Introduction: Mexican Cactus in Traditional Cuisine
ʻO Cactus, a i ʻole nopal ma ka ʻōlelo Sepania, he mea nui ia i ka meaʻai Mekiko no nā tausani makahiki. ʻAʻole kēia mea kanu prickly he hōʻailona o ka moʻomeheu Mekiko akā he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi hoʻi o ka ʻai kuʻuna o ka ʻāina. Mai nā tacos a me nā stews i nā salakeke a me nā mea inu, ʻo ka cactus kahi mea hoʻohui e hoʻohui i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa a me ka ʻono i nā ʻano kīʻaha like ʻole.
ʻAʻole ʻono wale ka cactus Mekiko akā he meaʻai nui hoʻi. He haʻahaʻa ia i nā calorie, kiʻekiʻe i ka fiber, antioxidants, a me nā huaora a me nā minela pono, e lilo ia i mea hoʻohui maikaʻi loa i ka meaʻai olakino. Eia kekahi, he nui nā pono olakino ka cactus, me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kō koko, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka digestion, a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka mumū.
Ka Waiwai Nutritional a me nā Pono Ola o Cactus
ʻO nā pads Cactus kahi kumu maikaʻi loa o ka fiber meaʻai, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoemi ʻana a hoʻoikaika i ka māʻona, e lilo ia i meaʻai kūpono no ka hoʻokele kaumaha. Eia kekahi, he waiwai ka cactus i nā antioxidants, e like me nā betalains a me nā flavonoids, e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā cell mai ka pōʻino i hana ʻia e nā radical manuahi. He kiʻekiʻe hoʻi ka Cactus i nā huaora a me nā minela, me ka huaora C, ka huaora K, ka hao, ka calcium, a me ka magnesium, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i ka cactus he mau pono olakino. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Cactus e hoʻoponopono i nā pae kōpaʻa koko, e lilo ia i meaʻai kūpono no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. He mea kōkua nō hoʻi ia e hōʻemi i ka mumū a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana o ke ake, e lilo ia i meaʻai maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe me nā pilikia ate. Eia kekahi, ua ʻike ʻia ka cactus i nā waiwai antimicrobial, e kōkua ana i ka hakakā ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi ʻino i loko o ka ʻōpū a hāpai i kahi microbiome ʻōpū olakino.