Mbege

Mbege wani irin abin sha ne da ake yi da ayaba, wanda ya samo asali daga al’ummar Chagga da ke yankin Kilimanjaro a ƙasar Tanzaniya. Wani irin abin sha ne da ke ɗauke da sinadarin giya kaɗan, wanda ake yi da ayaba da aka bari ta yi ƙamshi da gero na musamman da ake kira finger millet. Yin mbege yana da wahala kuma yana ɗaukar lokaci mai tsawo, domin yawancin aikin ana yin sa ne da hannu ba tare da amfani da fasahar zamani ba. An ce ɗanɗanon mbege a farko yana da zaƙi, sai kuma ya bar ɗan ɗaci a ƙarshe.

 Tsarin 
Mbege shine giya na al'adun Ƙabilar Chagga. name="nature"> Don yin shi, ana yin ayaba sannan a dafa shi a cikin tukunya a kan wuta na awanni 6. Ana rufe cakuda kuma a bar shi a waje don ferment har zuwa kwanaki 7. Ana narkar da cakuda mai yisti ta hanyar yankan ciyawa da ganyen ayaba da kuma shinkafa mai kauri da aka yi daga garin yatsan yatsa (Eleusine coracana) kuma ana ƙara ruwa a cikin ruwa mai yisti. Ana ƙara karamin gari na quinine-bark a cikin cakuda don rage wasu daga cikin zaki na ayaba. Sa'an nan kuma an bar shi ya zauna na wata rana kafin ya shirya don cinyewa. Abin sha da aka samu yana da barasa na 1-3%, dangane da tsawon lokacin fermentation. Gurasar ta wadatar da Mbege tare da kwayoyin halitta da ƙwayoyin cuta, kamar Saccharomyces cerevisiae da lactobacilli, suna karawa da mahadi masu inganta kiwon lafiya da ke cikin ayaba da millet.

 Tasirin lafiya 
Wani karamin binciken, wanda aka buga a cikin mujallar Nature, an yi shi ne don kwatanta abincin Afirka da abincin yamma. Canje-canje a cikin bayanan leukocyte masu yaduwa, ƙwayoyin cuta da cardiometabolic proteome, martani na cytokine na jini da transcriptome, da plasma metabolome an tantance su a asali, nan da nan bayan shiga tsakani da makonni 4 bayan haka. An sami fa'idodin kiwon lafiya ga abincin Afirka. Musamman karamin rukuni wanda ya saba cin abinci na yammacin ya kara mbege na mako guda. Binciken ya gano gabaɗaya cewa canzawa daga abincin yamma zuwa abincin Afirka yana da fa'idodi masu mahimmanci na kiwon lafiya. Amfani da mbege, koda tare da abincin yamma, ya rage, da sauransu, kunnawar neutrophil da haɓaka martani na cytokine ga Candida. Cikakken ma'auni da aka ruwaito a cikin takarda ya gano cewa shan mbege ya haifar da saurin canji a cikin sunadarai na cardiometabolic da kuma ci gaba da raguwa a cikin sunadaran kumburi.

Masu binciken sun yi gargadin cewa amfani da waɗannan abin sha masu yisti ya kamata a daidaita su da haɗari kamar abubuwan da ke cikin barasa da yiwuwar gurɓatawar mycotoxin.Temba, Godfrey S.; Pecht, Tal; Kullaya, Vesla I.; Vadaq, Nadira; Mosha, Mary V.; et al. (3 April 2025). "Immune and metabolic effects of African heritage diets versus Western diets in men: a randomized controlled trial". Nature Medicine. doi:10.1038/s41591-025-03602-0. ISSN 1078-8956. PMC 12092257.

 A cikin al'adun gargajiya 

 An gabatar da tsarin yin mbege a cikin shirin Bizarre Foods na Tashar Tafiya tare da Andrew Zimmern . 

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