu. I also let it sit in my rice cooker an additional 10 min before digging in.
I have big planters on my roof deck to grow Yukon Gold potatoes, carrots, and squash. I thought somehow corn sprouted in one. It is red sorghum. I had no idea where it came from. Wow! Sprouted nicely. I will make some popcorn out of it.
Great info. Am going to follow up on your search for the red or black sorghum. Would love to incorporate it as an alternative to my oatmeal. Thanks again Doc! Very exciting info.😬
I have a sorghum plant growing out in our old flower basin. I'm not sure which color it is because the balls/seeds are green right now. There's two more growing that might also be sorghum.
I'm in Germany and here I get red sorghum called Milo Korn in an online shop that sells seeds for pet birds. Several of those feed shops offer a wide variety of otherwise unattainable millets, seeds, nuts etcpp. White sorghum is called Dari.
Thanks for this!! I feed the birds in my garden and have a few different coloured plants in the flowerbed. Does it need any kind of processing or can I use it as is from the plant?
In Africa we normally give animals , old people who has gastric and also proken person is very very good it takes 2weeks to recover but people don't eat mostly . Thank you so much 💓💗💛
My 85 year old mother tells me stories of making Sorghum syrup on the farm, and that was their main sweetener. How about a video on sorghum as a sweetener.
@@astashari Where is that? Here in Minnesota I brought a sorghum and veggies salad to a potluck and my neighbor said, "that's what we feed to the animals" and I felt like she was turning up her nose to it. My intention was to do something like what I've seen as a salad with wheat berries in it. By the way, they took about 2 hours to cook on the stove top. and for one cup sorghum (Bobs Red Mill brand) I needed about 5 cups water.
My grandfather and I born and raised in Arkansas, Silas grew and milled or pressed sorghum into syrup. Sorghum syrup is available in some stores, especially farm type stores. I don't live in Arkansas anymore, but I like the syrup. My grandfather stopped farming (and moved to a small city)after boil weevil's ate his cotton crop two years consecutively(back in the day).
I live in China and I just purchased (on an online app called Taobao) red sorghum along with a bunch of other grains. I didn't see purple, at least not under 500grams, everything was sold a kg or more. Possibly trying Alibaba or international suppliers will get you the grain, if it's allowed to be shipped to the US. :)
Omgodddd yesss I've been eating them for months now bcs it's kinda a cheaper alternative to other healthier carbs here in my country ❤ the texture is great
@@Julottt uhm I use red one it depends on your taste buds tbh bcs personally I don't really like salty stuffs so idk if it's very bland but you can use some seasonings when you cook it. Usually I put onions garlic shallot some herbs etc
This is very interesting. I am now not really certain I would want to eat much sorghum since it is not what I am looking for. If you can, could you do this type of analysis for buckwheat? Or, if this has been done already, can someone link the video(s)? Thanks!
Where i grew up we also have Golden Sorghum - slightly richer in carotenoids than the white sorghum. The red and black probably use the anthocyanin pathways and not lycopene or gamma carotene .
I remember as a young lad , growing up in Virginia, some farmers growing sorghum and processing it to make a thick liquid sweetener for the church fund raiser !
I've been reading about sorghum in Australia which is mostly used for animal feed. Here they hit it with round up prior to harvesting. Isn't this a bad thing?
Oh wow. I was brought red & black sorghum by my house assistent aka maids from their family crop harvest. I can also find them online here in Indonesia
I used to eat all grains for breakfast. I would alternate farro, sorghum, wheat berries, millet and others. Since covid, whole foods and sprouts stopped selling them. All I find now is oats.
Myco Labs Bulk Organic Red Sorghum (Milo) Grain www.mycolabs.com/bulk-organic-red-sorghum-milo-grain Priced much better than any that might be found on Amazon
Nothing against you personally, as you've helped me become vegan, and I even bought four of your books, but this new format I can't read with you gesticulating all over the documents, prime example at @1:25. Try to read, good luck! I don't see why you need to be in the video if we're trying to read the facts. Salman Khan of Khan academy was told by a niece that the videos worked well because he wasn't in them. Khan recognized it as a backhanded compliment but the main reason for Khan Academy's success and why people can just focus on the material without distractions. If you want to be in them now as technology has advanced, I'd suggest a smaller overlay in the corner so we can read the docs, but it's overall not needed, as your other videos attest.
Great information - but please speak more clearly and audibly so that some of us can hear and understand you clearly - remember that you have a diverse audience. Thank you.
@@elisonlau2076 You cook it ike any other whole grain, say brown rice, quinoa, whole wheat/barley/rye groats, etc. It should probably say on the packet when you buy it suggested cooking time and water amounts! You can probably also Google it online - I got lots of results for "cooking sorghum" :) the "normal" way is on the stovetop in a pot with water (the amounts I get are around 3x water to sorghum, for 40-60 minutes) (no salt needed though most guides will say so) - you can taste as you go though. I would use my electric pressure cooker though, they are super useful as they allow you to not have to babysit the pot. There the time seems to be 20 minutes on high pressure, with only 2xwater to sorghum. However, I would probably soak mine overnight (not needed), but it tends to approximately halve the cooking time, and lower the amount of water needed. But please experiment and find a cooking time that suits your taste! Exact times will depend on where you live with regards to heigh above sea level etc. And it's nothing inherently wrong with "overcooking", if you like it mushier/more like a "porridge". And if it's not cooked enough for you, you can always bring it back to a boil or something. It should work out for you, I hope :)
I've heard that sorghum also contains amygdalin, which has anti-cancer properties. If you can't find it doctor, I think big pharma might be to blame for that.
If you want red sorghum: come to Texas , mill of ton are grown for chicken feed etc . My family used to grow it in the 1930s-1950s. Dry land . Without irrigation. I suggest it as a homestead survival food grain .
Don't even know why we still grow this. It's the one seed that's always left when we give a seed mix to our animals. Chooks won't even eat it if it's the only thing left.
so weird, ten minutes ago i just put some sorghum in some water to soak overnight to cook tomorrow and i come up to watch youtube and this is recommended lol and yes.....i watch michael gregor videos and soak sorghum on Saturday nights.....im "that guy" lol regular old party over here
I just ordered a bunch of red sorghum seeds to grow, come on down to the farm buddy, I'll take care of ya. And some amaranth. Ever grown that? It is beautiful when it begins to seed, a fiery red sea of grain. Kinda just weedy til then, my friend noted.Could we see more videos about obscure seeds. Like Evening Primrose? I have read it is great for women especially. Also I was reading about pokeweed the other day to see about how to cook the poison out of it, and found something that said it "cures" HIV and HSV. Where did that idea come from? Pole weed of all things.
Dear doctor Greger, could you speak about the benefits of kamut, please? . I love creating bread and pasta with it and I find my body likes it much more than the so industrialised wheat. Thank you so much for your videos and valuable information. I love watching you! Much love from Liverpool 💜🤗
@@lightdark00 good for you! In my case I'm counteracting inflammation. I usually avoid grains for healing but if I feel like having bread, kamut is the most delicious healthy choice to me 😉. Einckorn I've tried but I find its taste too strong for my taste buds, at least for bread. Good luck in your journey! 😋🍞🤗🍀
@@lightdark00 I highly recommend the information from medical medium for healing anything that seems misterious or incurable according to traditional medicine.
Good point. I see it can easily be hand harvested. All the grain is at the top. You cut the stalk off, hang to dry, then get the seeds off. I should try this!
Ty Brady you definitely should. Great survival crop. Biggest problem is the birds will eat everything as sorghum is literally used in bird seed and it’s easy for them to get. Normally when planted on hundred acre fields this isn’t a problem and the grain is left on the stalk to fry, but you’ll have to harvest a bit early and hang them like you said. Amaranth is also a super healthy grain that’s easy to grow and harvest at home.
The alternative to lab testing on mice is unscientific testing on humans. If you follow a plant based diet because of the health benefits to humans, you should support lab testing on mice because of the health benefits to humans.
Sorghum takes forever to cook. I think I did like 40 minutes in the instant pot, and it was still hard. Smells weird too. Now millet, I like millet. Sorghum? ehhh
Ah right I thought it's gonna take faster in instant pot. I actually soak it first but it takes me for 1 hour on stove top. It's chewy tho it's fine and doesn't smell
@@astashari I recommend millet. Whole grain. Cooks as fast as white rice, and it absorbs flavors like rice too. Cheaper than quinoa. Decent nutritional profile (as this video shows in some of the tables).
Yeah, i found out sorghum was not a staple everywhere jn the us when i moved from Kentucky. It was so hard to find any sorghum products until i just ordered online lol
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I just checked on Cronometer, and according to NCCDB data:
Whole Sorghum is only 6% fibre by weight.
Whole wheat is 10%
Whole Rye is 15%
USDA data also states sorghum at 6%
So i'm wondering where you got the data for sorghum fibre content in your video?
Come to Africa, I’m harvesting black sorghum. We love it. It’s cultural so I’m happy to hear this. A lot of African researchers have some insight into this!
What country please?
Golden Sorghum is milenia old staple in my native culture. Before there was Maize , Sorghum was our 'Corn' .
@@Andrew-ug2cy East, Central, Southern Africa
@@menelikiii5004 nigeria is the world's second largest producer of sorghum and nigeria is in west africa.
Please dont tell them to come. We have lost a lot by them/others. We can send for them perhaps.
It's a staple of the people of my state Maharashtra's (India) and consumed by almost all the village crowd.
It was considered as a grain that was seen by the city people as "food of the poor" until reports of it reducing diabetes levels, lately and now everyone wants to consume it.
I make roti out of it, since it doesn't have gluten, it's tough to make a dough, but villagers pour boiled water while kneading it in the proportion of 1 part boiled water to 2 parts sorghum dough and knead it immediately to make big balls, and you can find many tutorials on it over UA-cam.
All the village food is healthy right from Ragi flour, millet flour, sorghum flour, buckwheat flour. Sadly, us city dwellers don't see them equivalent to our foods until some medical research blasts us for being fools instead.
Meanwhile, now with the rarity and scarcity and the health benefits that have come forward, the price for jowar (Sorghum) have shot 10 times.
Just like it was for Quinoa for the South Americans.
Yes tradional indian grains are so heathy, but aren't appeciated even in India! high time we Indians go back to our roots which will definitely cure us of many modern day diseases.
@@tabla-6220 If you see the bias of the West with the Mediterranean Diet, we should know
Everything from Lignan rich Sesame or Flax,
Our spices, our nut and grain usage, I can list hundreds of our items that are in rage in the West including nootropics like Ashwagandha and brain rejuvenation by Brahmi and now Gotu Kola, to heart supplement of Arjuna,
Everything Indian is in rage.
Dr. Greger has a whole playlist on spices, turmeric, etc. If you'd want to watch.
Sadly, our own people are consuming the Western diet and consuming meat, which our ancestors never even touched let alone consume.
I'm happy that the Westerners to atleast reform their diets and transform their lives.
@@tabla-6220 Until India does enough to reduce water and soil contamination it’s hard to say any grain is healthy grown there.
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I am in UK and would like to find Sorghum in Indian stores. What do I ask for?
What's it called in hindi/gujarati please?
@@seangreen8262 it's jowar, jawar
I'm cooking sorghum pancakes (oil-free) right now. It's really hearty and filling and makes you go longer before feeling hungry.
I mixed in a banana and pumpkin seeds and chia seeds and blueberries into the batter.
I must try this thank u Bronx Lovev57vstrong
thanks I'm going to try this
I make vegan sorghum waffles and pancakes. Adding some flaxseed or bananas hold the batter together. It’s delicious!
I remember my Dad made them that way. He was born in 26 and Im sure it was a cheap way to add flavor and nutrition in the Depression.
That sounds delicious. Can you post the recipe?
I tried to find red and black sorghum about a year ago. Red is widely available as a pet food (birds) and black is apparently patented by a Texas University and available in bulk to commercial users.
Sorghum is much more drought and heat resistant then other 'grains', so maybe in the future it'll become more important to western diets.
@@lightdark00 I assume you're referring to rice taking up tons of arsenic from the growing environment, enough that it can be dangerous as a result? I'm pretty sure that's specifically a rice problem-rice is a unique staple grain in that it grows in standing water, which is where the arsenic comes from and is why rice specifically ends up absorbing so much. All non-rice grains have been found to be negligible sources of arsenic.
I've also found red sorghum at my local Asian grocery store! I picked up some black millet there as well! :)
Great idea! Thanks!
Thank you for the heads up! We are fortunate here to have Asian and Indian Marts here.
@@lightdark00 I'm afraid I don't know where they were grown. I've already thrown away the packaging. The next time I go to the store I'll check it out.
Sorghum is delicious guys. We eat it a lot here in Tunisia. Here's an easy recepe : 3 tbsp of sorghum flour, 2 cups of coconut milk, heat it on low and stir until it becomes thick, about the same consistency as pudding. Add a few dates and sesame or pumpkin seeds, 1 tsp of geranium water and your favorite sweetener (I use honey) then tell me thank you 😁
Is their another name for geranium water?
@@ludicrousone8706 I believe it is called geranium floral water. Distilled from the geranium
@@mehdibc5852 Thank you, So far I only ever saw rose water and orange blossom water at ME food shops. I keep looking
@@ludicrousone8706 You can use the orange blossom water too, it works just as well. You can also add ground pistachios it will give it more flavour.
@@mehdibc5852 I will try that, thank you
I’m Tswana and fermented sorghum known as Tieng is a cultural staple. Many traditional beer recipes across African cultures use sorghum as a base carb/sugar
How cool would that be to see fermented sorghum beer here in the USA
Awesome!
I'd love to try some sorghum beer.
That sounds so fucking good 😱🤤 I've been tepid with dishes/doughs of the like as I've had a few failures with Teff fermentation/Injera. Any tips??
Hey...please can we link up...I'd love to ask you few questions. am working on sorghum beer brewing for my masters thesis.
Sorghum raised in a field with 15 other grains, grasses and flowers would make an excellent pasture. Mixing 16 crops in one field opens up Quorum Sensing amongst microbes. (See videos from Christine Jones) It grows topsoil and makes the forage more nutritious. Good to know red and black sorghum are better.
Thank you, that sounds intriguing. Will check out her videos! 🌱
I’m preparing sorghum dosas this morning for my first meal of sorghum. Thanks for info!
This summer was my first time growing sorghum , I could only find a bulk amount sold as a cover crop . It ended up being a dwarf variant that produced harvestable seeds (not dried) in sixty days ! I don’t think I could make molasses from the stalk but it was sweet to the taste while chewing it . It did good in our clay soil with zero watering . I’m definitely growing to plant some next season a bit earlier and see if it does well with a longer growing season .
Thanks, we have clay soil and less rain than usual so your comment helped lots. Gotta get some!
@@ramonakaufman8134
This year I grew two types , a large roxy type . It grew to about ten foot and had a very sweet stock and large seed heads . I grew the dwarf type as well and at preformed really well . Good luck !
Thank you! This is very helpful. I recently started eating sorghum and I feel pretty good with it. I had already decided to use it as a rice substitute before I found your videos on arsenic levels in rice. Glad you're covering this!
I love these videos about specific foods. I’ve had sorghum before and enjoyed it. I had no idea it came in other colors, I’d like to try them.
I grew Texas Black Sorghum on my Toronto condo balcony for the last two years. South facing but with a big chunk of the days sun blocked by another building. It is the easiest plant you’ll ever grow. I had two curry type meals with it and beans. It has a delightful chew. I also had enough to pop in the microwave using a silicone bowl. I love it!!! …and I wish I could find it in grocery stores!
In Australia, gluten free Weet-Bix is made from sorghum and they taste amazing - I would say better than the original Weet-Bix which are made from wheat.
Nice! I will have to see if I can order some. We don’t have Weet-Bix in the US.
Hey mate, I am from Australia too. Thanks for the info. Will try searching in woollies or coles
In my culture it's enjoyed as a fermented food. (Setswana - South Africa ) .
That sounds so yummy and healthy!
Great for gut health.
@@lightdark00 just goes to show what you don't know
@@selkissun6270 that person you replied to have been replying in negative way to other comments as well lol wonder why
@@astashari must consider him/herself a troll.
Hello. I had sorghum Maltabella this morning. Absolutely yummy
Red and black sorghum are in demand it sounds maybe I have to add yet another experiment to my Vegan farm this year!
I'm in South Australia & eat sorghum every morning, sorghum is lectin free also 😊
Poor mice and rats. Leave them alone!
i agree, the animal testing is rampant like in the dark ages to this day. but the upside is that drugs are not vegan so vegans don't supports the cruelty
@@lightdark00 thanks for reminding me about the sociopath population.
Testing on mice and rats is worth it to learn about what might be dangerous for humans. The alternative is waiting for humans to suffer before we learn that something is harmful. There's no scenario without living things suffering, and it should be rats rather than humans. Just be thankful that humans didn't evolve to be obligate carnivores, or else we'd be forced to kill animals just to survive day-to-day like so many other members of the animal kingdom have to do.
Volunteer as a human to have tests on and we're done with mice
Fantastic video! It seems like us humans should be eating these “whole grains” instead of other animals raised for their meat.
Troll
Eating less meat 🍖 won't save the planet.
Would love to see a video on teff too! Thanks for all the wonderful videos!!!!!!!!
Dr. Greger, i’m looking forward to the mext video so i can conduct my own study of 1. I had tongue cancer and the treatments. I’m now cancer free for 5 yrs but only eat wfpb for 4 yrs. I prefer to eat mixed grain rice where i mix white rice w/ other grains such as barley, red sorghum & black/brown rice. Your work had turned me to wfpb eating minimum oil since i watched my first video of how not to die presentation.
@@lightdark00 why else? I love them and i’m Asian. I got my rice locally grown organically on the side of a volcano. I got them tested too for arsenic level and it’s negligible amount.
@@lightdark00 i happen to know the farmers. Out here whenever i go out of town on a hike of one of our many volcanoes, i often “book” the veggies i saw they were harvesting. Most of them happily sell me their produce at much cheaper price than i can get at my main market. I also grow most of my own veggies.
@@lightdark00 we got no farmers market here, only wet market. All produce come through main market then bought by various vendors to be sold at neighborhood smaller markets. That’s why whenever i got a chance to go up any mountain and see the locals are harvesting produce i don’t grow in my garden to load up to trucks, i always stop by to buy some. I always do on my way down. Sometimes i even get to help harvest and get a 1st pick. When that happens, i always share with my neighbors.
Mixed grain rice is delicious. Do you have a specific recipe?
@@ludicrousone8706 i only mix 1/2c short grain white rice +1/4c each of other grains. I normally cook a big batch to eat through out the week. I like changing things up and mix in red sorghum, adley, barley, black rice, millet, or beans such as mung beans or adzuki beans. I wash and soak them all for 2 hrs up to overnight in the fridge or just throw them all into my cuckoo rice cooker & use the mixed rice menu. I also let it sit in my rice cooker an additional 10 min before digging in.
I have big planters on my roof deck to grow Yukon Gold potatoes, carrots, and squash. I thought somehow corn sprouted in one.
It is red sorghum. I had no idea where it came from. Wow! Sprouted nicely. I will make some popcorn out of it.
Great info. Am going to follow up on your search for the red or black sorghum. Would love to incorporate it as an alternative to my oatmeal. Thanks again Doc! Very exciting info.😬
I have a sorghum plant growing out in our old flower basin. I'm not sure which color it is because the balls/seeds are green right now. There's two more growing that might also be sorghum.
I'm in Germany and here I get red sorghum called Milo Korn in an online shop that sells seeds for pet birds. Several of those feed shops offer a wide variety of otherwise unattainable millets, seeds, nuts etcpp.
White sorghum is called Dari.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE these videos!!!!!!!That you Dr. Greger! (Just made my first briol and included Sorghum....yummy!)
Thanks for this!! I feed the birds in my garden and have a few different coloured plants in the flowerbed. Does it need any kind of processing or can I use it as is from the plant?
In Africa we normally give animals , old people who has gastric and also proken person is very very good it takes 2weeks to recover but people don't eat mostly . Thank you so much 💓💗💛
My 85 year old mother tells me stories of making Sorghum syrup on the farm, and that was their main sweetener. How about a video on sorghum as a sweetener.
Yup in my place people use like sorghum syrup, flour, even pop sorghum
@@astashari Where is that? Here in Minnesota I brought a sorghum and veggies salad to a potluck and my neighbor said, "that's what we feed to the animals" and I felt like she was turning up her nose to it. My intention was to do something like what I've seen as a salad with wheat berries in it. By the way, they took about 2 hours to cook on the stove top. and for one cup sorghum (Bobs Red Mill brand) I needed about 5 cups water.
My grandfather and I born and raised in Arkansas, Silas grew and milled or pressed sorghum into syrup. Sorghum syrup is available in some stores, especially farm type stores. I don't live in Arkansas anymore, but I like the syrup.
My grandfather stopped farming (and moved to a small city)after boil weevil's ate his cotton crop two years consecutively(back in the day).
He does not support refined sugar of any form.
@@KellyNewcomerArt did you soak them beforehand?
I live in China and I just purchased (on an online app called Taobao) red sorghum along with a bunch of other grains. I didn't see purple, at least not under 500grams, everything was sold a kg or more. Possibly trying Alibaba or international suppliers will get you the grain, if it's allowed to be shipped to the US. :)
Omgodddd yesss I've been eating them for months now bcs it's kinda a cheaper alternative to other healthier carbs here in my country ❤ the texture is great
How does it taste compared to others whole grains? i hope not as bland as millet and buckwheat.
@@Julottt uhm I use red one it depends on your taste buds tbh bcs personally I don't really like salty stuffs so idk if it's very bland but you can use some seasonings when you cook it. Usually I put onions garlic shallot some herbs etc
@@Julottt try roasted buckwheat as used in Russia
Is it fattening ? I read that the fat content is quite high compared to potatoes
@@elisonlau2076 yup its higher than some grains too I believe but it's not like high fat. Just higher fat content. It's not like seeds or nuts.
Thanks for another excellent video!
Looks to Southern Africa - the shipment should be fairly easy hear
Thanks!
This is very interesting. I am now not really certain I would want to eat much sorghum since it is not what I am looking for. If you can, could you do this type of analysis for buckwheat? Or, if this has been done already, can someone link the video(s)? Thanks!
Where i grew up we also have Golden Sorghum - slightly richer in carotenoids than the white sorghum. The red and black probably use the anthocyanin pathways and not lycopene or gamma carotene .
super interesting- i never use it and have always been curious!
Went to the store to look for quinoa got this instead
I got a volunteer RED sorghum growing in my yard from bird seeds!!
Sorghum would make a great choice as the base grain in breakfast cereals.
This is one of your best, Thanks.
thanks dr
I remember as a young lad , growing up in Virginia, some farmers growing sorghum and processing it to make a thick liquid sweetener for the church fund raiser !
I've been reading about sorghum in Australia which is mostly used for animal feed. Here they hit it with round up prior to harvesting. Isn't this a bad thing?
There's a fifty pound bag of black organic sorghum on sale on Amazon for only $359 dollars. I wonder how long sorghum would keep in the freezer.
Thanks, Doc!
Oh wow. I was brought red & black sorghum by my house assistent aka maids from their family crop harvest. I can also find them online here in Indonesia
Iya disini banyak banget yang jual kok online 👍
Interesting. educating, thanks for sharing.
I used to eat all grains for breakfast. I would alternate farro, sorghum, wheat berries, millet and others.
Since covid, whole foods and sprouts stopped selling them. All I find now is oats.
I had the same problem, I tried looking for sorghum a few months ago here in the UK and couldn't find any for sale to the consumer.
Try seed shops for pet birds
Try middle eastern stores. I got mine from middle eastern store in the U.S
red sorghum(milo) can be bought on amazon as bird seed which is untreated, 44 dollars for 20 pounds
Myco Labs
Bulk Organic Red Sorghum (Milo) Grain
www.mycolabs.com/bulk-organic-red-sorghum-milo-grain
Priced much better than any that might be found on Amazon
Sorghum porridge is amazing.
I love 🌾 grainberry
I m from south indian state Karnataka
We consume yellow sorgham everyday ❤❤❤❤❤
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Wow this is mind blowing 🤩
Nothing against you personally, as you've helped me become vegan, and I even bought four of your books, but this new format I can't read with you gesticulating all over the documents, prime example at @1:25. Try to read, good luck!
I don't see why you need to be in the video if we're trying to read the facts. Salman Khan of Khan academy was told by a niece that the videos worked well because he wasn't in them. Khan recognized it as a backhanded compliment but the main reason for Khan Academy's success and why people can just focus on the material without distractions.
If you want to be in them now as technology has advanced, I'd suggest a smaller overlay in the corner so we can read the docs, but it's overall not needed, as your other videos attest.
I like sorghum! ❤
Sorghum is used to make syrup, beer, makes flour, liquor, biomass, press board, and a lot more
does sorghum cause insulin spike?
It's our staple food in North Karnataka , India
excellent video
Gotta say I love your voice☺
I'm having it for breakfast right now, cooked with milk, honey and tahini, after all I'm Mediterranean and I'm too picky about what food I eat
I can't seem to find sorghum anywhere in my area- Millet is more widely available I wonder how it compares..
A widely distributed brand is Bob’s Red Mill.
Try places catering to pet birds
Great information - but please speak more clearly and audibly so that some of us can hear and understand you clearly - remember that you have a diverse audience. Thank you.
Hello Sir excellent tips please language Tamil etc
Thanks dude
All the grains are holy in my book
india we consume yellow and white every day in variety dishes. its called Javar or Jowar
Popped sorghum ,better than popped corn...
I love sorghum, so delicious :) can't wait for the next installment - almost like a detective story or something ;)
How do you cook it?
@@elisonlau2076 You cook it ike any other whole grain, say brown rice, quinoa, whole wheat/barley/rye groats, etc. It should probably say on the packet when you buy it suggested cooking time and water amounts! You can probably also Google it online - I got lots of results for "cooking sorghum" :) the "normal" way is on the stovetop in a pot with water (the amounts I get are around 3x water to sorghum, for 40-60 minutes) (no salt needed though most guides will say so) - you can taste as you go though. I would use my electric pressure cooker though, they are super useful as they allow you to not have to babysit the pot. There the time seems to be 20 minutes on high pressure, with only 2xwater to sorghum. However, I would probably soak mine overnight (not needed), but it tends to approximately halve the cooking time, and lower the amount of water needed. But please experiment and find a cooking time that suits your taste! Exact times will depend on where you live with regards to heigh above sea level etc. And it's nothing inherently wrong with "overcooking", if you like it mushier/more like a "porridge". And if it's not cooked enough for you, you can always bring it back to a boil or something. It should work out for you, I hope :)
@@nazokashii wow thanks so much for all the cooking n preparation instructions
I've heard that sorghum also contains amygdalin, which has anti-cancer properties. If you can't find it doctor, I think big pharma might be to blame for that.
If you want red sorghum: come to Texas , mill of ton are grown for chicken feed etc . My family used to grow it in the 1930s-1950s. Dry land . Without irrigation. I suggest it as a homestead survival food grain .
Don't even know why we still grow this. It's the one seed that's always left when we give a seed mix to our animals. Chooks won't even eat it if it's the only thing left.
so weird, ten minutes ago i just put some sorghum in some water to soak overnight to cook tomorrow and i come up to watch youtube and this is recommended lol
and yes.....i watch michael gregor videos and soak sorghum on Saturday nights.....im "that guy" lol regular old party over here
In Poland is red and white sorghum
I just ordered a bunch of red sorghum seeds to grow, come on down to the farm buddy, I'll take care of ya. And some amaranth. Ever grown that? It is beautiful when it begins to seed, a fiery red sea of grain. Kinda just weedy til then, my friend noted.Could we see more videos about obscure seeds. Like Evening Primrose? I have read it is great for women especially. Also I was reading about pokeweed the other day to see about how to cook the poison out of it, and found something that said it "cures" HIV and HSV. Where did that idea come from? Pole weed of all things.
"Sorghum gets its but kicked compared to fruits and vegetables" - While showing a chart with Sorghum being better than 8 out of 12 fruits/vegetables
america is interesting 😂😂
the best food is rather given to livestock and poisonous ones get busy on shelves 🤣🤣
Dear doctor Greger, could you speak about the benefits of kamut, please? . I love creating bread and pasta with it and I find my body likes it much more than the so industrialised wheat. Thank you so much for your videos and valuable information. I love watching you! Much love from Liverpool 💜🤗
@@lightdark00 alright thanks! 🤗🙏
@@lightdark00 good for you! In my case I'm counteracting inflammation. I usually avoid grains for healing but if I feel like having bread, kamut is the most delicious healthy choice to me 😉. Einckorn I've tried but I find its taste too strong for my taste buds, at least for bread. Good luck in your journey! 😋🍞🤗🍀
@@lightdark00 I highly recommend the information from medical medium for healing anything that seems misterious or incurable according to traditional medicine.
Have you tried Einkorn and Emmer? Their also two ancient grains with great flavor.
You can grow your own sorghum easily
Good point. I see it can easily be hand harvested. All the grain is at the top. You cut the stalk off, hang to dry, then get the seeds off. I should try this!
Ty Brady you definitely should. Great survival crop. Biggest problem is the birds will eat everything as sorghum is literally used in bird seed and it’s easy for them to get. Normally when planted on hundred acre fields this isn’t a problem and the grain is left on the stalk to fry, but you’ll have to harvest a bit early and hang them like you said. Amaranth is also a super healthy grain that’s easy to grow and harvest at home.
What is the vegan stance on lab testing on mice?
animal testing is not vegan, did you not google the vegan definition?
The alternative to lab testing on mice is unscientific testing on humans. If you follow a plant based diet because of the health benefits to humans, you should support lab testing on mice because of the health benefits to humans.
5:50 Wow. That's what i call a teaser.
Come to Africa. There is an overabundance of red sorghum
Sorghum takes forever to cook. I think I did like 40 minutes in the instant pot, and it was still hard. Smells weird too. Now millet, I like millet. Sorghum? ehhh
Ah right I thought it's gonna take faster in instant pot. I actually soak it first but it takes me for 1 hour on stove top. It's chewy tho it's fine and doesn't smell
@@astashari I recommend millet. Whole grain. Cooks as fast as white rice, and it absorbs flavors like rice too. Cheaper than quinoa. Decent nutritional profile (as this video shows in some of the tables).
Only if it is gluten free
It is
Red sorghum....Diego Footer. Utube. Calif. 🙂
Did the narrator of this piece fall asleep while listening to the collected greatest monologues of William Shatner ?
If i had sorghum, i would visit the dentist
… And the dentist would probably tell you to eat more of a specific brand of sauerkraut: Silver Floss®. 😀 (Thanks for the fun comment!)
@@thorn324 😄
Is this guy talking about amabele?
Hi Vivi, I'm Dush a volunteer here at NutritionFacts.org. I did a quick search on google and some retailers do have Sorghum listed as Amabele too.
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Don't let Paleo warriors watch this video. Their brains are gonna explode.
Even the paleo vegans?
I sell lots of sorghum that I grow as a hobby.
I thought anthocyanines were only in dark reds and purples food
The suspense is killing me. On the other hand, yay for sorghum.
I can get it for under $2/lb
Yeah, i found out sorghum was not a staple everywhere jn the us when i moved from Kentucky. It was so hard to find any sorghum products until i just ordered online lol
TL;DR Wait for the next video to know the answer...