Njengoko abantu abaninzi bekhangela ezinye iindlela ezingasetyenziswayo endaweni yeemveliso zenyama yezilwanyana, uphando olutsha lufumanise umthombo omangalisayo weproteni enobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo - ulwelwe.

Uphononongo olwenziwe yiYunivesithi yase-Exeter, olupapashwe kwiJournal of Nutrition, lolokuqala lohlobo lwalo ukubonisa ukuba ukutya ezimbini zezona algae zixabisekileyo kurhwebo ezityebileyo kunokunceda ekuvuseleleni izihlunu kubantu abadala abancinci nabasempilweni. Iziphumo zophando lwabo zibonisa ukuba algae inokuba yindawo enomdla nehlala ihleli yeproteni ephuma kwizilwanyana yokugcina nokuphucula ubunzima bezihlunu.

U-Ino Van Der Heijden, umphandi kwiYunivesithi yase-Exeter, uthe, “Uphando lwethu lubonisa ukuba i-algae inokuba yinxalenye yokutya okukhuselekileyo nokuzinzileyo kwixesha elizayo.” Ngenxa yezizathu zokuziphatha kunye nokusingqongileyo, abantu abaninzi bazama ukutya inyama encinci, kwaye kukho umdla okhulayo kwimithombo engeyiyo yezilwanyana kunye neeproteni eziveliswa ngokuzinzileyo. Sikholelwa ukuba kuyimfuneko ukuqala ukuphanda ezi ndlela, kwaye sichonge i-algae njengomthombo omtsha othembisayo weproteni.

Ukutya okutyebileyo kwiproteni kunye nee-amino acid ezibalulekileyo kunamandla okukhuthaza ukwenziwa kweproteni yemisipha, enokulinganiswa kwilebhu ngokulinganisa ukubopha kwee-amino acids ezibhalwe ngamagama kwiiproteni zezicubu zemisipha kunye nokuziguqula zibe ngamazinga okuguqulwa.

Iiproteni eziphuma kwizilwanyana zinokukhuthaza kakhulu ukwenziwa kweeproteni zemisipha ngexesha lokuphumla nokuzilolonga. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokwanda kweengxaki zokuziphatha kunye nokusingqongileyo ezinxulumene nokuveliswa kweeproteni ezisekelwe kwizilwanyana, ngoku kufunyaniswe ukuba enye indlela enomdla enobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo yi-algae, enokuthatha indawo yeeproteni ezivela kwizilwanyana. I-Spirulina kunye neChlorella ezikhuliswe phantsi kweemeko ezilawulwayo zezona zimbini zezona algae zixabisekileyo kurhwebo, eziqulathe iidosi eziphezulu zezakhamzimba ezincinci kunye neeproteni ezininzi.

Nangona kunjalo, amandla e-spirulina kunye ne-microalgae okukhuthaza ukwenziwa kweproteni ye-myofibrillar yomntu akakacaci. Ukuze baqonde le ndawo ingaziwayo, abaphandi kwiYunivesithi yase-Exeter bavavanye imiphumo yokutya iiproteni ze-spirulina kunye ne-microalgae kumanqanaba e-amino acid egazini kunye namazinga okwenziwa kweproteni ye-fiber yemisipha yokuphumla kunye ne-muscle emva kokuzilolonga, kwaye bazithelekisa neeproteni zokutya ezingezizo ezezilwanyana ezisemgangathweni ophezulu (iiproteni zefungus ezithathwe kwi-fungus).

Abantu abatsha abangama-36 abasempilweni bathathe inxaxheba kuvavanyo olucwangcisiweyo olungaboniyo kabini. Emva kweqela leemvavanyo, abathathi-nxaxheba basele isiselo esine-25g yeproteni ephuma kwifungal, i-spirulina okanye i-microalgae protein. Qokelela iisampulu zemisipha yegazi kunye neyamathambo ekuqaleni, iiyure ezi-4 emva kokutya, nasemva kokuzilolonga. Ukuvavanya uxinaniso lwe-amino acid egazini kunye nezinga lokwenziwa kweproteni ye-myofibrillar yokuphumla kunye nezicubu emva kokuzilolonga. Ukutya iproteni kwandisa uxinaniso lwee-amino acid egazini, kodwa xa kuthelekiswa nokutya iproteni yefungal kunye ne-microalgae, ukutya i-spirulina kunezinga lokunyuka elikhawulezayo kunye nempendulo ephezulu. Ukutya iproteni kwandisa izinga lokwenziwa kweeproteni ze-myofibrillar kwizicubu zokuphumla nokuzilolonga, kungekho mahluko phakathi kwamaqela amabini, kodwa izinga lokwenziwa kwemisipha yokuzilolonga laliphezulu kunelo lemisipha ephumlayo.

Olu phononongo lubonelela ngobungqina bokuqala bokuba ukuginywa kwe-spirulina okanye i-microalgae kunokukhuthaza kakhulu ukwenziwa kweeproteni ze-myofibrillar ekuphumleni nasekuzilolongeni kwezicubu zemisipha, ngokufana neeproteni ezingezizo ezezilwanyana ezikumgangatho ophezulu (iiproteni zefungus)