Amata ni kimwe mu biribwa by’ingenzi ku buzima bwa muntu, kuko akungahaye ku ntungamubiri zitandukanye zifasha umubiri gukura neza no gukora neza. Kunywa amata ku rugero rukwiye bifasha mu kurinda no kongera ubudahangarwa bw’umubiri mu buryo butandukanye.
Amata arimo poroteyine zikomeye zifasha mu kubaka no gusana ingirangingo z’umubiri, ndetse n’icalcium ikomeye cyane ku magufa n’amenyo. Ibi bituma kunywa amata bifasha cyane abana bari mu gihe cyo gukura, ariko na none bikarinda indwara z’amagufa nk’osteoporosis ku bantu bakuru.
Amata kandi arimo vitamini zitandukanye, harimo Vitamin D ifasha umubiri gukoresha neza calcium, na Vitamin B12 ifasha mu mikorere y’utunyangingo tw’amaraso no mu bwonko. Ibi bituma umuntu anywa amata agira imbaraga, ubwenge bukora neza, ndetse n’ubudahangarwa bw’umubiri bukomeye.
Ku bijyanye n’umutima, kunywa amata bishobora kugabanya ibyago byo kugira umuvuduko w’amaraso mwinshi kubera ko arimo potasiyumu, ifasha kugenzura umutima n’umuvuduko w’amaraso. Byongeye, amata y’ikiryabuzima (yogurt) arimo udukoko twiza dufasha igogorwa, bigatuma umuntu arinda indwara zifata mu gifu kandi agira igogorwa ryiza.
Ku bantu bakora imyitozo ngororamubiri cyangwa imirimo isaba imbaraga nyinshi, amata ni ingenzi kuko afasha mu gusubiza imbaraga z’umubiri vuba bitewe na poroteyine na sukari karemano arimo.
Nubwo amata ari ingenzi, hari abantu bafite ikibazo cyo kutayakira neza bitewe n’indwara izwi nka lactose intolerance, aho umubiri utabasha gusya lactose iba mu mata. Abantu bafite iki kibazo bashobora gukoresha amata atagira lactose cyangwa ibindi bisimbura amata bisanzwe biboneka ku isoko.
Muri rusange, kunywa amata ku rugero rukwiye ni kimwe mu byafasha umuntu kugira ubuzima bwiza, gukomeza amagufa, kongera imbaraga no kurinda indwara zitandukanye. Ni byiza rero kubyitaho no kubishyira mu mirire ya buri munsi.
