Pono kēlā me kēia cell i loko o ko mākou kino i ka lako mau o ka ikehu. 'O ka 'akika ka kumu nui loa o ka wahie no ka lolo, ka pu'uwai, ka 'i'o a me ka nenoai waena. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka nui o nā meaʻai ma luna o ka ʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa no ka pohō kaumaha, akā hoʻopaʻapaʻa nā hopena o ia meaʻai. I loko o ia mau meaʻai, hoʻololi ʻia ka nele o ka ikehu e ka nui o nā protein a me nā momona. Ke alakaʻi nei kēia i nā pilikia, nā maʻi o ka puʻuwai, ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū, a pēlā aku. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā meaʻai a hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ka glucose. Mālama ʻia ka Glucose i loko o ke koko ma ke ʻano he kumu wahie no ke kino. Ke hoʻokō ʻia nā koi o ka ikehu, mālama ʻia ka nui o ka glucose i loko o ke ake a me nā ʻiʻo i ke ʻano o ka glycogen. Ke nele ka waiʻaleʻa, wāwahi ka ate i ka glycogen e hoʻokuʻu i ka glucose. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā kalapona i loko maʻalahi a paʻakikī.
ʻO nā huahana dairy, nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu ka mea e hoʻolako i kekahi mau huaora, nā minerala, nā antioxidants a me ka fiber. ʻO nā ʻakika a me nā kō i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia, i loaʻa nui ʻia i loko o nā lole, nā keke, ka palaoa keʻokeʻo, a me nā mea inu kō, ʻaʻohe meaʻai a—starches—ua waiwai i ka huaora A, C, E, a me K, vitamina B complex, potassium, iron, a me ka magnesium. . ʻO ka berena palaoa holoʻokoʻa, cereals, legumes, starchy vegetables, nati a me nā ʻanoʻano he kumu maikaʻi loa ia o nā haʻahaʻa paʻakikī i loaʻa pū kekahi fiber. ʻO ka meaʻai kiʻekiʻe i ka fiber ka mea e pale ai i ka maʻi diabetes, constipation, ka momona, a me ka maʻi maʻi colon. ʻO ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai carbohydrates. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā luna olakino e ʻae i ka pono o ka carbohydrate.