Menya akamaro ko kurya Gaperi (Physalis peruviana) ku buzima
Gaperi ni imbuto zitatse amabara meza ya zahabu n’icyatsi, zirimo akantu kameze nk’inkoko kazitwikira nk’utuyunguruzo cyangwa isanduku y’udupapuro.
Uretse kuba ziryoshye kandi zinogeye amaso, zifite akamaro gakomeye ku buzima bw’umuntu.
1. Aho Gaperi ikomoka n’Ukuntu imeze
Gaperi ni igihingwa kavukire muri Amerika y’Epfo (by’umwihariko muri Peru na Colombia), kikaba cyarahinze imizi mu bice bitandukanye by’Isi birimo Afurika, Aziya n’u Burayi.
Umuti wayo w’ibyatsi n’imbuto zayo zifashishwa kuva kera mu buvuzi gakondo mu kurwanya indwara zitandukanye.
Imbuto za Gaperi ni nto, zuzuye umutobe, zifite ibara rya zahabu, zifite uburyohe buvanze uburyohereye n’ubusharira butoya butuma ziribwa nk’izitunganyije cyangwa uko ziri.
2. Intungamubiri Gaperi ikungahayeho
Gaperi ikungahaye cyane ku ntungamubiri nk’izi:
Vitamin C: Ituma umubiri wiyubaka, urwanya indwara kandi ugakomeza ubudahangarwa.
Vitamin A: Irinda amaso n’uruhu, ikagira n’uruhare mu mikurire y’uturemangingo.
Antioxidants (polyphenols, carotenoids): Zirinda umubiri kwangirika no gusaza.
Fibre: Ifasha igogora ry’ibiryo no kugabanya isukari mu maraso.
Iron, Calcium, na Phosphorus: Bifasha amagufa n’imikaya kugira ubukana n’imbaraga.
3. Akamaro ku buzima
a) Gukomeza ubudahangarwa bw’umubiri
Vitamin C n’izindi antioxidants ziri muri Gaperi zifasha mu kongerera umubiri ubushobozi bwo kwirwanaho, bigafasha mu kurwanya indwara z’ibicurane, asima n’inkorora.
b) Kurwanya kanseri
Zirimo ibinyabutabire nka withanolides bifite ubushobozi bwo kurwanya imikurire y’uturemangingo twa kanseri, nk’uko ubushakashatsi bwakorewe muri National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) bubigaragaza.
c) Gugabanya cholesterol no kurinda umutima
Fibre ziri muri Gaperi zigabanya cholesterol mbi (LDL), zikarinda imitsi no gutumbagira k’amaraso, bityo zikarinda indwara z’umutima n’imvune z’udutsi two mu bwonko (stroke).
d) Gufasha mu igogora
Fibre nyinshi zifasha igogora, zikarinda impiswi n’impisane (constipation), ndetse no kubura ubushake bwo kurya.
e) Kugabanya ibiro
Gaperi ifite kalori nkeya, ariko ikagutera igitugu cy’uko uhaze. Ibi bifasha mu guhagarika kurya kenshi, bityo ukagabanya ibiro mu buryo burambye.
f) Kurwanya diyabete
Zifite ubushobozi bwo kugabanya isukari mu maraso, binyuze mu kuzamura insulin no gutuma igogora ry’isukari riba buhoro. Ibi bifasha cyane abafite diyabete y’Ubwoko bwa 2 (Type 2).
4. Uko Gaperi iribwa
Ishobora kuribwa uko iri (yakuwe mu gasanduku k’agapapuro kayo)
Ishyirwa muri salade, umutobe, cake, cyangwa yogourt
Ikaranze ku muriro muke mu buryo bwo gutegura jam cyangwa sauce
Inakorwa mo umutobe wihariye ukungahaye kuri vitamin n’ifunguro ry’umunsi
5. Icyitonderwa
Ntuzarye Gaperi zitahiye neza, kuko zishobora kuba zifite ubumara butoya bwa solanine, nk’iyo dusanga mu birayi bitahiye.
Abantu bafite allergie ku mbuto za nightshade family (nk’ibirayi, inyanya, intoryi) bakwiye kwitondera Gaperi.
6. Ubushakashatsi bwemeza aka kamaro
Ubushakashatsi bwashyizwe ahagaragara n’ikigo Journal of Functional Foods bwagaragaje ko imbuto za Gaperi zifite ubushobozi bwo kugabanya oxidative stress, bikarinda indwara zo gusaza kw’uturemangingo n’imikurire y’uturemangingo twa kanseri.
7. Icyifuzo ku Rwanda n’abahinzi
Mu gihe Gaperi ifite isoko rinini mu bihugu bikize, kuzirumbukira no kuzirumburira ku butaka bw’u Rwanda byatanga amafaranga n’iterambere ry’abahinzi bato. Kuba zitwara igihe gito kugira ngo zere (ibyumweru 10–12), ni amahirwe ku bahinzi.
Umwanzuro
Gaperi si imbuto isanzwe gusa, ni urusobe rw’intungamubiri, rugirira umubiri akamaro kadasanzwe. Kubishyira mu mafunguro ya buri munsi ni intambwe nziza mu kurinda indwara, kunoza igogora, kugabanya ibiro no kurinda kanseri.
Uburyohe bwayo busangiwe n’ubwiza bw’imbere mu mubiri, bikaba kimwe mu byagombye kwitabwaho n’abaturage ndetse n’abashinzwe iby’ubuzima.
