Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi amakhowe avame ukubizwa ngokuthi "inyama yemifino". Kodwa-ke, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi kukhona amaprotheni amancane kakhulu kuwo (okusha - kuphela 2-4%, futhi omisiwe - kufika ku-25%). Uma kuqhathaniswa, enyameni lesi sibalo singama-15-25%. Kukhona futhi amafutha ambalwa nama-carbohydrate kumakhowe, empeleni, anquma okuqukethwe kwawo kwekhalori ephansi (i-14 kcal kuphela nge-100 g).
Kungani amakhowe ekwenza uzizwe ugcwele? Izazi zokudla okunomsoco zikholelwa ukuthi inani elikhulu le-fiber libenza banelise. Iqinile, njenge-chitin (impahla yokwakha yegobolondo lezinambuzane eziningi), igaywa esiswini somuntu isikhathi eside (cishe amahora angu-4-6) futhi ibeka ukucindezeleka okukhulu emgudwini wesisu, ikakhulukazi esiswini. i-mucosa kanye nama-pancreas.
Ngakho-ke, ochwepheshe bayeluleka ukugwema izitsha zamakhowe kubantu abaphethwe yizifo zepheshana lesisu njengezilonda zesisu, i-gastritis, i-pancreatitis kanye ne-cholecystitis.
Akufanele uphathe amakhowe ezinganeni ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-5: isimiso sabo sokugaya asikavuthwa, okusho ukuthi umthwalo onjalo ungase ungabekezeleleki.