Kuphika n'kofunika kwambiri pa zakudya. Zimathandiza kukumba chakudya, kupulumutsa mphamvu zochuluka. Kutentha kumathandiza kuchepetsa chakudya, makamaka mchere ndi nyama yovuta, yomwe mano athu ang'onoang'ono, nsagwada zofooka ndi dongosolo lakumagawa sali okonzekera "kugwira ntchito mwachindunji".
Komabe, posachedwapa timamva kuchokera ku chakudya chophika chomwe kuphika amapha mavitamini ndi mchere mu chakudya. Komabe, masamba obiriwira, monga tonse timadziwira bwino, si zakudya zonse zathanzi nthawi zonse.
Zatsopano kapena zophika?
Magazini ya British Nutrition ("Nutrition") inanena kuti Rui Hai Liu, pulofesa wothandizira sayansi ya zakudya ku University of Cornell, adaphunzira mwakuya chakudya chakuda. Chimodzi mwa zomwe anapeza pa phunziroli ndi lycopene (antioxidant yomwe ili yoposa vitamini C). Liu amakhulupirira kuti mankhwala opatsirana amachititsa kuti mapulogalamu a lycopene awonjezeke m'miyendo, chifukwa amawononga chipolopolo cholimba ndikuthandiza thupi kuti lizigwira bwino.
Kuphatikizanso, kuphika nthawi zina kumachepetsa caloriki yake ndi theka. Mphamvu ya kaloti watsopano ndi 41 kcal, ndipo kalori yokhala ndi kaloti yophika ndi 24 makilogalamu pa 100 g.Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, ofufuza apeza kuti ngati karoti yonse yophika, phindu lake limakula ndi 25%.
Zothandiza bwanji kaloti?
Kaloti ndi othandiza osati kokha kulimbitsa maso athu, tsitsi ndi misomali. Asayansi a ku Dutch amatsimikizira kuti kaloti ndi imodzi mwa ndiwo zamasamba zothandiza kwambiri popewera matenda a mtima. Ndipo ngati tibwerera ku zokambirana za masomphenya, tidzasangalala ndi momwe Jules Stein adakhalira ku Los Alange. Gulu lake linapeza kuti amayi omwe amadya kaloti kawiri pamlungu, poyerekeza ndi amayi omwe amadya kaloti nthawi zambiri, amakhala ndi glaucoma.