Shin Yerba Mate Sabon “It” Superfood ne?

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Matsar, Kale, blueberries, da salmon: akwai sabon abinci mai yawa akan yanayin lafiya. Yerba mate tea yana zuwa cikin zafi (a zahiri).

'Yan asalin yankin kudu maso Kudancin Amurka, yerba mate ya kasance wani ɓangare na abinci da al'adu a wannan ɓangaren duniya na ɗaruruwan shekaru. A zahiri, mutane a Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, da Kudancin Brazil suna cin abokiyar yerba kamar kofi, idan ba haka ba. "Mutane da yawa a Kudancin Amurka suna cinye abokiyar yerba a kullun," in ji Elvira de Mejia, Ph.D., farfesa a Sashen Kimiyyar Abinci da Gina Jiki a Jami'ar Illinois Champaign-Urbana.

Kunshe da bitamin 24 da ma'adanai-gami da bitamin A, B, C, da E, kazalika da alli, baƙin ƙarfe, potassium, da zinc-amino acid, da antioxidants, yerba mate gidan abinci ne mai gina jiki. Wannan haɗin sihiri na kusa da abubuwan gina jiki yana nufin abokin tarayya yana ɗaukar babban faranti. "Yana iya taimakawa wajen ƙara jimiri, taimakawa wajen narkewa, sauƙaƙe alamun tsufa, kawar da damuwa, da kuma kawar da rashin barci," in ji Farfesa de Mejia.

Hujja ma ta nuna cewa abokin aure yana ba da gudummawa ga asarar nauyi da kiyaye nauyi, a cewar wani binciken da aka buga a ciki Jaridar Kimiyyar Abinci. Wannan tasiri a kan metabolism ya ba shi girma a tsakanin 'yan wasan Amurka a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, ciki har da masu amfani da hankali irin su 'yar tseren ski na Amurka Laurenne Ross.

Amma kyawawan abubuwan cin abinci na yerba mate ba su tsaya a nan ba. Mate kuma yana motsawa-haduwa wanda ya bambanta shi da irin kofi da koren shayi. Kuma, yayin da yake da kusan caffeine abun ciki kamar kofi, fa'idodin sa sun wuce ƙarfin haɓaka makamashi mai sauri. An yaba shi azaman abincin kwakwalwa, wannan shayi yana ƙara mai da hankali, mai da hankali, da mai da hankali, amma baya barin ku jin tashin hankali ko damuwa bayan kofi ɗaya ko biyu. (Ƙara shi zuwa jerin abubuwan Abincin 7 na Kwakwalwa da za a ci kowace rana!)

A al'adance, ana ba da ganyen yerba a wuri ɗaya a cikin gourd. Mate purists sun yi imanin cewa wannan hanyar tana ba mutumin damar shan ta don samun ingantaccen kayan warkarwa na ganye, kuma yana nuna ƙarfin al'umma. 'Yan shekarun nan sun kawo kasuwancin yerba, suna ƙirƙirar juzu'in shayi wanda matsakaicin mutum zai iya sha yayin tafiya. Kamfanoni irin su Guayaki, ɗaya daga cikin na farko da ya kawo abokin auren yerba zuwa Amurka kuma ana siyarwa a cikin shagunan Abinci gaba ɗaya a duk faɗin ƙasar, yanzu suna ba da shayi iri-iri da kwalayen gilashin gilashi da gwangwani, juzu'i masu ƙyalli, har ma harbin abokin aure (mai kama da abin sha na tsawon sa'o'i 5). Kamfanin yana aiki tare da manoma na cikin gida a wuraren da ake samun abokan hulɗa a duk faɗin Brazil, Argentina, da Paraguay don tabbatar da cewa masu amfani suna samun ainihin abin.

Amma, a yi muku gargaɗi: Abokin auren Yerba da kansa yana iya zama mafi kyawun abin da kuka taɓa ƙoƙarin ruguzawa saboda fa'idodin kiwon lafiya-har ma an ce ɗanɗanon ɗanɗanon ɗanɗano ɗan ciyawa.David Karr, co-kafa Guayaki ya ce "Don iyakar illar lafiya, ya kamata ku sayi ganyen kuma ku shayar da su da karfi a cikin maballin Faransanci ko mai yin kofi." "Amma idan ba za ku iya ɗaukar ɗanɗanon yerba da kansa ba, ku yi mata latte ta ƙara ɗan sukari da ɗan madarar almond ko madarar soya." Idan siyan ganyen yana jin kamar ɗan kaɗan, kai zuwa sashin kwayoyin don nemo buhunan shayi da aka riga aka cika ko zaɓuɓɓukan hidimar guda ɗaya.

Da gaske Yerba aboki zai iya zama mafi girman kayan abinci-yana kawo muku ƙarfin kofi, fa'idodin kiwon lafiya na shayi, da farin ciki na cakulan, duka cikin ƙarfi ɗaya. Don haka, a zahiri, kawai tambayar da yakamata ku bari shine me yasa ba kun gwada shi tukuna? (Sami fa'idodin Sabuwar Wave na Superfoods.)

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