Ke hoʻohana mākou kiʻiʻoniʻoni kuke wela wela no ka kuke ʻana, hiki i ke kaiapuni wela ke loaʻa kekahi hopena i ka meaʻai. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo ka wela kiʻekiʻe e denature i nā protein. He meaʻai koʻikoʻi ka protein i ka meaʻai a he kuleana koʻikoʻi ia i ka ulu ʻana, ulu a me ka metabolism o ke kino kanaka. Eia nō naʻe, i nā mahana kiʻekiʻe, e loli ke ʻano o ka protein, e alakaʻi ai i ka denaturation a i ʻole ka nalowale ʻana o kekahi mau amino acids, a laila e hōʻemi ana i ka helu ʻana a me ka absorption o ka protein. ʻIke ʻia kēia hopena i nā meaʻai ʻiʻo ma muli o ko lākou ʻano protein kiʻekiʻe.
Hiki i nā wela kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻopili i nā huaora i ka meaʻai. ʻO nā huaora he mau meaʻai pono no ke kino o ke kanaka, akā hiki ke luku ʻia i nā wela kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka Vitamin C he huaʻai hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai. I loko o kahi kaiapuni kiʻekiʻe, hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia ka huaora C, ka hopena o ka emi ʻana o ka ʻike huaʻai C i ka meaʻai. ʻO nā huaora B he ʻae ʻia i ka kuke ʻana i ka wela kiʻekiʻe, akā e hōʻino pū ʻia i kekahi ʻano. ʻAʻole pili wale ka nalowale o kēia mau huaora i ka waiwai o ka meaʻai, akā hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻono a me ke kala o ka meaʻai. No ka mea he koʻikoʻi ko nā huaora i ka meaʻai, ʻo ko lākou nalowale ʻana e ʻono ʻono a nalo paha kona ʻala mua.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana o kiʻiʻoniʻoni kuke wela wela hiki ke hoʻemi i ka hopena o ka wela kiʻekiʻe i ka meaʻai i kekahi ʻano. Ma muli o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i ka meaʻai a mālama i kona maʻa, kōkua kēia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka nalo ʻana a me ka nalowale o ka meaʻai i ka wā o ka kuke ʻana. Hiki i ke kiʻi kuke ke pale aku i ka ʻaila mai ka pipiʻi ʻana i ka umu a i ʻole ka pepa bakena, e hōʻemi ana i ka manawa o ka meaʻai e pili pono ana me nā wela kiʻekiʻe, no laila e hōʻemi ana i ka hopena o nā wela kiʻekiʻe i ka meaʻai.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopau loa i ka hopena o ka wela wela ma luna o ka meaʻai. I ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kuke wela wela no ka kuke ʻana, pono mākou e makaʻala i ka mālama ʻana i ka manawa kuke a me ka mahana e pale aku ai i ka wela nui e hōʻino ai i nā meaʻai a me ka ʻono o ka meaʻai.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka waiwai o ka meaʻai a me ka ʻono o ka meaʻai, hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi mau ana i ka wā o ka kuke ʻana. Eia kekahi laʻana, i ka wā e kuke ai i kaʻiʻo, hiki iāʻoe ke koho i ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me ka hoʻomoʻa lohi, hiki ke mālama maikaʻi i nā meaʻai a me kaʻono o ka meaʻai. I ka kuke ʻana i nā mea kanu, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i nā ʻano kuke kuke haʻahaʻa e like me ka mahu, ka paila ʻana, a me ke kohu ʻana e hōʻemi i ka nalowale o nā huaora.
