No ka ʻohana kanu like ʻo Kukama e like me ka zucchini, squash and watermelon - ka ʻohana ipu. E like me ka watermelon, he 95% ka wai o nā kukama, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana iā lākou i ka lā wela wela e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kou kino. He aha hou aʻe ka pono no kēia mea kanu?
Loaʻa i ka kukama kahi flavonol anti-inflammatory i kapa ʻia ʻo fisetin, kahi mea nui i ke olakino lolo. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻomanaʻo a me ka pale ʻana i nā cell nerve mai nā loli e pili ana i ka makahiki, ua ʻike ʻia ka fisetin e pale i ka holomua o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā ʻiole me ka maʻi o Alzheimer.
Kōkua nā kukama e hōʻemi i ka pane ʻana o ke kino. Hōʻike nā haʻawina holoholona i ka hoʻemi ʻana o ka hoʻoheheʻe kukama i ka ʻona makemake ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ke kāohi ʻana i ka hana o nā enzyme inflammatory (me ka cyclooxygenase 2).
Hiki i kahi ʻāpana kukumba ma ka ʻāʻī o kou waha ke hoʻopau i ka maʻi bacteria kumu. Wahi a nā loina o Ayurveda, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i ka kukama e hoʻolaha i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka wela nui i loko o ka ʻōpū, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu o ka hanu ʻino.
Loaʻa i ka kukama kahi huaʻai B complex, me nā huaora B1, B5 a me B7. ʻIke ʻia nā huaora B e kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā manaʻo hopohopo a hoʻopau i kekahi o nā hopena o ke kaumaha.
He haʻahaʻa loa ka calorie o nā kukama (1 calories wale nō ke kīʻaha kukama). Huli ka pulupulu hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o ka kukumba i ka gel-like mass i loko o ka ʻōpū, no laila e hoʻolōʻihi i ke kaʻina hana ʻai. ʻAe kēia iā ʻoe ʻaʻole e pōloli no ka manawa lōʻihi, no ka mea, ʻo ka meaʻai momona i ka fiber e kōkua i ka mālama kaumaha.