Ngokocwaningo lwamaDashi, inyama emhlophe yezithelo nemifino isiza ekuvimbeleni isifo sohlangothi. Ucwaningo lwangaphambilini lusungule ukuhlobana phakathi kokudla okuphezulu kwezithelo/imifino kanye nokuncipha kwengozi yalesi sifo. Nokho, ucwaningo olwenziwa eHolland, ngokokuqala ngqá, lubonise ukuxhumana nombala womkhiqizo. Izithelo nemifino kwahlukaniswa ngemibala emine:
- . Imifino enamahlamvu amnyama, iklabishi, ulethisi.
- Leli qembu lihlanganisa ikakhulukazi izithelo ezisawolintshi.
- . Utamatisi, isitshalo seqanda, upelepele nokunye.
- Amaphesenti angu-55 aleli qembu ama-apula namapheya.
Ucwaningo olwenziwa eNyuvesi yaseWageningen eNetherlands lwaluhlanganisa ubhanana, ukholifulawa, i-chicory kanye nekhukhamba eqenjini elimhlophe. Amazambane awafakiwe. Ama-apula namapheya aphakeme ku-fiber yokudla kanye ne-flavanoid ebizwa ngokuthi i-quercetin, okukholakala ukuthi idlala indima enhle ezimeni ezifana nesifo samathambo, izinkinga zenhliziyo, ukukhathazeka, ukucindezeleka, ukukhathala, nesifuba somoya. Abukho ubuhlobo obutholakele phakathi kwe-stroke nokuluhlaza, okuwolintshi, nezithelo/imifino ebomvu. Kodwa-ke, i-stroke iphansi ngo-52% kubantu abadla kakhulu izithelo nemifino emhlophe. Umlobi oholayo wocwaningo uLinda M. Aude, MS, umlingani we-postdoctoral ekudleni komuntu, uthe, "Nakuba izithelo ezimhlophe nemifino kunendima ekuvimbeleni ukushaywa unhlangothi, amanye amaqembu emibala avikela ezinye izifo ezingapheli." Ukufingqa, kufanelekile ukusho ukuthi kuyadingeka ukufaka ekudleni kwakho izithelo nemifino ehlukahlukene yemibala ehlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi emhlophe.