Zakale zokhudzana ndi kokonati zapezeka ku South Asia zaka 40 miliyoni. Sidziwika bwinobwino kumene kokonati inachokera, koma imapezekabe ku America. Kokoti yayigwiritsidwa ntchito mankhwala kwa zaka zambiri kuti athetse mavuto a khungu, matenda okalamba, ndi matenda opatsirana. Zipatso zonsezi zimagwiritsidwa ntchito, kuchokera ku mitengo ya kanjedza kupita ku khungu ndi mbewu.
Kafukufuku
Kokoti yayiphunziridwa mochuluka chifukwa cha mankhwala ake odana ndi khansa.
Kafukufuku wina akufotokozera zake zotsutsana ndi zotupa ndi zamatsenga. Komabe, kufufuza kwina kumatsimikizira kuti kumwa kwa kokonati kumakhala ndi zotsatira zabwino pa ukalamba, Alzheimer's, ndi ALS. Kugwiritsira ntchito kokonati mafuta sikunapangitse kulemera kwa pulojekiti malinga ndi kafukufuku wina, ndipo kunabweretsa imfa ya mimba nthawi yambiri. Mafuta a kokonati apezeka kuti akuwonjezera 'zabwino' cholesterol chifukwa cha mankhwala ake obiriwira. Maphunziro opitirirabe akupitirizabe kukhala ndi thanzi la kokonati.
Zamkatimu Zamkatimu
Madzi a kokonati ndi mkaka (wochokera ku nyama ya kokoning ya kokonati) komanso mafuta ndi zipatso, ali ndi zakudya monga mavitamini C ndi B-complex, komanso minerals calcium, iron, potassium, manganese, zinki, ndi magnesium. Makononasi ali ndi mavitamini ambiri, amino acid, electrolytes, mafuta oyenera a shuga, shuga zosavuta, timadzi timadzi timadzi timadzi timene timayambitsa timadzi timene timayambitsa matenda, komanso tizilombo toyambitsa matenda monga phytokine, yomwe ndi mapuloteni.
B-complex mankhwala amene amapezeka kwambiri kokonati ndi thiamin, niacin, folic acid, ndi pyroxidine. Ma kakhututsu ali otsika kwambiri mu sodium, ndipo amakhala ndi mapuloteni, zakudya, Omega-6 fatty acids, ndi fiber. Chuma chamakono mu kokonati chimalimbikitsa thanzi la metabolism ndi digestive system.