A cikin ‘yan shekarun nan, azumi ya zama sabon abin da masana kimiyya suka fi so, an nuna cewa azumi yana rage kiba da kuma tsawaita rayuwar dabbobi, hasali ma, yawan bincike ya nuna cewa azumi yana da fa’idojin kiwon lafiya da yawa, da inganta lafiyar jiki, da yin rigakafi ko jinkirta cututtukan da ke zuwa tare da tsufa, da ma rage saurin ci gaban ciwace-ciwace.
An nuna azumi na wucin gadi, kamar ?untatawa na caloric, don tsawaita tsawon rayuwa da lafiyar lafiyar dabbobin samfur irin su yisti, nematodes, kwari na 'ya'yan itace, da mice.