Masara ta samo asali ne daga Kudancin Amirka, wanda daga baya masu binciken Mutanen Espanya suka yada a duniya. A tsarin halitta, masara mai zaki ya bambanta da maye gurbi a cikin wurin sukari. Noman masara ya samu gagarumar nasara a matsayinsa na ɗaya daga cikin amfanin gona mafi fa'ida a ƙasashe masu zafi da na ƙasa.
Yi la'akari da tasirin masara ga lafiyar ɗan adam:
- Masara mai zaki yana da wadatar adadin kuzari idan aka kwatanta da sauran kayan lambu kuma yana dauke da adadin kuzari 86 a kowace gram 100. Duk da haka, sabon masara mai dadi ba shi da caloric fiye da masarar gona da sauran hatsi masu yawa irin su alkama, shinkafa da sauransu.
- Masara mai dadi ba ta ƙunshi alkama ba, sabili da haka marasa lafiya na celiac na iya cinye shi lafiya.
- Masara mai dadi yana da darajar sinadirai masu yawa saboda fiber na abinci, bitamin, antioxidants, da ma'adanai a cikin matsakaici. Yana daya daga cikin mafi kyawun tushen fiber na abinci. Tare da jinkirin narkewar hadaddun carbohydrates, fiber na abinci yana taimakawa daidaita hawan matakan sukari na jini a hankali. Duk da haka, masara, tare da shinkafa, dankali, da dai sauransu, suna da babban ma'aunin glycemic, wanda ke iyakance masu ciwon sukari daga cinyewa.
- Masara mai launin rawaya ta ƙunshi mahimmancin ƙarin antioxidants pigment kamar B-carotene, lutein, xanthine da cryptoxanthine pigments tare da bitamin A.
- Masara ne mai kyau tushen ferulic acid. Yawancin binciken kimiyya sun nuna cewa ferulic acid yana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen rigakafin ciwon daji, tsufa da kumburi a jikin mutum.
- Ya ƙunshi wasu hadaddun bitamin B kamar thiamine, niacin, pantothenic acid, folate, riboflavin da pyridoxine.
- A ƙarshe, masara yana da wadata a cikin ma'adanai irin su zinc, magnesium, jan ƙarfe, ƙarfe, da manganese.