Imbewu kabhekilanga iyisithelo sesitshalo esihle sikabhekilanga esidabuka eNyakatho Afrika. Imbewu inokuthungwa okuqinile kanye ne-flavor ye-nutty kancane. Babewumthombo wokudla obalulekile wamaNdiya aseMelika. Imbewu ye-sunflower isalokhu ingumkhiqizo odumile kuze kube yilolu suku, nakuba ivame ukudliwa njenge-snack kunengxenye yesidlo. Futhi nakuba imbewu kabhekilanga ingenawo umsoco njengembewu ye-chia noma ye-hemp, nokho inempilo kakhulu. Imbewu kabhekilanga iwumthombo obalulekile wamandla emvelo futhi imisoco eminingi equkethwe iyashoda ekudleni kwethu kwanamuhla. Inkomishi eyodwa yezinhlamvu zikabhekilanga ezomisiwe iqukethe. Iningi le-fiber embewu kabhekilanga ayincibiliki futhi ihlanza i-colon yemfucuza enqwabelene. Iphrotheni yembewu ihlanganisa wonke ama-amino acid ayisishiyagalombili abalulekile, okuwenza abe umkhiqizo obaluleke kakhulu kwabadla imifino. Njengezitshalo eziningi ze-pome, imbewu kabhekilanga inothile ngezakhi umzimba wethu ongakwazi ukuzikhiqiza ngokwazo. Ucwaningo olushicilelwe ku-Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry lwathola ukuthi imbewu ye-sunflower (kanye nama-pistachios) icebile kuma-phytosterols kuwo wonke amanye amantongomane nembewu. I-Phytosterols yizinhlanganisela ezitholakala ezitshalweni ezinokwakheka kwamakhemikhali okufana ne-cholesterol. Lezi zinhlanganisela kukholakala ukuthi zehlisa amazinga e-cholesterol embi egazini uma zisetshenziswe ngokwanele. Izinhlamvu zikabhekilanga ziwumthombo omuhle kakhulu. I-antioxidant encibilikayo kavithamini E ihamba kuwo wonke umzimba wethu, ikhipha ama-radicals mahhala. Uma kungenjalo, ama-radicals alimaza ama-molecule aqukethe amafutha nezakhiwo njengamaseli obuchopho, i-cholesterol, nolwelwesi lwamaseli. I-Vitamin E iphinde ibe yi-anti-inflammatory enamandla futhi inciphisa izimpawu ezihambisana nezifo ezivuvukalayo njenge-asthma ne-rheumatoid arthritis.
2022-11-11