Ana ciyar da man kwakwa a matsayin abinci mai lafiya. Mun san cewa yana ƙunshe da mahimman fatty acids polyunsaturated waɗanda jikin ɗan adam bai haɗa su ba. Wato daga waje kawai ake samun su. Man kwakwa da ba a tantance ba shine tushen waɗannan fatty acids masu amfani, waɗanda suka haɗa da lauric, oleic, stearic, caprylic, da ƙari mai yawa. Lokacin da zafi, ba ya fitar da carcinogens, yana riƙe da dukkanin bitamin da amino acid masu amfani, wanda ke ba da damar yin amfani da shi sosai wajen dafa abinci.
Duk da haka, masana kimiyya na Amurka sun ba da shawarar yin watsi da amfani da man kwakwa a matsayin kwatankwacin sauran mai da kitsen dabbobi. Ya zama cewa yana dauke da kitse kusan sau shida fiye da man zaitun. Cikakkun kitse, a gefe guda, ana ɗaukar marasa lafiya saboda suna iya haɓaka matakan cholesterol mara kyau, yana ƙara haɗarin cututtukan zuciya.
A cewar wani labarin da aka buga, man kwakwa yana da kitse da kashi 82%, yayin da man alade yana da kashi 39%, naman sa yana da kashi 50%, man shanu yana da kashi 63%.
Binciken da aka gudanar a cikin shekarun 1950 ya nuna alaƙa tsakanin cikakken mai da LDL cholesterol (abin da ake kira "mummunan" cholesterol). Yana iya haifar da gudanwar jini kuma yana haifar da cututtukan zuciya da bugun jini.
HDL-cholesterol, a daya bangaren, yana ba da kariya daga cututtukan zuciya. Yana sha cholesterol kuma yana mayar da shi zuwa hanta, wanda ke fitar da shi daga jiki. Samun babban matakan "mai kyau" cholesterol yana da ainihin kishiyar sakamako.
AHA tana ba da shawarar maye gurbin abinci mai yawan kitse, gami da jan nama, soyayyen abinci, da kuma, alas, man kwakwa, tare da tushen kitsen da ba a cika ba kamar goro, legumes, avocados, mai da ba na wurare masu zafi ba (zaitun, flaxseed, da sauransu) .
A cewar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a a Ingila, bai kamata namiji mai matsakaicin shekaru ya sha fiye da gram 30 na kitse a rana ba, kuma mace kada ta wuce gram 20. AHA yana ba da shawarar rage kitsen mai zuwa 5-6% na jimlar adadin kuzari, wanda shine kusan gram 13 don cin abinci na calori na 2000 na yau da kullun.