Menene lycopene, menene don kuma asalin hanyoyin abinci

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• Menene lycopene don?
• Babban abinci mai wadataccen lycopene

Lycopene launi ne na karotenoid wanda ke da alhakin jan-lemu na wasu abinci, kamar su tumatir, gwanda, guava da kankana, misali. Wannan sinadarin yana da sinadarin antioxidant, yana kare kwayoyin halitta daga tasirin kwayar cutar ta kyauta, kuma, saboda haka, zai iya hana ci gaban wasu nau'o'in cutar kansa, musamman prostate, nono da pancreas, misali.

Bugu da ƙari don hana farawar cutar kansa, lycopene yana hana maye gurbin LDL cholesterol, yana rage haɗarin atherosclerosis kuma, sakamakon haka, na cututtukan zuciya da jijiyoyin jini.

Menene lycopene don?

Lycopene wani abu ne wanda yake da babban karfin antioxidant, yana daidaita adadin radicals na kyauta a cikin jiki kuma yana hana gajiya mai kumburi. Bugu da kari, sinadarin lycopene yana kare wasu kwayoyin, kamar su lipids, LDL cholesterol, sunadarai da DNA daga ayyukan lalata abubuwa da ka iya faruwa saboda yawan kwayoyi masu yaduwa kyauta da ke haifar da ci gaban wasu cututtuka na yau da kullun, kamar kansar, ciwon sukari da zuciya cututtuka. Don haka, lycopene yana da fa'idodi da yawa na kiwon lafiya kuma yana aiki don yanayi daban-daban, manyan sune:

• Hana kansar, gami da nono, huhu, kwai, mafitsara, pancreas da cutar sankarar mafitsara, saboda yana hana DNA na ƙwayoyin halitta ci gaba da canje-canje saboda kasancewar ƙwayoyin cuta na kyauta, yana hana wanzuwar mummunan canji da yaduwar ƙwayoyin kansa. Wani bincike a cikin in vitro ya gano cewa lycopene na iya rage saurin girman nono da ciwace-ciwace. Wani binciken dubawa da aka gudanar tare da mutane ya kuma nuna cewa shan carotenoids, gami da sinadarin lycopenes, na iya rage barazanar kamuwa da cutar sankarar huhu da ta mafitsara har zuwa kashi 50%;
• Kare jiki daga abubuwa masu guba: an nuna shi a cikin binciken cewa yawan cin abinci na yau da kullun kuma a cikin adadi mai yawa na lycopene na iya kare kwayar halitta daga aikin magungunan ƙwari da ciyawa, misali;
• Rage haɗarin kamuwa da cututtukan zuciya, kamar yadda yake hana yin abu mai kyau na LDL, wanda ke da alhakin samar da alamun atherosclerosis, wanda shine ɗayan halayen haɗari ga ci gaban cututtukan zuciya. Bugu da kari, sinadarin lycopene na iya kara karfin sinadarin HDL, wanda aka fi sani da kyakkyawan cholesterol kuma yana inganta lafiyar zuciya, don haka yana iya tsara yawan kwalastarar;
• Kare jiki daga tasirin rawanin ultraviolet daga rana: an gudanar da wani bincike wanda a ciki aka rarraba rukunin binciken biyu, daya ya sha mg 16 na lycopene, dayan kuma wanda ya cinye placebo an nuna shi ga rana. Bayan makonni 12, an gano cewa rukunin da ya cinye lycopene yana da raunin fata sosai fiye da waɗanda suka yi amfani da placebo. Wannan aikin lycopene na iya zama ma fi tasiri yayin amfani da shi ke haɗuwa da cin beta-carotenes da bitamin E da C;
• Hana tsufar fata, tunda daya daga cikin abubuwan da ke tasiri tsufa shine yawan kwayoyin cuta masu yaduwa a cikin jiki, wanda lycopene ke tsara shi kuma yake yaki dashi;
• Hana ci gaban cututtukan ido: an bayyana shi a cikin binciken cewa lycopene ya taimaka wajen hana ci gaban cututtukan ido, irin su ciwon ido da lalatawar macular, hana makanta da inganta gani.

Bugu da kari, wasu binciken sun nuna cewa sinadarin lycopene ma ya taimaka wajen rigakafin cutar Alzheimer, saboda tana da sinadarin antioxidant, da hana aukuwar kamuwa da kuma saurin mantuwa, misali. Lycopene kuma yana rage saurin mutuwar kwayar halitta, yana hana ci gaban osteoporosis.

Babban abinci mai wadataccen lycopene

Tebur mai zuwa yana nuna wasu abinci waɗanda ke da wadataccen lycopene kuma ana iya haɗa su cikin abincin yau da kullun:

Baya ga ana samun shi a cikin abinci, ana iya amfani da sinadarin lycopene a matsayin ƙarin, duk da haka yana da mahimmanci cewa mai abinci mai gina jiki ya nuna shi kuma ya yi amfani da shi bisa jagorancin sa.