Ngabe i-Yerba Mate yi-New "It" Superfood?

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Hambisa ngaphezulu, i-kale, amajikijolo aluhlaza, ne-salmon: kukhona ukudla okumnandi okusha endaweni yezempilo. Itiye le-Yerba mate liza lishisa (ngokoqobo).

Umdabu kuma-subtropics aseNingizimu Melika, i-yerba mate ibilokhu iyingxenye ebalulekile yokudla namasiko kuleyo ngxenye yomhlaba amakhulu eminyaka. Eqinisweni, abantu base-Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, naseningizimu yeBrazil badla i-yerba mate njengekhofi, uma kungenjalo. "Abantu abaningi eNingizimu Melika badla i-yerba mate nsuku zonke," kusho u-Elvira de Mejia, Ph.D., uprofesa eMnyangweni Wesayensi Yokudla Nokudla Komuntu e-University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.

Igcwele amavithamini angu-24 namaminerali-kuhlanganisa uvithamini A, B, C, no-E, kanye ne-calcium, i-iron, i-potassium, ne-zinc-amino acids, nama-antioxidants, i-yerba mate iwumthombo wamandla wokudla okunomsoco. Le nhlanganisela esondelene nemilingo yezakhamzimba isho ukuthi umlingani uphethe isibhakela esikhulu. UProfesa de Mejia uthi: “Kungasiza ekwandiseni ukukhuthazela, ukusiza ekugayeni ukudla, kudambise izimpawu zokuguga, kuqede ukucindezeleka futhi kuqede ukuqwasha,” kusho uProfesa de Mejia.

Ubufakazi bubonisa nokuthi umngane womshado unomthelela ekwehleni kwesisindo nokugcina isisindo, ngokusho kocwaningo olushicilelwe ku Ijenali Yesayensi Yezokudla. Lo mthelela kumetabolism uwunikeze ukuthandwa okwandayo phakathi kwabasubathi base-U.S. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, kubandakanya nabasebenzisi abanjengo-ski racer wase-U.S. Laurenne Ross.

Kepha izimfanelo ezinhle kakhulu ze-yerba mate aziyeki lapho. I-Mate ibuye ivuselele-i-combo ehlukanisa nokuthandwa kwekhofi netiye eliluhlaza. Futhi, nakuba inokuqukethwe kwe-caffeine ecishe ilingane njengekhofi, izinzuzo zayo zidlulela ngalé kokukhushulwa kwamandla okusheshayo. Lidunyiswa njengokudla kobuchopho, leli tiye likhulisa ukunaka, ukugxila, nokugxilisa ingqondo, kodwa alikushiyi uzizwa udidekile noma ukhathazekile ngemva kwenkomishi noma ezimbili. (Yingeze ohlwini lwethu Lokudla Okungu-7 Kobuchopho Okuzokudla Nsuku Zonke!)

Ngokwesiko, amaqabunga e-yerba mate akhonzwa ngokuhlanganyela emthini womlingani. Ama-Mate purists akholelwa ukuthi le ndlela ivumela umuntu ukuthi ayiphuze ukuthola kahle ukwelashwa kwamaqabunga, futhi ifanekisela amandla omphakathi. Iminyaka yakamuva ilethe ukuthengiswa kwe-yerba, okwenza izinguqulo zetiye umuntu ojwayelekile angaphuza ekuhambeni. Izinkampani ezinjengeGuayaki, enye yezokuqala ezaletha i-yerba mate e-United States futhi ethengiswa ezitolo ze-Whole Foods kulo lonke izwe, manje inikeza itiye ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene nezinambitheka ezihlukahlukene-amabhodlela namathini engilazi, izinguqulo ezikhazimulayo, ngisho nangokwengeziwe. amashothi omlingani (okufana nesiphuzo Samandla Amahora angu-5). Le nkampani isebenza nabalimi bendawo ezindaweni ezingama-yerba mate kulo lonke elaseBrazil, e-Argentina naseParaguay ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abathengi bathola izinto zangempela.

Kepha, xwayiswa: Umlingani we-Yerba ngokwayo kungenzeka ukuthi angabi yinto emnandi kunazo zonke owake wazama ukuzihlehlisa ngenxa yezinzuzo zezempilo-ukunambitheka okuhlukile kuye kwathiwa kunambitha notshani obuncane."Ukuze uthole imiphumela emihle yezempilo, kufanele uthenge amaqabunga bese uwaphuza aqine kumshini wokushicilela waseFrance noma kumakhi wekhofi," kusho uDavid Karr, ongumsunguli weGuayaki. "Kepha uma ungakwazi ukuphatha ukunambitheka kwe-yerba ngokwakho, yenza i-mate latte ngokungeza ushukela omncane nobisi lwe-alimondi noma ubisi lwe-soy." Uma ukuthenga amaqabunga kuzwakala kukuncane kakhulu, iya esigabeni semvelo ukuthola izikhwama zetiye esezigcwalisiwe noma izinketho zokunikeza okukodwa ezinamakha.

I-Yerba mate ingaba i-superfoods enamandla kunazo zonke-ekulethela amandla ekhofi, izinzuzo zezempilo zetiye, kanye nenjabulo kashokoledi, konke nge-punch eyodwa enamandla. Ngakho-ke, empeleni, umbuzo okuwukuphela kwawo obekufanele ushiye ukuthi kungani angikaze usuzamile okwamanje? (Thola izinzuzo zeThe New Wave of Superfoods.)

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