"ʻO ka hoʻololiʻana i ka meaʻai meaʻai i ka 90-97% o nā hihia e pale i ka uluʻana o ka maʻi cardiovascular" ("Journal of the American Medical Association" 1961).
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi o nā kānaka ʻepekema 214 e aʻo ana i ka atherosclerosis ma 23 mau ʻāina inā loaʻa i ke kino ka cholesterol ma mua o ka mea i koi ʻia (e like me ke kānāwai, ʻo ia ka mea e hana ai i ka wā e ʻai ai i ka ʻiʻo), a laila waiho ʻia ka nui ma nā paia o nā kīʻaha koko i ka manawa, e hōʻemi ana i ke koko. kahe i ka puuwai. ʻO ia ke kumu nui o ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ka puʻuwai puʻuwai a me ka hahau ʻana.
Ua hōʻoia nā ʻepekema mai ke Kulanui o Milan a me ka Meggiore Clinic i kēlā hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ka nui o ka cholesterol koko. I loko o nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei o ka noiʻi ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa, ʻo ka pilina ma waena o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo a me ka maʻi maʻi o ke kolonā, rectum, ka umauma, a me ka ʻōpū. He kakaikahi ka maʻi maʻi o kēia mau ʻōpū i ka poʻe ʻai liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole loa i ka ʻiʻo (Kepani a me Inia).
| Wahi a ka Encyclopædia Britannica, "ʻO nā protein i loaʻa mai nā nati, nā kīʻaha, a me nā huahana waiu i manaʻo ʻia he maʻemaʻe maʻemaʻe ke ʻokoʻa i nā mea i loaʻa i loko o ka pipi - aia ma kahi o 68% o ka mea wai i hoʻohaumia ʻia. ʻO kēia mau mea haumia "he hopena maikaʻi ʻole ma ka puʻuwai, akā ma ke kino holoʻokoʻa. |
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