Wolemera mu mavitamini, mchere ndi fiber, nkhuyu zadziwika kwa anthu kuyambira kale. Chosakaniza chosunthikachi chidzawonjezera kukoma kwa mbale zosiyanasiyana. Mtengo wa mkuyu ndi umodzi mwa zomera zakale kwambiri padziko lonse, ndipo umatchulidwa m'mabuku akale kwambiri a mbiri yakale ndiponso mbali zina zotchulidwa m'Baibulo. Nkhuyu zimachokera ku Middle East ndi Mediterranean. Chipatsochi chinali chamtengo wapatali kwambiri kwa Agiriki moti nthawi ina anasiya kutumiza nkhuyu kunja. Mtengo wa zakudya Nkhuyu zili ndi shuga wambiri wachilengedwe, mchere komanso ulusi wosungunuka. Lili ndi potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, antioxidant mavitamini A, E ndi K, omwe amathandiza kuti akhale ndi thanzi labwino.
Research Nkhuyu nthawi zambiri akulimbikitsidwa cholinga cha zakudya ndi toning matumbo. Zimagwira ntchito ngati mankhwala otsekemera achilengedwe chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa fiber. Ambiri aife timadya kwambiri sodium (mchere) wopezeka muzakudya zoyeretsedwa. Kudya kwambiri kwa sodium kungayambitse kusowa kwa potaziyamu, ndipo kusalinganika pakati pa mchere kumadzadza ndi matenda oopsa. Zakudya zokhala ndi zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba, kuphatikizapo nkhuyu, zimachulukitsa potaziyamu m'thupi. Nkhuyu ndi zothandiza kwa iwo amene akufuna kulamulira kulemera kwawo. Zakudya zokhala ndi fiber zambiri zimakupangitsani kumva kuti ndinu okhuta komanso zimakulepheretsani kumva njala kwa nthawi yayitali. Kuphatikiza apo, nkhuyu zili ndi ma prebiotic omwe amathandizira mabakiteriya "abwino" omwe alipo kale m'matumbo, ndikuwongolera kugaya chakudya. Pokhala gwero labwino kwambiri la kashiamu, chipatsochi chimathandiza kulimbikitsa mafupa. Potaziyamu amatha kukana kutuluka kwa kashiamu m'thupi chifukwa cha kumwa mchere.
Kusankha ndi kusunga Nyengo ya mkuyu ili kumapeto kwa chilimwe - chiyambi cha autumn, malingana ndi zosiyanasiyana. Nkhuyu ndi zipatso zowonongeka, choncho ndi bwino kuzidya mkati mwa masiku 1-2 mutagula. Sankhani zipatso zonenepa komanso zofewa zokhala ndi mtundu wolemera. Nkhuyu zakupsa zili ndi fungo labwino. Ngati munagula nkhuyu zosapsa, zisiyeni pamalo otentha mpaka zitapsa.