Ikhukhamba ingeyomndeni ofanayo wezitshalo njenge-zucchini, i-squash kanye nekhabe - umndeni we-gourd. Njengekhabe, ukhukhamba ungamanzi angama-95%, okusho ukuthi ukuwadla ngosuku olushisayo lwasehlobo kuzosiza ukugcina umzimba wakho ugcwele amanzi. Yini enye ewusizo kule mifino?
Ikhukhamba iqukethe i-flavonol eqeda ukuvuvukala ebizwa ngokuthi i-fisetin, edlala indima ebalulekile empilweni yobuchopho. Ngaphezu kokuthuthukisa inkumbulo nokuvikela amangqamuzana ezinzwa ezinguqukweni ezihlobene nobudala, i-fisetin yatholwa ukuvimbela ukukhubazeka kwenkumbulo okuqhubekayo kumagundane anesifo i-Alzheimer's.
Ukhukhamba usiza ukunciphisa impendulo yokuvuvukala komzimba. Ucwaningo lwezilwane lubonisa ukuthi ukukhishwa kwekhukhamba kunciphise ukuvuvukala okungafuneki, ikakhulukazi ngokuvimbela umsebenzi wama-enzyme okuvuvukala (kuhlanganise ne-cyclooxygenase 2).
Ucezu lwekhukhamba olwangeni lomlomo wakho lungasusa amagciwane abangela iphunga. Ngokwezimiso ze-Ayurveda, ukusetshenziswa kwekhukhamba kukhuthaza ukukhululwa kokushisa okweqile esiswini, okungenye yezimbangela zokuphefumula okubi.
Ikhukhamba iqukethe i-vitamin B complex, kuhlanganise namavithamini B1, B5 no-B7. Amavithamini B ayaziwa ukusiza ukunciphisa imizwa yokukhathazeka futhi amise eminye yemiphumela yokucindezeleka.
Ukhukhamba ane-kilojoule ephansi kakhulu (1 inkomishi yamakhukhamba iqukethe amakholori angu-16 kuphela). I-fiber encibilikayo kukhukhamba iphenduka ibe isisindo esifana nejeli emathunjini, ngaleyo ndlela yehlisa inqubo yokugaya. Lokhu kukuvumela ukuthi ungazizwa ulambile isikhathi eside, ngoba ukudla okucebile ku-fiber kunomthelela ekulawuleni isisindo.