No ʻAmelika Hema ka kānana, kahi i hoʻolaha ʻia a puni ka honua e ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Sepania. ʻOkoʻa ke kulina ʻono mai ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka māla i loko o ke kō. Ua loaʻa i ka hua kulina ka lanakila nui ma ke ʻano he mea ʻai maikaʻi loa ma nā ʻāina wela a me nā ʻāina subtropical.
E noʻonoʻo i ka hopena o ke kulina i ke olakino kanaka:
- He waiwai nui ka kulina momona i nā calorie i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe a loaʻa iā 86 mau calorie no 100 g. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka caloric o ke kulina momona hou ma mua o ke kulina māla a me nā kīʻaha ʻē aʻe e like me ka palaoa, ka laiki a pēlā aku.
- ʻAʻole loaʻa ka gluten i ka kulina momona, a no laila hiki ke hoʻopau pono ʻia e nā maʻi celiac.
- Loaʻa i ke kulina momona ka waiwai waiwai nui ma muli o ke fiber meaʻai, nā huaora, nā antioxidants, a me nā minela i ka haʻahaʻa. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu maikaʻi loa o ka fiber dietary. Me ka hoʻokaʻulua lohi ʻana i nā ʻakika paʻakikī, kōkua ka fiber dietary i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka piʻi mālie o ke kō koko. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka kulina, me ka laiki, ka ʻuala, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, he kiʻekiʻe glycemic index, kahi e kaupalena ʻia ai ka maʻi maʻi mai ka ʻai ʻana.
- Loaʻa i ka kulina melemele nā antioxidants pigment e like me B-carotene, lutein, xanthine a me cryptoxanthine pigments me ka huaʻa A.
- He kumu maikaʻi ʻo ka ferulic acid. Ua hōʻike ʻia kekahi mau noiʻi ʻepekema he mea koʻikoʻi ka ferulic acid i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa, ka ʻelemakule a me ka mumū i loko o ke kino kanaka.
- Aia kekahi mau huaʻai B-complex e like me thiamine, niacin, pantothenic acid, folate, riboflavin a me pyridoxine.
- I ka hopena, ua waiwai ka kulina i nā minerale e like me ka zinc, magnesium, copper, iron, and manganese.