Chimanga chinachokera ku South America, chomwe pambuyo pake chinafalikira padziko lonse lapansi ndi ofufuza a ku Spain. Mwachibadwa, chimanga chotsekemera chimasiyana ndi masinthidwe a m'munda m'malo a shuga. Mbewu ya chimanga yapindula kwambiri chifukwa ndi imodzi mwa mbewu zopindulitsa kwambiri m'mayiko otentha ndi otentha.
Taganizirani mmene chimanga chimakhudzira thanzi la munthu:
- Chimanga chotsekemera chimakhala ndi zopatsa mphamvu zambiri poyerekeza ndi masamba ena ndipo chili ndi ma calories 86 pa 100 g. Komabe, chimanga chokoma chatsopano chimakhala chochepa kwambiri kuposa chimanga chamunda ndi mbewu zina zambiri monga tirigu, mpunga ndi zina zotero.
- Chimanga chotsekemera chilibe gilateni, chifukwa chake chimatha kudyedwa ndi odwala omwe ali ndi celiac.
- Chimanga chotsekemera chimakhala ndi zakudya zambiri zopatsa thanzi chifukwa cha zakudya zopatsa thanzi, mavitamini, ma antioxidants, ndi mchere wambiri. Ndi imodzi mwazakudya zabwino kwambiri za fiber. Pamodzi ndi kusagaya pang'onopang'ono kwa ma carbohydrate ovuta, ulusi wazakudya umathandizira kukwera pang'onopang'ono kwa shuga m'magazi. Komabe, chimanga, pamodzi ndi mpunga, mbatata, ndi zina zotero, chimakhala ndi index yayikulu ya glycemic, yomwe imalepheretsa odwala matenda ashuga kudya.
- Chimanga chachikasu chimakhala ndi ma antioxidants ambiri monga B-carotene, lutein, xanthine ndi cryptoxanthine pigments pamodzi ndi vitamini A.
- Chimanga ndi gwero labwino la ferulic acid. Kafukufuku wambiri wasayansi wasonyeza kuti ferulic acid imagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri popewa khansa, ukalamba komanso kutupa m'thupi la munthu.
- Lili ndi mavitamini a B-complex monga thiamine, niacin, pantothenic acid, folate, riboflavin ndi pyridoxine.
- Pomaliza, chimanga chili ndi mchere wambiri monga zinc, magnesium, mkuwa, chitsulo, ndi manganese.