An samo shi daga algae kuma ya ƙunshi 80% fibers, agar-agar kayan lambu ne mai ƙarancin kalori mai ƙarancin kalori da wakili na gelling na halitta wanda ke samar da gel a cikin ciki, wanda zai ƙara jin daɗin jin daɗi kuma yana haɓaka asarar nauyi.¹.

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a Japan a shekara ta 2005 ya gwada ingancin agar-agar akan mutane 76 masu kiba masu fama da ciwon sukari na 2². An raba mutanen 76 zuwa ƙungiyoyi 2: ƙungiyar kulawa da aka yiwa tsarin abinci na Japan na al'ada, da ƙungiyar da ke bin abincin iri ɗaya amma tare da ƙarin agar-agar, tsawon makonni 12. A ƙarshen makonni 12, matsakaicin nauyin jiki, BMI (= Jiki Mass Index), matakin glucose na jini, juriya na insulin da hauhawar jini ya ragu sosai a cikin ƙungiyoyin 2, amma ƙungiyar ta sami ƙarin agar-agar ta sami sakamako mafi kyau: asarar nauyi na 2,8 kg tare da 1,3 kg da raguwa a cikin BMI na 1,1 da 0,5 a cikin ƙungiyar kulawa.

Agar-agar yana juya zuwa jelly a zafin jiki da ke ƙasa da 40 ° C, kuma kawai bayan an yi zafi a baya. Sabili da haka, ana iya cinye shi kawai a dafa abinci a cikin shirye-shirye masu zafi, ko wanda dole ne a yi zafi kafin amfani. Don haka ana iya cinye shi azaman abin sha mai zafi kafin ya dumi, don haka agar-agar ya zama jelly a cikin jiki, ko a cikin shirye-shiryen custards, creams, jellies. An ba da shawarar kada ku cinye fiye da 4 g na agar-agar kowace rana. Duk da cewa illolinsa ba a saba gani ba, yana iya haifar da ciwon ciki ko gudawa.

S. Lacoste, Littafi Mai-Tsarki na phytotherapy: jagorar tunani don warkarwa tare da tsire-tsire, 2014 Maeda H, Yamamoto R, Hiaro K, et al., Hanyoyin agar (kanten) rage cin abinci akan marasa lafiya masu kiba tare da rashin haƙuri na glucose da nau'in ciwon sukari na 2, Ciwon sukari Obes Metab, 2005