Iingcali zazifuna ukufumanisa ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwekofu yesiqhelo kuchaphazela izinga lokuhla kwengqondo. Oososayensi base-Australia baqhube uphando olubonisa ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwekofu kunokunciphisa ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo.
Uphononongo lubandakanya abantu abadala abangama-227, kwaye uvavanyo lwathatha ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezili-126. Iingcali zazifuna ukufumanisa ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwekofu yesiqhelo kuchaphazela izinga lokuhla kwengqondo.
Ngokutsho kombhali wophando, uSamantha Gardner, ikofu iqulethe i-biologically active compounds, kuquka i-caffeine, i-chlorogenic acid, i-polyphenols, kunye nenani elincinci lamavithamini kunye neemaminerali.
Indlela ikofu ewuchaphazela ngayo umzimba
Ngokukodwa, kuye kwafunyaniswa ukuba ikofu inempembelelo entle kwistroke, ukungaphumeleli kwentliziyo, umhlaza, isifo seswekile, nesifo sikaParkinson. Ukongeza, izazinzulu zibonakalise ikhonkco phakathi kokusetyenziswa kwekofu kunye neempawu ezininzi ezibalulekileyo ezinxulumene nesifo se-Alzheimer.
UGardner uthe ukuba ubunzima obuqhelekileyo bekofu kwikomityi enye bungama-240 g, ngoko ukwandisa ukusetyenziswa kwekomityi enye ukuya kwezimbini ngosuku kunciphisa ukuhla kwengqondo nge-8% kwiinyanga ezili-18. Kuphawulwe ukuba ukusela ikhofi eninzi kuye kwavelisa iziphumo ezilungileyo ekusebenzeni kwengqondo, okubandakanya ukucwangcisa, ukuzithiba kunye nokuqwalaselwa.