Loaʻa ʻia mai kahi algae a i hana ʻia me 80% fibers, ʻo agar-agar kahi mea kanu haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me ka gelling agent maoli e hana ai i ka gel i loko o ka ʻōpū, e hoʻonui ai i ka manaʻo o ka māʻona a hoʻoikaika i ka pohō kaumaha.¹.

ʻO kahi haʻawina i hana ʻia ma Iapana i ka makahiki 2005 ua hoʻāʻo i ka maikaʻi o ka agar-agar i 76 mau kānaka momona me ka maʻi diabetes type 2.². Ua māhele ʻia ka poʻe 76 i ʻelua pūʻulu: kahi hui hoʻomalu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka meaʻai Kepani kuʻuna, a me kahi hui e hahai ana i ka meaʻai like akā me kahi kumulāʻau agar-agar, no 2 pule. I ka pau ʻana o nā pule he 12, ua hoʻemi nui ʻia ka nui o ke kaumaha o ke kino, BMI (= Body Mass Index), ke kiʻekiʻe o ka glucose i ke koko, ke kū ʻana o ka insulin a me ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ma nā pūʻulu 12, akā ua loaʻa i ka hui i loaʻa nā agar-agar hou i nā hopena maikaʻi aʻe: ka pohō kaumaha o 2 kg versus 2,8 kg a me ka emi ʻana o ka BMI o 1,3 versus 1,1 i ka pūʻulu mana.

Huli ʻo Agar-agar i jelly ma kahi mahana ma lalo o 40 ° C, a ma hope wale nō o ka wela mua. No laila, hiki ke hoʻopau wale ʻia i ka kuke ʻana i ka hoʻomākaukau wela, a i ʻole e hoʻomāhana ʻia ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana. No laila hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i mea inu wela ma mua o ka mahana ʻana, i lilo ka agar-agar i jelly i loko o ke kino, a i ʻole i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā custard, creams, jellies. Manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole e ʻai ma mua o 4 g o agar-agar i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kona hopena ʻaoʻao, hiki iā ia ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻeha ʻōpū a i ʻole ka maʻi maʻi.

S. Lacoste, ʻO kaʻu Baibala o ka phytotherapy: ke alakaʻi kuhikuhi no ka ho'ōla ʻana me nā mea kanu, 2014 Maeda H, Yamamoto R, Hiaro K, et al., Nā hopena o ka ʻai agar (kanten) i nā maʻi obese me ka hoʻomanawanui glucose impaired a me ka maʻi diabetes type 2, Diabetes Obes Metab, 2005