Imineke ni imbuto zikunzwe cyane kandi ziboneka ahantu henshi ku isi, cyane cyane mu bihugu by’uburasirazuba n’uburengerazuba bwa Afurika, Aziya na Amerika y’Epfo. Uretse kuba ifite uburyohe budasanzwe kandi igahaza vuba, imineke ni isoko y’intungamubiri zitandukanye zifitiye umubiri akamaro gakomeye. Abahanga mu mirire bemeza ko kurya imineke buri munsi bifasha mu kugira ubuzima bwiza no kurwanya indwara zitandukanye.
1. Isoko y’ingufu karemano
Imineke ikungahaye ku carbohydrates zoroshye (nk’isukari karemano ya fructose na glucose), bituma iba uburyo bwiza bwo kongera ingufu mu buryo bwihuse. Ni yo mpamvu abakinnyi b’imikino itandukanye bayifata nk’imbuto y’ingenzi mbere cyangwa nyuma yo gukora imyitozo. Umuntu ushonje cyane ashobora gufata umuneke umwe cyangwa ibiri, agahita yumva atangiye kubona imbaraga.
2. Ifasha umutima gukora neza
Imineke irimo potasiyumu, umunyungugu ukenewe cyane mu gukomeza imikorere y’umutima. Potasiyumu ifasha kugabanya umuvuduko w’amaraso no kurinda indwara zifata umutima n’imitsi. Abashakashatsi bemeza ko umuntu ugerageza gufata potasiyumu ku rugero rwiza aba afite amahirwe menshi yo kurinda indwara ya stroke n’izindi zifata ubwonko.
3. Gufasha igogorwa
Umubiri w’umuntu ukeneye fibre kugira ngo igogorwa rigende neza. Imineke irimo fibre nyinshi ifasha mu kurinda ikibazo cyo kwituma nabi (constipation) ndetse ikanagabanya ibyago byo kurwara kanseri y’igifu. Ikindi kandi, iyo umuntu afite igogorwa ridahagaze neza, kurya imineke bifasha mu kugarura ihuriro ryiza mu mara.
4. Kugira uruhare mu mitekerereze no mu marangamutima
Imineke ifite tryptophan, intungamubiri umubiri uhindura mo serotonin, ikinyabutabire gifasha mu kuruhura ubwonko no gutuma umuntu yumva afite akanyamuneza. Ni yo mpamvu imineke ishobora gufasha kurwanya agahinda, umunaniro no kutabona neza ibitotsi. Kurya umuneke mbere yo kuryama bishobora gutuma umuntu aruhuka neza.
5. Kurinda umubiri indwara
Imineke irimo vitamin C n’izindi antioxidants zifasha kurwanya udukoko twatera indwara ndetse no kurinda umubiri kwangizwa n’imyanda iva mu mikorere yawo (free radicals). Ibi bituma umuntu ukunda kurya imineke agira ubudahangarwa bukomeye kandi ntakunda gufatwa n’indwara zoroheje nk’ibicurane.
6. Gufasha abana n’abakuze
Imineke ni imbuto zorohereye igifu, zityazwa n’umubiri nta ngorane. Ibi bituma ari imbuto nziza ku bana bato, abagore batwite, ndetse n’abakuze bafite igifu cyoroshye. Ku bana, imineke itanga ingufu n’intungamubiri zifasha mu mikurire; ku bagore batwite, potasiyumu na vitamin B6 zifasha mu kurwanya kuruka no kugira ubuzima bwiza bw’umwana uri mu nda.
Akamaro k’imineke ku buzima
Imineke si imbuto gusa ziryoshye, ahubwo ni ububiko bw’intungamubiri zifasha umubiri gukora neza mu buryo bwinshi. Gukunda kurya imineke buri munsi ni imwe mu nzira zoroshye kandi zitagoye umuntu wese ashobora gukoresha mu kurinda indwara, kongera imbaraga no kugira ubuzima bwiza muri rusange.
Nta gushidikanya, imineke ni impano karemano tugomba guhora dukoresha neza kugira ngo ubuzima bwacu burusheho kuba bwiza.
