Kodi Yerba Mate Watsopano "It" Superfood?

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Pitani patsogolo, kale, mabulosi abulu, ndi nsomba: pali chakudya chatsopano chatsopano pazaumoyo. Yerba mate tiyi akubwera motentha (kwenikweni).

Wobadwira kumadera otentha a ku South America, yerba mate wakhala mbali yofunika kwambiri ya zakudya ndi chikhalidwe m'dera limenelo la dziko kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Ndipotu, anthu a ku Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, ndi kum'mwera kwa Brazil amadya yerba mate mofanana ndi khofi, ngati ayi. "Anthu ambiri ku South America amadya yerba mate tsiku ndi tsiku," akutero a Elvira de Mejia, Ph.D., pulofesa ku department of Food Science and Human Nutrition ku University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.

Wodzaza ndi mavitamini 24 ndi mchere-kuphatikizapo vitamini A, B, C, ndi E, komanso calcium, iron, potaziyamu, ndi zinc-amino acid, ndi antioxidants, yerba mate ndi mphamvu yopatsa thanzi. Kuphatikizana kodabwitsa kumeneku kwa michere kumatanthawuza kuti mnzako amanyamula nkhonya yayikulu. Pulofesa de Mejia ananena kuti: “Kungathandize kuti munthu apirire, kugaya chakudya, kuchepetsa zizindikiro za ukalamba, kuthetsa nkhawa, ndiponso kusowa tulo.

Umboni umasonyezanso kuti mwamuna kapena mkazi amathandizira kuchepetsa thupi komanso kuchepetsa thupi, malinga ndi kafukufuku wofalitsidwa mu Zolemba pa Science Science. Izi zimakhudza kagayidwe kake kakuchulukitsa kutchuka pakati pa othamanga aku US mzaka zingapo zapitazi, kuphatikiza ogwiritsa ntchito mwakhama monga ski racer waku US a Laurenne Ross.

Koma superfood makhalidwe ya yerba mnzanu samatha pamenepo. Mate nawonso olimbikitsa - combo yomwe imasiyanitsa ndi khofi ndi tiyi wobiriwira. Ndipo, ngakhale ili ndi tiyi kapena khofi pafupifupi wofanana ndi khofi, maubwino ake amapitilira kupitilira mphamvu yowonjezera mphamvu. Tiyi wotamandidwa ngati chakudya chaubongo, amawonjezera chidwi, chidwi, komanso kukhazikika, koma samakupangitsani kumva kukhumudwa kapena kuda nkhawa mukatha kapu imodzi kapena ziwiri. (Onjezani pamndandanda wathu wa Zakudya 7 Zaubongo Zoyenera Kudya Tsiku Lililonse!)

Mwachikhalidwe, masamba a yerba mate amatumikiridwa limodzi mu mphonda wa mnzake. Oyeretsa amuna kapena akazi amakhulupirira kuti njirayi imalola kuti munthu amwe kuti alandire bwino masamba ake, ndikuimira kulimba kwa anthu ammudzi. Zaka zaposachedwa zabweretsa kutsatsa kwa yerba, ndikupanga tiyi wamtundu womwe munthu wamba amatha kumwa akapita. Makampani monga Guayaki, m'modzi mwa oyamba kubweretsa yerba mate ku United States ndipo amagulitsidwa m'masitolo a Whole Foods mdziko lonselo, tsopano akupereka tiyi m'njira zosiyanasiyana komanso mabotolo ndi zitini zamagalasi, mitundu yosalala, ngakhale kuwombera mnzanu (zofanana ndi chakumwa cha 5-Hour Energy). Kampaniyo imagwira ntchito ndi alimi akumaloko m'malo otetezedwa ndi yerba mate ku Brazil, Argentina, ndi Paraguay kuwonetsetsa kuti ogula akupeza zinthu zenizeni.

Koma, chenjezo: Wokondedwa wa Yerba pawokha sangakhale chinthu chowawa kwambiri chomwe mudayesapo kuti muchepetse chifukwa chathanzi - kununkhira kosiyanako kunanenedwa kuti kulawa pang'ono udzu."Kuti mukhale ndi thanzi labwino, muyenera kugula masamba ndikuwapaka mwamphamvu mu atolankhani aku France kapena opanga khofi," atero a David Karr, omwe anayambitsa Guayaki. "Koma ngati simungathe kuthana ndi kukoma kwa yerba palokha, pangani mateti a mateti powonjezera shuga pang'ono ndi mkaka wa amondi kapena mkaka wa soya." Ngati kugula masamba kumamveka ngati pang'ono, pitani ku gawo la organic kuti mukapeze matumba a tiyi omwe anali atadzaza kale kapena zokometsera zokhazokha.

Yerba mate atha kukhala amphamvu kwambiri pazakudya zapamwamba kwambiri - kukupatsirani mphamvu ya khofi, mapindu a tiyi, komanso chisangalalo cha chokoleti, zonse munkhonya imodzi yamphamvu. Chifukwa chake, funso lokhalo lomwe muyenera kusiya ndi chifukwa chake sindinatero mudayesapo? (Pezani zabwino za The New Wave of Superfoods.)

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