Ithathwe olwelweni futhi yenziwe ngama-fiber angu-80%, i-agar-agar iyimifino enekhalori ephansi kakhulu kanye ne-ejenti yemvelo egayilwayo eyakha ijeli esiswini, engakhuphula umuzwa wokusutha futhi ikhuthaze ukwehla kwesisindo.¹.

Ucwaningo olwenziwa eJapan ngo-2005 lwahlola ukusebenza kwe-agar-agar kubantu abakhuluphele abangama-76 abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2.². Abantu abangama-76 bahlukaniswe ngamaqembu ama-2: iqembu elilawulayo elilawulwa ukudla okujwayelekile kwaseJapan, kanye neqembu elilandela ukudla okufanayo kodwa elinesengezo se-agar-agar, amasonto ayi-12. Ekupheleni kwamasonto ayi-12, isisindo somzimba esimaphakathi, i-BMI (= Inkomba Yesisindo Somzimba), izinga likashukela egazini, ukumelana ne-insulin nomfutho wegazi ophakeme kwakuncishiswe kakhulu emaqenjini ama-2, kodwa iqembu elithole i-agar-agar eyengeziwe lithole imiphumela engcono: ukulahlekelwa kwesisindo se-2,8 kg ngokumelene ne-1,3 kg kanye nokwehla kwe-BMI ye-1,1 ngokumelene ne-0,5 eqenjini lokulawula.

I-agar-agar iphenduka ijeli emazingeni okushisa angaphansi kuka-40 ° C, futhi kuphela ngemva kokushiswa ngaphambilini. Ngakho-ke, ingadliwa kuphela ekuphekeni emalungiselelweni ashisayo, noma okumele kushiswe ngaphambi kokusetshenziswa. Ngakho-ke ingadliwa njengesiphuzo esishisayo ngaphambi kokuba ifudumale, ukuze i-agar-agar iphenduke ibe ijeli ngaphakathi komzimba, noma ekulungiseleleni ama-custards, okhilimu, ama-jellies. Kunconywa ukuthi ungadli ngaphezu kwama-4 g we-agar-agar ngosuku. Nakuba imiphumela yayo engemihle ingavamile, ingabangela ubuhlungu besisu noma isifo sohudo.

S. Lacoste, Ibhayibheli lami le-phytotherapy: inkomba yenkomba yokuphulukisa ngezitshalo, 2014 Maeda H, Yamamoto R, Hiaro K, et al., Imiphumela ye-agar (kanten) yokudla ezigulini ezikhuluphele ezinokubekezelela ushukela kanye nesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2, I-Diabetes Obes Metab, ngo-2005