ʻO kahi haʻawina hoihoi maikaʻi - inā ʻo ka ʻai mau ʻana i ka ʻuala (hoʻomoʻa ʻia a kālua paha) e kōkua i ke kino o ke kanaka a ʻaʻole paha. ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻuala i hoʻolapalapa ʻia a i kālua ʻia e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke koko a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka hypertension.
ʻO ka ʻuala ke kumu nui o ka potassium i ka ʻai a nā poʻe Komohana. Ua aʻo nā mea noiʻi mai ke Kulanui ʻo Pardue i nā hopena o nā pākuʻi pālolo ma ke kahe koko a me nā mea pilikia ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau he 30 kāne a me nā wahine me ka maʻi hypertension a i ʻole prehypertension. Ua hōʻike nā hopena i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻuala i hoʻomoʻa ʻia a i hoʻolapalapa ʻia i ka emi ʻana o ke koko systolic i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka pūʻulu hoʻomalu, nāna i ʻai i ka ʻai maʻamau o ʻAmelika, akā ʻaʻohe ʻuala.
Ua ʻike pū nā mea kākau e kūʻē i ka manaʻo kaulana ʻo ka mana kiʻekiʻe-calorie o ka ʻuala, French fries, he mea pōʻino i ka ʻōnaehana cardiovascular, ʻo ka lawelawe ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā o kēia huahana he 330 calories ʻaʻohe hopena maikaʻi ʻole i nā kīʻaha koko.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hopena maikaʻi o ka ʻuala ma ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka paʻa ʻana o ka sodium i loko o ke kino, a ma kēia ʻano, e like me ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe ʻepekema, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā lākou hana ma mua o nā mea hoʻohui potassium.