Yiziphi izihlobo onayo ngegama elithi "cocoa"? Ngomuntu siqu, nginokuqala kuka-June ekuseni ngaphambi kwamehlo ami, ilanga likhanya ngokujabula efasiteleni, ngaphambi kwezinyanga ezintathu zokuphumula, kanye nephunga le-kakao lapho umama usanda kupheka kulo lonke indlu. Lokhu iphunga nokunambitheka kujwayelene nathi kusukela ebuntwaneni, futhi amaswidi we-tshokoleta namaqebelengwane angaba yisimo esingenakulinganiswa kwanoma iyiphi i-dessert yemikhosi. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, i-cocoa ne-chocolatele yaziwa kabanzi kubantu baseYurophu maduzane. Nakuba ama-cocoa okokuqala ayiswa eSpain ngabanqotshwa kusukela ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-16, isikhathi eside ukusetshenziswa kokuphuza okwakulungiswa kubo kwakuyilungelo elivela kuphela emazingeni aphezulu emphakathini. Ukusatshalaliswa kwe-chocolate, njengokuphuza, kwakukhona ngekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye kuphela, kanti ibhotela yokuqala yokuqala yenziwa ngo-1819 yiFreçois Louis Caye waseSwitzerland.
I-cocoa powder - okuqukethwe kwekhalori
I-cocoa powder ikhekhe elimnandi le-cocoa lebhontshisi, ishiywe ngemuva kokuthola ibhotela le-cocoa kubo. Ngakho-ke, i-cocoa powder, empeleni, ushokoledi ophansi, omuncu. I-fat in chocolate okubabayo iqukethe u-54%, futhi i-cocoa powder - 10-22%. Noma kunjalo, umkhiqizo ophezulu wekhalori. E-cocoa powder iqukethe ama-298 kuya ku-325 kilojoule ngamagremu ayikhulu emkhiqizo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iqukethe:
- i-caffeine 0.2%, engaphansi kakhulu kwetai noma ikhofi;
- i-theophylline kanye ne-theobromine yizinto ezivusa amadlingozi ezifana nokusebenza kwe-caffeine, kodwa buthakathaka;
- i-phenylephylamine, noma "umuthi wothando," le nto ikhishwa ngumzimba wethu ngesikhathi sokuthi "uthando lwothando, luvusa imizwa;
- inqwaba yensimbi ne-zinc - okokuqala kuyadingeka ukuze kuhlanganiswe i-hemoglobin - into ephethe oksijeni emzimbeni wethu; okwesibili kuyadingeka ekwakheni amahomoni abhekene nokukhulelwa;
- poly- kanye monounsaturated fatty acids;
- i-folic acid - ihilelekile ekuhlanganiseni amaprotheni, isekela isimiso somzimba sokuzivikela, esidingekayo ekusebenzeni kwamathambo, kusiza ukufanisa amanye amavithamini B;
- i-manganese - iyadingeka ekukhuleni nasekuthuthukiseni komuntu, iyingxenye yenqubo ye-hematopoiesis;
- i-epicatechin - into evela eqenjini le-flavonoid, elinomsebenzi ophezulu wezinto eziphilayo: ukwandisa ukuqina kwezindonga zemithi encane kakhulu yegazi - ama-capillari, kusiza ukuthola i- vitamin C ; futhi ngokusho kwemiphumela yokucwaninga kososayensi baseMelika, i-epicatechin ingasiza ekuqedeni izifo ezinjenge-stroke, ukwehluleka kwenhliziyo, umdlavuza nesifo sikashukela.
Mangaki amakhilogrekhi ase-kakao?
Uma sikhuluma nge-caloric okuqukethwe kwe-cocoa njengesiphuzo, khona-ke kuzoxhomeka endleleni ekulungiselelwe ngayo, ngokufaka ushukela noma ukhilimu, ngokwemvelo, okuqukethwe kwekhalori kuzokwanda, kusuka ku-300 kuya ku-400 noma ngaphezulu kwamakorikhi.