Wochokera ku algae ndipo wopangidwa ndi 80% ulusi, agar-agar ndi masamba otsika kwambiri a calorie komanso gelling agent omwe amapanga gel m'mimba, zomwe zimawonjezera kukhutitsidwa ndikulimbikitsa kuchepa thupi.¹.

Kafukufuku yemwe adachitika ku Japan mu 2005 adayesa mphamvu ya agar-agar pa anthu 76 onenepa kwambiri omwe ali ndi matenda a shuga amtundu wa 2.². Anthu a 76 adagawidwa m'magulu a 2: gulu lolamulira lomwe limakhala ndi zakudya zachikhalidwe za ku Japan, ndi gulu lotsatira zakudya zomwezo koma ndi agar-agar supplement, kwa masabata 12. Kumapeto kwa masabata a 12, kulemera kwa thupi, BMI (= Body Mass Index), mlingo wa shuga m'magazi, insulini kukana ndi kuthamanga kwa magazi kunachepetsedwa kwambiri m'magulu a 2, koma gululo litalandira agar-agar yowonjezera linapeza zotsatira zabwino: kuchepa kwa 2,8 kg motsutsana ndi 1,3 kg ndi kuchepa kwa BMI ya 1,1 motsutsana ndi 0,5 mu gulu lolamulira.

Agar-agar amasandulika odzola pa kutentha pansi pa 40 ° C, ndipo pokhapokha atatenthedwa kale. Choncho, zikhoza kudyedwa pophika pokonzekera zotentha, kapena zomwe ziyenera kutenthedwa musanayambe kumwa. Chifukwa chake amatha kudyedwa ngati chakumwa chotentha chisanatenthe, kotero kuti agar-agar amasandulika odzola mkati mwa thupi, kapena pokonzekera custards, creams, jellies. Ndikulimbikitsidwa kuti musamadye kupitilira 4 g wa agar-agar patsiku. Ngakhale zotsatira zake zimakhala zachilendo, zimatha kupweteka m'mimba kapena kutsegula m'mimba.

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