Dziko lakwawo la makangaza limatengedwa kuti ndi North Africa ndi Central Asia. Chipatso chimodzi cha chipatsochi chimakhala, monga lamulo, mbewu 100, zomwe ndi gawo lodyera la chipatsocho. Kuphatikiza pakudya paokha, mbewu za makangaza ndizabwino kuwonjezera yogurt, saladi, smoothies, mbale za mpunga.
Ndipo ndi zinthu ziti zothandiza zomwe zingatipatse makangaza? Ubwino waukulu wa makangaza ndikuti umachepetsa ukalamba komanso umathandizira kulimbana ndi makwinya. Makangaza ndi gwero labwino kwambiri la polyphenol, antioxidant yomwe imakhudza kukongola ndi unyamata wa khungu. Makangaza ndi gwero lazakudya zopatsa libido, zomwe zimawapangitsa kukhala aphrodisiac achilengedwe. Kuperewera kwa testosterone hormone kungasonyezedwe mu mphamvu zochepa zogonana, kulemera kwa thupi ndi maganizo oipa. Komabe, zipatso zina, kuphatikizapo makangaza, zimathandizira kuwonjezereka kwachilengedwe kwa hormone mkati mwa malire oyenera. Chimodzi mwa zipatso zabwino kwambiri zolimbana ndi kutupa ndi makangaza. Anthu omwe akudwala nyamakazi akulangizidwa kuti asanyalanyaze chipatsochi. Ngati mumakhudzidwa ndi zakudya za shuga wambiri, kuphatikizapo zipatso, mungafune kusankha makangaza. Muli pafupifupi magalamu 8 a shuga pa theka la kapu ya mbewu. Makangaza awonetsedwa kuti amachepetsa kuthamanga kwa magazi mwa anthu omwe ali ndi vuto la kuthamanga kwa magazi, malinga ndi kafukufuku. Kafukufuku wambiri adawona kuthekera kwa makangaza kukulitsa kuchuluka kwa serotonin m'thupi. Khangaza limakhudza kusintha kwachangu kwanthawi yayitali komanso kukhala ndi moyo wabwino. Kudya chipatsochi nthawi zonse, kuphatikizapo kudya zakudya zoyenera komanso kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, kungakhale njira yachilengedwe yogwiritsira ntchito antidepressant.