Hiki i ka ʻiʻo rapeti ke hoʻoikaika i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū a kōkua i ka ʻai ʻana. ʻO ka ʻiʻo rabbit a me nā ʻīlio ʻīlio i hana ʻia e kā mākou hui he ʻano protein kiʻekiʻe a hiki ke hoʻokō i nā pono meaʻai o nā ʻīlio. He ʻokoʻa ka ʻiʻo rapeti me nā ʻiʻo holoholona ʻē aʻe. ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka protein o ka ʻiʻo rabbit ma mua o ka pipi, ʻiʻo ʻiʻo, moa a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe a me ka ʻiʻo moa. Pono ka protein no nā ʻiʻo, nā iwi, nā aʻalolo, a me nā ʻiʻo ʻili, no laila he mea maikaʻi loa nā mea protein kiʻekiʻe i ke kanaka a me nā ʻīlio. Hiki i nā ʻiʻo ʻiʻo rabbit ke hoʻoikaika i ka pale ʻana o ka ʻīlio, pale i nā maʻi ʻili, waiwai i ka lecithin, e hoʻomālamalama i ka ʻaʻahu o ka ʻīlio a ʻaʻole e hoʻomake i ka ʻīlio. ʻAi pinepine nā ʻīlio i ka ʻiʻo rabbit hiki ke pale pono i ka waiho ʻana o nā mea ʻino, hoʻonui i ka pale ʻana o ka ʻīlio, a hoʻoikaika i ka ʻīlio a ola.
