I loko o ka hoʻohuiʻana o ka meli, he nui nāʻenemi mineral e pono ai no ka holo ponoʻana. Huakaʻiʻia kēia huaʻai i nā huaora , nā mea'alaponaʻona a me nā pūpūʻenehana maikaʻi, akā, aia pū kekahi i loko o laila, kahi e hoʻoulu ai i ka hoʻonuiʻana i ke kaumaha.
Eia naʻe, he liʻiliʻi ka nui o ka sucrose i loko, a hiki iāʻoe ke ho'ōla mai ka meli wale nō ināʻoe e hoʻohana nui ia. Ma hope o nā mea a pau,ʻo ka huahana nui loa i nā mea nui e hiki ke hanaʻino i nā manawa a pau, aʻaʻole loa he meli.
Me ka lā hoʻokahi wale nō 100-150 grams o ka meli, e loaʻa iāʻoe nā mea a pau e pono ai a me nā kumu kiko. A i loko o ke kino i ka nui o nā pūpū nui, hoʻomaka ke kuʻina pono,ʻo ia hoʻi. ʻaʻole eʻimi kēlā me kēia pūpili i ka meaʻai me nā meaʻai, hoʻololi iā lākou i ka momona, a me ka "ʻaiʻana" i nā mea pono wale nō i loko o ka lālā kānāwai. Ke hoʻokumuʻia ka hanikalima, hiki ke kaumaha o ke kanaka i ka mea maʻamau.
ʻAiʻia ka meli me kaʻai eʻai i ke kakahiaka i ka'ōpū'ōpū. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, aia i ka hola mua ke hoʻomoho maikaʻi ke kino i nā mea a pau e komo mai a hoʻomaka me ka hoʻohanaʻana. ʻO kahi hui kūikawā o ka palakile me nā mea amino e hāʻawi aku i ka meli i kahiʻono-a-keʻono, no laila, i kaʻaiʻana i kekahi mau spoons i ke kakahiaka,ʻaʻoleʻoe e makemake i ka'ati (sweets, sukalati, etc.) a pau ka lā. Akāʻo nā meaʻai he nui e kāohi i ka momona, no laila he mea maikaʻi ka meli.
Loaʻa lākou i ka meli.
Ma hope o ke aʻoʻiaʻana o ka meli, e maopopo iāʻoe he 80% mau'ōpalu'aleʻa, a no ka nui o nā meaʻai ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i kā lākou mea hiki ke alakaʻi i ke kaumaha. Eia nō naʻe,ʻo nā'alekole i ka meli, he mau monosaccharides ia, e maʻalahi a hoʻohanaʻia e nā pūnaewele e like me ke kumu waiwai. Mahalo i ka momona a me ka glucose i ka meli, e wikiwikiʻoe, a e nalowale ka manaʻo o ka pōloli.
ʻOi ka maʻalahi o ka meli i nā meaʻai no ka hui pūʻana me nā mea inu a me nā mea kanu. I ka mea a pau,ʻaʻole makemake nā mea a pau i kēia
ʻO ka pane i ka nīnau, inā paha i ola mai ka meli aʻaʻoleʻole, he mea maʻamau, no ka mea,ʻo nā mea a pau e pili ana i ka nui i hoʻohanaʻia. Inā makemakeʻoe i ka meli a hiki iā ia keʻai i nā mea nui, a laila e alakaʻiʻia ai i ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka māmāʻoi.
ʻO ka meli he mau enzymes nā enzymes olaʻole a kōkua i ka hoʻoleiʻana i nā meaʻai i loko o nā mea maʻalahi maʻalahi. Ma muli o kēiaʻano, kōkua ka meli i ka liloʻana o ka kaumaha.