Cocoa abu ne mai ban mamaki na yanayi. Yawancin karatu daban-daban suna tabbatar da ƙarin sabbin fa'idodin koko. Yana iya rage hawan jini, kiyaye matakan cholesterol al'ada, kula da lafiyar zuciya da jijiyoyin jini da tsarin rigakafi, kuma yana da tasiri mai kyau akan tsarin kashi. Cocoa mara daɗi lafiya ce mai ƙarancin kalori.
Tun kafin Columbus ya fara kafa ƙafar sabuwar duniya, Aztecs da Mayas suna girmama itacen koko. Sun dauke shi tushen ambrosia na allahntaka, wanda allahn Quetzalcoatl ya aiko musu. Shan ruwan koko shine gatan manya da firistoci. Cocoa Indiya ba ta da alaƙa da abin sha na zamani. Aztecs na son abin sha ya kasance mai gishiri, ba mai daɗi ba, kuma sun san hanyoyi daban-daban don shirya shi don jin daɗi, magani ko dalilai na biki.
Aztecs sunyi la'akari da abin shan koko mai sauƙi don zama aphrodisiac mai ƙarfi da tonic
Masu cin nasara na Mutanen Espanya da farko ba su dandana koko ba, amma lokacin da suka koyi dafa shi ba gishiri ba, amma mai dadi, sun gamsu da ban mamaki "wake na zinariya". Lokacin da Cortez ya koma Spain, jakar da aka cika da wake na koko da girke-girke na su na cikin abubuwa masu ban mamaki da yawa da ya zo da shi daga Sabuwar Duniya. Sabon abin sha mai yaji da zaki ya kasance babban nasara kuma ya zama na zamani a tsakanin manyan mutane a ko'ina cikin Turai. Mutanen Sipaniya sun yi nasarar rufawa asirinsa kusan karni guda, amma da zarar ya bayyana, kasashen da suka yi mulkin mallaka suka yunkura da juna don noman waken koko a cikin yankunan da ke da yanayi mai kyau. Tun da koko ya bayyana a Indonesia da Philippines, Afirka ta Yamma da Kudancin Amurka.
A cikin karni na XNUMX, an dauki koko a matsayin maganin warkar da cututtuka da yawa, a tsakiyar karni na XNUMX ya zama samfur mai cutarwa wanda ke ba da gudummawa ga kiba, a farkon karni na XNUMX, masana kimiyya sun tabbatar da cewa koko yana da kusan ikon warkarwa na sihiri. .
Abubuwan Gina Jiki Masu Amfani A Cikin Cocoa
Ana samun foda koko daga tsaba, kuskuren da ake kira wake, wanda ke ƙunshe a cikin 'ya'yan itacen itacen suna iri ɗaya. Ana busasshen tsaban da aka soya a soya a niƙa su, daga ciki ake samun man shanun koko, da ake amfani da su wajen samar da cakulan, da kuma garin koko. Cokali ɗaya na foda na koko na halitta ya ƙunshi adadin kuzari 12 kawai, gram 1 na furotin da gram 0,1 na sukari kawai. Har ila yau, ya ƙunshi kimanin gram 2 na fiber mai amfani, da kuma bitamin da yawa, kamar: - B1 (thiamine); - B2 (riboflavin); - B3 (niacin): - A (Retinol); C (ascorbic acid); - bitamin D da E.
Iron a cikin koko foda yana inganta jigilar oxygen, yana taimakawa wajen samar da jajayen ƙwayoyin jini kuma yana da mahimmanci ga tsarin rigakafi. Manganese a cikin koko yana da hannu a cikin "ginin" kasusuwa da guringuntsi, yana taimakawa jiki sha na gina jiki kuma yana taimakawa wajen rage damuwa kafin haila. Magnesium yana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen daidaita matakan progesterone, wanda kuma ke da alhakin yanayin yanayin da ke hade da PMS. An danganta rashi na Magnesium da cututtukan zuciya, hauhawar jini, ciwon sukari da matsalolin haɗin gwiwa. Zinc, wanda aka samo a cikin koko foda, yana da mahimmanci don samarwa da ci gaban sababbin kwayoyin halitta, ciki har da sel na tsarin rigakafi. Idan ba tare da isasshen zinc ba, adadin sel "kare" yana raguwa sosai kuma za ku zama mai saurin kamuwa da cuta.
Cocoa yana dauke da flavonoids, sinadarai na shuka masu fa'ida ga lafiya. Akwai nau'o'in flavonoids daban-daban, amma koko shine kyakkyawan tushen biyu daga cikinsu: catechin da epicatechin. Na farko yana aiki a matsayin maganin antioxidant wanda ke kare kwayoyin halitta daga radicals masu cutarwa, na biyu yana kwantar da tsokoki na jini, wanda ke inganta yanayin jini kuma yana taimakawa wajen rage karfin jini.
Cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom, chili da sauran kayan yaji ana saka su a cikin koko, yana sa abin sha ba kawai ya fi dadi ba, har ma da lafiya.
Abubuwan warkarwa na koko
Abubuwan warkarwa na koko
Yin amfani da koko akai-akai zai iya rage haɗarin cututtukan zuciya, haifar da canje-canje masu kyau a cikin hawan jini, da inganta aikin platelet da endothelium (launi na sel waɗanda ke layin jini). Kofin koko na iya magance gudawa cikin sauri da inganci, domin yana dauke da sinadarin flavonoids da ke hana fitar ruwa a cikin hanji.
Cocoa foda zai iya taimakawa wajen haɓaka cholesterol mai kyau, rage haɗarin ƙumburi na jini, ƙara yawan jini zuwa arteries, da inganta aikin koda. Ta hanyar shan koko a kullum, kuna ƙara aikin fahimi na ƙwaƙwalwa. Masana kimiyya sun ce foda koko na iya ma rage haɗarin cututtuka masu lalacewa kamar Alzheimer's. An san koko don inganta yanayi. Tryptophan da ke cikinsa yana aiki azaman maganin rage damuwa, yana haifar da yanayi kusa da euphoria.
Cocoa babban samfuri ne ga fata. Ya ƙunshi babban kashi na flavanols, wanda ke taimakawa wajen kawar da wuce haddi na pigmentation, ƙara sautin fata, yana sa ya zama mai ƙarfi, santsi da haske. Masu bincike sun kuma gano cewa koko na iya zama da amfani wajen rigakafin cutar kansar fata.