Kafukufuku wochitidwa ndi Dr. Samira Samarakoon wa Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology ku University of Colombo komanso katswiri wodziwika bwino wa zakudya Dr. DBT Wijeratne adapeza kuti kumwa tiyi wobiriwira pamodzi ndi Centella asiatica kuli ndi ubwino wambiri pa thanzi. Gotu kola imawonjezera mphamvu zotsutsana ndi ma antioxidants, mavairasi komanso chitetezo cha mthupi cha tiyi wobiriwira.
Gotu kola imaonedwa kuti ndi chomera chokhala ndi moyo wautali ndipo ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pa mankhwala achikhalidwe aku Asia, pomwe tiyi wobiriwira ndi chimodzi mwa zakumwa zodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi zokhudzana ndi thanzi. Ubwino wa tiyi wobiriwira pa thanzi umadziwika bwino ndipo umadyedwa kwambiri ndi ambiri chifukwa cha mphamvu zake zotsutsana ndi ma antioxidants, kuchepetsa kunenepa kwambiri, kupewa khansa, kuchepetsa kuthamanga kwa magazi, ndi zina zambiri. Mofananamo, ubwino wa kola pa thanzi umadziwika bwino m'machitidwe akale azachipatala ku India, Japan, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, ndi South Pacific. Mayeso amakono a labotale amatsimikizira kuti kola ili ndi mphamvu zotsutsana ndi ma antioxidants, ndi yabwino pachiwindi, imateteza khungu, komanso imathandizira kuzindikira ndi kukumbukira. Dr. Samarakoon adati mukamwa tiyi wobiriwira wosakaniza ndi cola, munthu amatha kupeza zabwino zonse pa thanzi la zonsezi.
Iye anati Coca-Cola siyenera kukhala ndi zosakaniza zoposa 20 peresenti chifukwa chakuti sizilandiridwa bwino ngati chakumwa.
Dr. Vieratne adati kafukufuku wakale watsimikizira kuti kudya gotu kola kumathandizira kwambiri thanzi la chiwindi, makamaka pa mitundu yofala kwambiri ya khansa ya chiwindi, khansa ya chiwindi, chiwindi chamafuta ndi matenda a chiwindi. Kafukufuku waposachedwa akuwonetsanso kuti cola ingathandize kuchepetsa kuthamanga kwa magazi ndikuchepetsa chiopsezo cha matenda amtima, kuphatikizapo sitiroko, infarction ya myocardial, ndi matenda a mtima. Kafukufuku wamankhwala wasonyeza kuti chotsitsa cha kola chimatha kuwongolera ntchito ya dongosolo lapakati la mitsempha ndikuwonjezera magwiridwe antchito a ubongo.
Dr. Wijeratne akunena kuti ubwino wa tiyi wobiriwira pa thanzi umadziwika padziko lonse lapansi. Pali kafukufuku wambiri wasayansi pa ubwino wa tiyi wobiriwira pa thanzi kuposa gotu kola. Tiyi wobiriwira uli ndi ma catechins ambiri, ma polyphenols, makamaka epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG ndi antioxidant wamphamvu yomwe imatha kupha maselo a khansa popanda kuwononga maselo abwinobwino. Mankhwalawa amagwiranso ntchito pochepetsa cholesterol ya lipoprotein yochepa, kuletsa magazi kuundana, komanso kuchepetsa kusonkhana kwa ma platelet. Kuphatikiza apo, chotsitsa cha tiyi wobiriwira chapezeka kuti ndi gwero lodalirika la ma antioxidants achilengedwe omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito bwino powonjezera mphamvu za antioxidant, akutero Dr. Wijeratne.
Malinga ndi iye, kunenepa kwambiri ndiye chifukwa chachikulu cha matenda ambiri, kuphatikizapo matenda a mtima, kuthamanga kwa magazi, matenda a shuga osadalira insulin, kulephera kugwira ntchito bwino kwa mapapo, osteoarthritis ndi mitundu ina ya khansa. Tiyi wa catechins, makamaka EGCG, ali ndi mphamvu zotsutsana ndi kunenepa kwambiri komanso zotsutsana ndi matenda a shuga. Tiyi wobiriwira akuonedwanso ngati chomera chachilengedwe chomwe chingawonjezere mphamvu ndi kusungunuka kwa mafuta kuti muchepetse thupi, adatero Dr. Wijeratne, ndikuwonjezera kuti kuphatikiza kwa zitsamba ziwirizi kungapereke zabwino zambiri paumoyo.