Isihloko esilandelayo se- New York Times sibikezela isiphetho esibi sabahlanganyeli ku- The Biggest Loser ngemuva kokukhanya kwebala, ama-cameras we-TV ahamba ngesivinini, futhi isikhathi esithile sihamba. Babuyisela isisindo. Ezinye zazo, iningi lazo, konke, noma konke okunye nokunye.
Okushiwo yi- New York Times , akumangalisi ukuthi thina esisebenze ngokuqondile neziguli ezinamandla kakhulu eminyakeni edlule, ukuthi ukuhluleka kubangelwa abahlanganyeli bokubonisa.
Labo abahlala kulezi zinhlanzi bazi konke ukuthi nakuba kunzima, ukulahlekelwa isisindo akuvamile ukuba nenkinga yokulinganisa. Ukugcina ukulahleka kwesisindo lapho imizamo eminingi iwa khona.
Lesi sihloko sichaza umsebenzi kaKevin Hall, umcwaningi we-NIH kanye nesazi esiholela ekutheni kube namandla okulinganisela amandla. Umsebenzi kaDkt. Hall on energy balance kuye kwacaca lokhu ngaphambilini, futhi umsebenzi omusha ngokusobala ukukhanya ukukhanyisa. Lokho okubonisayo, empeleni, ukuthi ukulandelana kokukhuluphala okunzima okulandelwa ukulahleka kwesisindo esilula kwenza kutholakale ukuzivikela komzimba ngokumelene nendlala, okungukuthi, empeleni, lokho okuhlangenwe nakho. I-metabolism iyancipha, ukusebenza kahle kwamandla kagesi kuyathuthukiswa. Emkhatsini wokuzimela kwe-Stone Age, lezi zimpendulo eziguquguqukayo kakhulu, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi silapha namhlanje kuphela ngenxa yokuthi okhokho bethu babenabo. Esimweni sokudla okungenamsoco okulutha ngokuzithandela kanye nokutholakala kwayo ngokukhululekile, kuyinkinga yokulwa nomzimba.
Ingxenye eyamukelekile kakhulu kulendzaba, futhi ukunakekelwa kwephrofayili ephakeme ngale ndaba, kungukuthi kungabanika usizo "izisulu," kuboniswe ngamacaphuno ahlanganiswe kulo lonke lesi sihloko. Umphakathi wethu unomkhuba wokuhlambalaza ukusola izisulu zalesi sifo sokukhuluphala esiye sazenza, ikakhulukazi ngenzuzo.
Kuleso simo, isisindo sokubuya ngemva kokulahlekelwa ngalezo zintuthuko kumele uzizwe njengokwehluleka okuyihlazo. Umsebenzi kaDkt. Hall, futhi ukunaka lokhu, khuluma ngokucacile: akuyona iphutha lakho ! Lo myalezo obalulekile ukuthi abahlanganyeli kanye nababukeli kufanele bazwe ngokufanayo.
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Ngicabanga ukuthi i- Times ayinaki into ebalulekile. Ukukhuluphala ngokweqile kungacishe kube njalo, futhi kufanele kube njalo, kuvinjelwe kuqala. Uma ngabe i-ounce yokuvimbela yayingakudingeka amakhilogremu amaningi okuphulukisa, lesi yisikhathi.
Abahlanganyeli ku- The Biggest Loser banesisindo esikhulu. Ukukhuluphala ngokweqile yingxenye esheshayo yokushayisana kwesimanje. Isibonisi se-TV singenza umdlalo webubukeli inkinga isiko lethu lishaya, kodwa alikwazi ukulungisa.
Kungani? Ngoba emasikweni ethu, ukudla ngokweqile kuhloswe ngokuzithandela ukuba kube yizo zonke izinhloso nezinhloso, umlutha. Ngenxa yokuthi emphakathini ozenza ukuthi ushukela, emva kokusika ama-carbs, ngemva kokusika amafutha , ubufakazi obuningi obukhona bubonisa ukuthi asikaze sinqume noma yini. Sasilokhu sinezela ama-calories amaningi kusuka ezinhlobonhlobo ezintsha zokudla okungenamsoco ekusebenziseni ukulungiswa kwesimiso samanje. Ngenxa yokuthi silila ukusabalala kokukhuluphala kanye nezinkinga zayo ezivame ukwenzeka, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni, kodwa ngokuqhubekayo ukuqhubeka nokuthengisa izimakethe eziningi zemvelo njengengxenye yokudla kwasekuseni okuphelele.
Sihamba nge-soda njengomthombo wenjabulo, kunokuthi sikashukela. Senza sengathi izithelo zinezithelo zithinta izithelo. Sithengisa ama-pizza amakhulu kakhulu, noshizi ohlala njalo ezindaweni eziningi, nakuma-burgers akhudlwana, ane-bacon engaphezulu.
Masingabambi amagama lapha: ukukhuluphala ngokweqile ibhizinisi elikhulu, futhi amabhizinisi amaningi adla kuwo. Zihlanganisa, kodwa azikhawulelwanga, Ukudla Okukhulu okuzuzisa ngokubangela inkinga; I-Big Pharma, ezuza ngokuphatha le nkinga; I-Big Tech, ezuzisa kokubili ukudala nokulwa nenkinga; kanye ne-Big Media / Ukushicilela, okuzuzisa ngokusitshela ngale nkinga ngokwemvelo: usisicasulayo uma ukhululekile futhi usiduduza uma uhlupheka.
Siyazi ukuthi ukukhuluphala kungavinjelwa, ngoba iningi lomlando lilivimbele. Sibonile umlando ngokusheshisa okusheshayo ezindaweni ezifana neChina, lapho ukukhuluphala kwakungavamile khona kuze kube yilapho sekudlule iminyaka edlule, futhi kuphazamisa ukutholwa kwemikhuba yamasiko esiyikwazi kakhulu ukuthumela. Amasiko ahloniphekile, afana nalawo e-Blue Zones, avikela kokubili isisindo sempilo nesisempilo, kodwa futhi alahlekelwe phansi, nokulahlekelwa phansi kokungapheli kwe-Big Food, ne-Big Soda.
Umsebenzi kaDkt. Hall, futhi unakekele yiNew York Times , uzoba ithuba elihlehlisiwe uma sivuma ukuthi ukukholelwa ukuthi lokho kuhloswe kunomkhawulo kumzimba wezemvelo, njengoba siqhubeka sisebenza kwi-junk engenenzuzo. Ukuzivikela kwamandla okulwa nokulwa nendlala kuyafana nalokho okwake kwaba khona. Njengoba sizama ukuwaqonda kangcono, akufanele sikudelele isiko samanje, esisizungezile, esilingana nalutho emlandweni wethu wangaphambili futhi ohlukumeza ukukhubazeka komdabu wethu ngenzuzo njengendabuko.
UDkt. David L. Katz ungumbhali wezifo eziyisifo kanye nomsunguli we-True Health Initiative