Is Black Wheat really that healthy?
Black Wheat
A few years ago, a post went viral on social media platforms saying that after seven years of research, a new variety of wheat had been created that can cure health problems like cancer and diabetes. Some farmers in Neemuch, Malwa, and Indore districts had reportedly planted this new wheat variety during the rabi season last year. Farmers were curious about the production of black wheat, but the end result showed that it was produced like any normal wheat. Furthermore, this new variety of wheat has so many health benefits and even the ability to prevent some serious diseases like diabetes and cancer that are actually very difficult to cure by medical science.
According to Govind Nagda, a progressive farmer from Kanakheri village, part of Neemuch district, with the help of a friend from the Nabi Research Center in Mohali, had obtained 40 kg of black wheat seeds from three bighas in the country. When this wheat was weighed after harvesting and cleaning, its weight was 36 quintals. However, production remained the same as for normal wheat. Ordinary wheat also produces 1012 quintals on an average of bigha.
