Asayansi aku Singapore abwera ndi ukadaulo watsopano wokonza mbatata womwe ungapangitse thupi la munthu kugaya wowuma wa mbatata pang'onopang'ono.
"Ena amakhulupirira kuti zinthu za mbatata zilibe thanzi chifukwa zimatha kuyambitsa kuchuluka kwa shuga m'magazi mwachangu, zomwe zimabweretsa chiopsezo kwa anthu omwe ali ndi matenda a shuga kapena omwe akufuna kuchepetsa thupi," adatero Amy Lin, mtsogoleri wa kafukufukuyu.
Kuyesa kwa labotale kukuwonetsa kuti njira yatsopanoyi imalepheretsa kupezeka kwa ma enzymes am'mimba ku wowuma wa mbatata, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti glucose asamayende bwino.
"Gulu lathu linapeza kuti kusintha kupezeka kwa michere iwiri ya m'mimba, mucosal α-amylase ndi α-glucosidase, m'matumbo ang'onoang'ono ndi njira yopambana yapang'onopang'ono komanso mosalekeza kutulutsa shuga kuchokera ku mbatata," Lin anafotokoza.
Paukadaulo watsopano wokonza, ofufuzawo adadula mbatata kukhala ma cubes ndikuyika m'madzi otentha ndi chopangira chakudya kwa mphindi 30. Zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito munjirayi zidadziwika kuti "zimadziwika kuti ndizotetezeka" molingana ndi mulingo wokhazikitsidwa ndi US Food and Drug Administration pazinthu zomwe zimawonedwa kuti ndizotetezeka kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito pazakudya.
Izi zimapangitsa kuti pakhale pectin, ulusi wosungunuka m'madzi mu mbatata, ndikupanga mawonekedwe ngati gel omwe amakhala ngati chotchinga pakati pa wowuma granules ndi ma enzymes am'mimba.
"Popanda kukonza izi, ma enzyme amayenda momasuka ndi kutuluka m'maselo, ndipo wowuma amathyoledwa ndi ma enzymes ndipo amasinthidwa mwachangu kukhala glucose," adatero Lin. "Kukonza kumapangitsa kuti wowuma agwe pang'onopang'ono kuti apewe kukwera kwa glycemic, kenako kusinthidwa kukhala shuga kuti akwaniritse zosowa zathu zamphamvu ndi zakudya."
Njira imeneyi sicholinga choletsa mbatata kuti isapse, koma kuti ichepetse chimbudzi kuti shuga asakwere msanga. Ofufuzawo akuti kusinthidwaku kungathandizenso ogula kuti azikhala okhuta kwa nthawi yayitali atadya mbatata yokonzedwa, zomwe zimathandiza kupewa kudya kwambiri.