E aʻo kākou e pili ana i nā pono huna o nā ʻĀpala Hōkū ʻApelika i ke olakino.

Makemake mākou a pau e ʻai i nā huaʻai, ʻeā? Ma waho aʻe o nā huaʻai ʻono o ko mākou ʻāina e like me ka mango, ka maiʻa, ka papaya, a me ka durian, he mau pono olakino kupaianaha ko nā hua like ʻole a puni ka honua. I kekahi manawa ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike, akā ua like kēia mau hua me ka lāʻau lapaʻau i hāʻawi ʻia mai iā mākou e ke ʻano. I kēia lā e kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i kekahi hua kūikawā a momona hoʻi. ʻO kēia ka 'Apple Hōkū ʻAferika'. He mea ʻē paha ke kani ʻana o ka inoa, akā e kahaha nō hoʻi ʻoe ke ʻike ʻoe i kona mau pono olakino.

He aha kēia ʻĀpala Hōkū ʻApelika?

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he hua kēia e ulu ana ma nā ʻāina wela e like me Nigeria a me Uganda ma ʻApelika. ʻO kona inoa ʻepekema ʻo `(Chrysophyllum albidum)`. He mea kaulana loa ia i waena o ka poʻe o kēlā mau ʻāina e like me ka jambu a me ka sharlu ma ko mākou ʻāina. ʻO ka ʻono o kēia hua he hui ʻana o ka ʻawaʻawa a me ka ʻono. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia he ʻono ia e like me naminang ma ko mākou ʻāina. Hōʻike ʻia nā hua melemele pala o kēia mau lāʻau mai Dekemaba a Malaki.

ʻAʻole ia e ʻai maka wale ʻia, akā hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi e hana i nā wai, nā jam, nā syrup, a me nā mea inu like ʻole. Eia kekahi, hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻaila i unuhi ʻia mai kona mau hua no nā kumu lāʻau lapaʻau. No ka mea, he nui ka nui o nā antioxidants kūlohelohe a me nā meaʻai.

Pehea nā waiwai meaʻai o nā ʻāpala hōkū ʻApelika?

He meaʻai maikaʻi kēia hua, piha i nā wikamina, nā minelala, nā fiber meaʻai, a me nā antioxidants. E noʻonoʻo wale i ka nui o nā meaolaola i loko o 100 grams o kēia hua.

Eia kekahi, loaʻa i kēia hua nā antioxidants ikaika e like me nā huaora B1, B2, B3, B6, huaora E, a me nā flavonoids.

He aha nā pono olakino kupaianaha o kēia hua?

Ma nā ʻāina e like me Nigeria, hoʻohana nui ʻia kēia hua no nā lāʻau lapaʻau home a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna ma muli o kona mau waiwai kūikawā.

• Nā waiwai antioxidant: I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, ua like nā antioxidants me nā 'mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe' e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ko mākou kino. Aia nā ʻāpana ʻino (Free Radicals) i loko o ko mākou kino e hōʻino ana i nā cell, e hana ana e like me ka hao e popo ana. Hoʻopau nā antioxidants i loko o kēia hua i kēlā mau ʻāpana ʻino a pale i ko mākou mau kino mai ka hōʻino ʻia.
• Nā waiwai anti-inflammatory:ʻO ka pehu a me ka mumū i makemake ʻole ʻia i loko o ke kino ke kumu o nā maʻi he nui e like me ka maʻi diabetes, ke kanesa, a me nā maʻi puʻuwai. ʻO nā hui e like me '(Alkaloids)' a me '(Flavonoids)' i loaʻa i loko o kēia hua e kōkua i ka kaohi ʻana i kēia mau kūlana mumū a pale iā mākou mai nā maʻi lōʻihi.
• Nā waiwai antimicrobial: Ua ʻike ʻia nā haʻawina hoʻokolohua he hiki i ka extract mai nā hua o kēia hua ke pepehi i nā bacteria a me nā fungi. Eia nō naʻe, pono ka noiʻi hou aku e hōʻoia i ke ʻano o kēia hopena i nā kānaka.

I kēia manawa, e nānā kākou pehea e kōkua ai kēia hua i ko kākou olakino ma nā ʻano like ʻole.

1. Kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino o ka puʻuwai

He mea nui nā antioxidants no ka mālama ʻana i ko kākou puʻuwai olakino. Waiwai kēia hua i nā antioxidants e like me nā wikamina A, C, E a me nā `(Flavonoids)`, nā mea e pale ai i ka hōʻino ʻana i nā hunaola puʻuwai. Eia kekahi, waiwai kēia hua i ka `(Potassium)` a he haʻahaʻa loa ka nui o `(Sodium). He mea nui loa kēia no ka mea me ke koko kiʻekiʻe. No ka mea, kōkua ka potassium i ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ke koko. No laila, he meaʻai maikaʻi kēia no ka poʻe me ke koko kiʻekiʻe . Akā e hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka mea nui loa, ʻo ia ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kāu kauka.

2. Kōkua i ka kaohi ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes

He mea koʻikoʻi loa ka kaohi ʻana i ka ʻai no ke kanaka me ka maʻi diabetes. Waiwai kēia hua i ka fiber . Hoʻolohi ka fiber i ka wikiwiki o ke komo ʻana o ke kō i loko o ka meaʻai a mākou e ʻai ai i loko o ke koko. No laila, ua kaohi ʻia ka piʻi koke ʻana o ke kō koko. Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike ʻia nā noiʻi e hiki i kēia hua ke hōʻemi i ka hana o nā enzymes i kapa ʻia ʻo `(alpha-amylase)` a me `(alpha-glucosidase)`, ka mea e wāwahi i nā carbohydrates a hoʻonui i nā pae kō. No laila, hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he mea hoʻohui maikaʻi e hoʻohui i ka ʻai e kaohi i ka maʻi diabetes . Eia naʻe, he mea nui e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka a e ʻimi i ka ʻōlelo aʻo.

3. Hiki ke hōʻemi i ka pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa

Ua ʻike mākou he kōkua ka ʻai ʻana i ka fiber a me nā antioxidants i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻano maʻi kanesa he nui, me ke kanesa colon. Ua hōʻike ʻia e ka noiʻi ʻana he kōkua ka fiber kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo pectin a me nā antioxidants e like me ka beta-carotene i loaʻa i loko o kēia hua i ka pale ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o nā cell cancer.

4. Hoʻemi i ka cholesterol maikaʻi ʻole (LDL)

Ke piʻi aʻe nā pae o ka cholesterol maikaʻi ʻole (LDL) i loko o ko kākou koko, hiki iā lākou ke hōʻiliʻili i loko o nā kīʻaha koko a ālai iā lākou. Hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i nā maʻi e like me ka maʻi puʻuwai a me ka hahau. ʻO nā hui i loko o kēia hua i kapa ʻia ʻo Saponins e hoʻopaʻa i kēia cholesterol maikaʻi ʻole a pale iā ia mai ke komo ʻana i loko o ke koko. Eia kekahi, kōkua ka fiber a me ka huaora C i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā pae o ka cholesterol maikaʻi (HDL).

5. Kōkua i ka pale ʻana a me ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka maʻi diarrhea

Ma ke ʻano kuʻuna, hoʻohana ʻia kēia hua ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi pākī ma nā ʻāina ʻApelika. ʻO kona nui o ka pectin a me ka fiber e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū.

6. Hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana o ka lolo a me ka hoʻomanaʻo

Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi holoholona hou nei ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka hua i ka hoʻomanaʻo a me ka hana lolo i nā ʻiole. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā waiwai antioxidant a me nā anti-inflammatory o ka hua e hoʻohuli i nā hopena o kekahi mau kemika e hōʻino ana i ka lolo. Eia nō naʻe, pono ka noiʻi hou aku e hōʻoia inā he hopena like kēia i nā kānaka.

7. Kōkua i ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ke kaumaha o ke kino a pale i ka momona

ʻO kekahi o nā mea nui a nā kauka e ʻōlelo nei no kekahi e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻemi i ke kaumaha, ʻo ia ka ʻai momona i ka fiber. ʻO ke kumu, ke ʻai ʻoe i nā meaʻai momona i ka fiber, ua piha ʻoe no ka manawa lōʻihi. Hoʻemi kēia i ke ʻano o ka ʻai pinepine ʻana a me ka ʻai pono ʻole. He haʻahaʻa nā calorie o nā ʻāpala hōkū ʻApelika a kiʻekiʻe i ka fiber . No laila, he meaʻai māmā maikaʻi kēia e kāohi i ke kaumaha a pale i ka momona.

Nā mea e makaʻala nui ai

ʻOiai ke ʻano maikaʻi o kēia hua, e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe, he mea nui e ʻai pono ia . Ua hōʻike kekahi noiʻi e hoʻohana ana i nā holoholona e hiki i ka hāʻawi nui ʻana iā ia ke loaʻa ka hopena i ka momona o nā ʻiole kāne. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia inā pili kēia i nā kānaka. No laila, ʻaʻohe mea e hopohopo ai, akā e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe, he mea naʻauao ke ʻai pono ia.