Uvuyo kwiSondlo esiNgcono
Thatha uhambo kunye nam kuyo nayiphi na imeko ephakathi yelizwe ukuze ungcamle ukutya endikuthandayo ndisakhula. Nantoni na enzulu, egcwele inyama, i-gravy-slathered, i-cheese-covered, i-carb-loaded, i-sugar-coated-ubiza igama, ndiya kuyidla. Ukutya okunesondlo kwakudla ngokuthetha ukuba nesiqhamo esinye okanye imifuno engenziwanga sonka okanye eqhotsiweyo, mhlawumbi ngetoti. Ngenxa yokuba ndakhiwe kancinci kwindlela yokubaleka nokunqumla ilizwe, ndandiluhlobo lolutsha olwalubuzwa ngabantu ukuba ndilubeka phi na okanye ndinomlenze ovulekileyo. Ndithethelele ukutya okufanayo kwiminyaka yam yokuqala yobudala ngokuthi "ndiya kuyiyeka kamva."
Noko ke, njengoko ndandisondela kwiminyaka ephakathi, ndaphawula ukuba ii<em>calories kwakunzima ukuzibaleka. Ukukhulisa intsapho yam nokuba nomsebenzi ongenzi nto kwakuthetha ixesha elincinane lokwenza umthambo. Ndafumanisa ukuba andisaziva kamnandi ngokutya ukutya okunzima nokuhlala ixesha elide. Zimbini izinto ezandikhuthaza ukuba nditshintshe indlela enditya ngayo: 1. Umfazi wam wayesoloko endifundisa ukutya okusempilweni, yaye 2. Ugqirha wam waqalisa ukundixelela ngeengozi zempilo, njengesifo sentliziyo nesifo seswekile, xa ndandisiya kuxilongwa.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ndiye ndadibana nengcali yezondlo ngenxa yeziphumo ezithile malunga nomsebenzi wam wegazi. Wandinika ukutya okuziindleko, ephelisa inyama, ingqolowa, nombona waza wanciphisa ubisi. Ingcinga yayikukuba ndandisilayisha kakhulu isibindi sam ngokutya kwam, kwaye kwakufuneka ndisinike ikhefu. Andiyi kuxoka; bekungelula ekuqaleni. Ndamtsalela umnxeba emva kweveki, ndimcenga ukuba aphumle ngandlel’ ithile, kodwa wasabela nje ngeziqhamo ezongezelelekileyo nemifuno endandinokuyitya. Wathi andinakukwazi ukuphelisa imikhwa yokungatyi kakuhle kangangeminyaka. Sekunjalo, wayendikhuthaza, endikhuthaza ukuba ndicinge ngendlela endandiya kuba mnandi ngayo xa umzimba wam uqhelana noku kutya kunesondlo.
Ekuhambeni kwexesha, ndaziva ndibhetele koku kutya, nangona ndandidla ngokulamba ixesha elininzi. Ugqirha wam wezondlo wathi kulungile, ukuba ndingatya ngakumbi kuba ndandingahluthi ngeekhalori ezingenanto. Ndade ndafumanisa nokutya endingazange ndikuzame, okufana nezitya zaseMeditera. Nangona ndandingatsho ukuba ndonwabele yonke imzuzu, ndenze iinyanga ezimbini koko kutya. Kwisalathiso sezondlo, ndongeze okunye ukutya ngokumodareyitha ngelixa ndigcina ukutya okunempilo kumbindi wokutya kwam.
Umphumo waba ngumsebenzi ongcono wegazi kunye nokuxilongwa okuphuculweyo nogqirha wam. Ndehla emzimbeni, ndaza ndaziva ndibhetele kunokuba ndandinjalo iminyaka. Kungekudala emva koko, ndabaleka ugqatso lwe-10K nomlamu wam, ohlala ekhuphisana kugqatso lwetriathlon—yaye ndambetha! Yandenza ndazibuza ukuba ndingabaleka kangakanani na, ndibambisa umzimba wam ngokutya okusempilweni endaweni yokusebenzisa ukubaleka njengesizathu sokutya nantoni na endiyifunayo. Yaye ngubani owaziyo ukuba zeziphi iingozi zempilo endinokuziphepha ngokutya ngendlela efanelekileyo?
Ukuba uqhele ukutya okungenampilo njengam, ingcali yezondlo inokukunceda wenze ukhetho olungcono lokutya. I-US Food and Drug Administration iqaphela uMatshi njenge INyanga yeSondlo kuZwelonke, inika izixhobo ezininzi zokukunceda wenze ukhetho olunolwazi ngakumbi. IAkhademi yeZondlo kunye neDietetics inokukunceda ufumane ingcali yezondlo okanye ubuze ugqirha wakho okanye isebe lezempilo lengingqi. Ezinye izicwangciso zeinshorensi yezempilo zihlawulela iindleko zesondlo kwabo bajongwa njengezondlo ezisengozini. Ngokusebenzisa i “Ukutya Liyeza” ukunyakaza, okukhuthazwa yi-Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), ababoneleli bezempilo, kunye nemibutho engenzi nzuzo, kuquka i-Colorado Access, inika ukutya okulungiselelwe ngonyango kulabo abasengozini kakhulu.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukutya kwi-state fair kunokonwabela isiganeko esikhethekileyo, kodwa kungekhona ukutya okuzinzileyo. Okunye ukutya okuninzi okunesondlo kuya kukunceda uhlale usempilweni kwaye uzive ungcono. Ngamanye amaxesha, yonke into oyifunayo yimibono emitsha yokutya kunye ne-cheerleader yesondlo ukukukhupha kwimikhwa yakho engafanelekanga kunye nendlela yokuphila engcono yokutya okunempilo.
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