Ngaba i-Yerba Mate yiNew "It" Superfood?

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Yiya ngaphaya, i-kale, iblueberries, kunye nesalmon: kukho ukutya okuphezulu okutsha kwindawo yezempilo. I-mate ye-Yerba iqabane iza kushushu (ngokoqobo).

Umthonyama kwi-subtropics yoMzantsi Merika, i-yerba iqabane liyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokutya kunye nenkcubeko kuloo nxalenye yehlabathi kangangamakhulu eminyaka. Ngapha koko, abantu baseArgentina, iParaguay, iUruguay, kunye neBrazil esemazantsi badla iqabane njengeyofi, ukuba akunjalo. "Abantu abaninzi eMzantsi Melika badla i-yerba mate yonke imihla," utshilo u-Elvira de Mejia, Ph.D., uprofesa kwiSebe lezeNzululwazi yokutya kunye nokutya kwabantu kwiYunivesithi yase-Illinois Champaign-Urbana.

Ipakishwe iivithamini ezingama-24 kunye neeminerali kubandakanya ivithamini A, B, C, kunye no-E, kunye ne-calcium, isinyithi, i-potassium, kunye ne-zinc-amino acid, kunye ne-antioxidants, i-yerba mate yindawo yamandla esondlo. Le ndibaniselwano ikufutshane-yomlingo yezondlo ithetha ukuba iqabane lipakisha inqindi enkulu. UNjingalwazi de Mejia uthi: "Inganceda ukunyusa unyamezelo, incede ekucoleni ukutya, inciphise iimpawu zokwaluphala, isuse uxinzelelo kwaye inciphise ukulala."

Ubungqina bade bubonise ukuba iqabane linegalelo ekunciphiseni ubunzima kunye nokugcinwa kobunzima, ngokophando olupapashwe kwi Ijenali yeSayensi yoKutya. Le mpembelelo kwimetabolism inike ukukhula okuthandwayo phakathi kweembaleki zase-US kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, kubandakanya nabasebenzisi abanomdla njenge-ski racer yase-US uLaurenne Ross.

Kodwa iimpawu ezintle ze-yerba mate azipheli apho. I-Mate nayo ikhuthaza-i-combo ebeka ecaleni kokuthandwa kwekofu kunye neti eluhlaza. Kwaye, ngelixa inomdla olinganayo wecaffeine njengekofu, izibonelelo zayo ziya ngaphaya kokunyusa amandla ngokukhawuleza. Ukunconywa njengokutya kwengqondo, le iti yonyusa ingqalelo, ukugxila, kunye noxinzelelo, kodwa ayikushiyi uzive ujitter okanye uxhalabile emva kwendebe okanye ezimbini. (Yongeza kuluhlu lwethu lwe-7 Brain Foods to Eat Every Day!)

Ngokwesiko, amagqabi e-yerba mate ahanjiswa ngokuhlangeneyo kwi-mate gourd. I-Mate purists ikholelwa ekubeni le ndlela ivumela umntu ukuba ayisele ukuze afumane ngokufanelekileyo iipropathi zokuphilisa zamagqabi, kwaye ifuzisela ukomelela koluntu. Iminyaka yakutshanje izise ukuthengiswa kwe-yerba, ukudala iinguqulelo zeti ezinokuthi umntu oqhelekileyo angasela ekuhambeni. Iinkampani ezinje ngeGuayaki, enye yeyokuqala ukuzisa iqabane e-United States kwaye ithengiswa kwiivenkile ze-Whole Foods kwilizwe liphela, ngoku inika iti ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kunye neebhotile zeglasi kunye neenkonkxa, iinguqulelo ezibengezelayo, kwaye ukudubula kweqabane (ngokufana nesiselo esinamandla esili-5). Inkampani isebenza namafama asekuhlaleni kwi-yerba mate hotspots kulo lonke elaseBrazil, eArgentina, naseParaguay ukuqinisekisa ukuba abathengi bafumana izinto zokwenyani.

Kodwa, lumka: I-Yerba mate iyodwa isenokungabi yeyona nto imnandi owakhe wazama ukuyibhuqa ngenxa yeenzuzo zempilo-incasa eyahlukileyo kuye kwathiwa incasa ingca encinci."Ukufumana iziphumo eziphezulu zempilo, kuya kufuneka uthenge amagqabi kwaye ubenze bomelele kumatshini wokushicilela waseFransi okanye umenzi wekofu," utshilo uDavid Karr, umseki weGuayaki. "Kodwa ukuba awukwazi ukuphatha incasa ye-yerba ngokwakho, yenza i-mate latte ngokudibanisa ishukela encinane kunye nobisi lwe-almond okanye ubisi lwe-soy." Ukuba ukuthenga amagqabi kubonakala ngathi kuncinci, yiya kwicandelo lezinto eziphilayo ukuze ufumane iingxowa zeti esele zipakishwe okanye ukhetho olunye olunencasa.

I-Yerba iqabane ngenene inokuba yeyona nto inamandla kwi-superfoods-ekuzisela amandla ekofu, izibonelelo zempilo zeti, kunye nolonwabo lwetshokholethi, zonke ngenqindi enye. Ke, eneneni, owona mbuzo ubufanele ukuba ushiyekile kutheni khange Uzamile? (Vuna izibonelelo zaMaza amatsha eSuperfoods.)

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