He mea koʻikoʻi kaʻai no ka meaʻai. He kōkua ia i kaʻeliʻana i ka meaʻai, me ka mālamaʻana i ka nui o ka ike. Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia nā meaʻai, nā mea maʻamau a me nā mea paʻakikī, aʻaʻole hiki i nā niho liʻiliʻi, nā'ōpū palupalu a me nā'ōnaehana hoʻopalepaʻole e "hana pololei".
Eia naʻe, i kēia manawa ua lohe pinepine mākou i ka meaʻai makaʻai e kālua ana i nā huaora a me nā minela ma kaʻai. Eia naʻe,ʻo nā meaʻai maka momona,ʻoiai uaʻike mākou a pau loa,ʻaʻole ia he meaʻai maʻamau maikaʻi.
ʻO kahi hou a i kōpaʻa paha?
Ke hōʻike mai nei ka'ānamuʻo Beretania ("Nutrition")ʻo Rui Hai Liu, he loea pili ma ka'enekema meaʻai ma ke Kulanui o Cornell, kahi i aʻo nui ai i ka meaʻai maʻamau. ʻO kekahi o nā hopena o ka haʻawina e pili ana i ka lycopene (he antioxidant iʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka lāʻau C). Manaʻoʻo Liu he mea nui ka hoʻonāʻana i nā mea o ka lycopene i nā huaʻai, no ka mea, e'ānai ana i ka'ōpū a kōkua i ke kino e hōʻaho maoli.
Eia kekahi,ʻo ka kukeʻana i kekahi mau mea e hoʻemi ana i kāna mea caloric me ka hapalua. ʻO ka helu o ka ikehu o nā kāloti hou he 41 kcal, aʻo ka helu kalori o nā kāloti i kālaiʻia he 24 kcal no 100 g. Ma ka manawa like, ua hoʻomaopopo nā mea noiʻi inā i piha nā kāloka kāpili, ua hoʻonuiʻia kona mau waiwai maikaʻi e 25%.
Pehea ka maikaʻi o nā kāloti?
ʻAʻole pono nā kāloti no ka hoʻoikaikaʻana i ko mākou maka, ka lauoho a me nā kui. Ua hōʻoia nā meaʻepekema Dutch e pili ana i nā kāloti kekahi o nā huaʻai pono loa i loko o ka paleʻana i nā maʻi o ka maʻi. A inā hoʻi mākou i ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hihiʻo, a laila, eʻoluʻolu mākou i ke kahua o Jules Stein mai Los Alange. ʻIkeʻia kona hui e nā wāhine eʻai ana i nā kāloti iʻelua manawa i ka hebedoma, ke hoʻohālikelikeʻia me nā wāhine eʻai i nā kāloti i ka nuiʻole, he emi loa ka glaucoma.