Ukukhutshwa kweembotyi ezimhlophe kukhuthaza ukunciphisa umzimba ngokuthintela ukufunxwa kwee-carbohydrate, imveliso sisongezelelo esitsha esibizwa ngokuba EDcarb, kodwa nakwimo yazo yendalo, iimbotyi zibonelela ngezibonelelo kumanqanaba ohlukeneyo ezempilo, yiyo loo nto iimbotyi, ii-ertyisi kunye nemidumba kufuneka zithathe indawo ebalulekileyo ekutyeni kwethu.
Ukutya iimbotyi zasebusika gcina cholesterol phantsi kolawulo, ii-ertyisi kunye neembotyi ze-lima yimithombo elungileyo ye-fiber enyibilikayo kwaye banesakhono sokunciphisa okubizwa ngokuba yi-cholesterol embi okanye "LDL", Luhlobo luni olunoxanduva lokufumba kwamafutha kwiindonga zemithambo.
Iimbotyi zesoya kunye namantshontsho ziqulathe ii-sterols zezityalo, ezikwiimolekyuli ezinako ukunciphisa i-cholesterol ye-LDL, ngelixa kwangaxeshanye inyusa amanqanaba echolesterol elungileyo okanye "HDL", Ukuthanda ukulingana kwabo kunye nokuthanda ukunciphisa ubunzima njengenani elikhulu lezifo ezihambelanayo, ezifana nesifo senhliziyo umzekelo.