Kuyini uHodiadia Gordonii?
I-Hoodia (ebizwa ngokuthi i-HOO-dee-ah) isitshalo esifana nesicacus esakhula ngokuyinhloko ezindaweni ezizungezile zaseNingizimu Afrika, eBotswana, eNamibia nase-Angola.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, i-hoodia isetshenziswe kakhulu ekuthengiseni isisindo futhi isiye saziwa kakhulu.
Nakuba kuye kwaba khona isidingo sokudla amaphilisi, ngemuva kokuvinjelwa komuthi we-ephedra, imakethe yayivuthiwe ikakhulukazi iphilisi entsha yokudla.
Iningi lezintandokazi ze-hoodia livela ekutheni amaSan Bushmen enkangala yaseKalahari axhomeke kuma-hoodia ngezinkulungwane zeminyaka ukuze agweme ukulambela nokulala ngesikhathi eside ukuzingela. Kuthiwa kuthiwa baqede lesi sitshalo badla isitshalo esinambithekayo.
I-Hoodia gordonii ikhula ekuhlanganiseni kweziqu eziqondile ezihlaza. Nakuba ngokuvamile ibizwa ngokuthi i-cactus ngoba ifana neyodwa, i-hoodia empeleni isitshalo esimnandi.
Kuthatha cishe iminyaka emihlanu ngaphambi kokuba izimbali ezibomvu ze-hoodia gordonii zivele futhi isitshalo singavuna.
Kunezinhlobo ezingu-13 zama-hoodia. Isithako esisodwa esikhuthele esibonwe kuze kube manje yi-steroidal glycoside ebizwa ngokuthi "p57". Okwamanje, kucatshangwa ukuthi i-hoodia gordonii kuphela iqukethe i-p57.
Uyini uMlando kaHodiadia Gordonii?
Ngo-1937, isazi sezwe saseDutch esasifunda iSan Bushmen sathi sasebenzisa i-hoodia gordonii ukuvimbela ukudla. Ngo-1963, ososayensi eMkhandlwini weScientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), laboratory kazwelonke yaseNingizimu Afrika, baqala ukufunda i-hoodia.
Bathi izilwane zelabhu zalahlekelwa isisindo ngemuva kokuthi zinikezwe i-hoodia gordonii.
Abasosayensi baseNingizimu Afrika, basebenzisana nenkampani yaseBrithani okuthiwa i-Phytopharm, behlukanisa lokho ababekholelwa ukuthi kuyisithako esisebenzayo ku-hoodia gordonii, i-steroidal glycoside, ebizwa ngokuthi i-p57. Ngemva kokuthola i-patent ngo-1995, balayisenisa i-p57 ku-Phytopharm.
I-Phytopharm isetshenzisiwe okungaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-20 ngokucwaninga kwe-hoodia.
Ekugcineni, uPfizer omkhulu wezokwelapha ufunde nge-hoodia futhi wabonisa isithakazelo ekwakheni izidakamizwa ze-hoodia. Ngonyaka we-1998, i-Phytopharm yanikezela amalayisensi amalungelo okuthuthukisa i-p57 kuya ku-Pfizer ngamadola ayizigidi ezingu-21. U-Pfizer ubuyele amalungelo ku-hoodia ku-Phytopharm, manje esebenza no-Unilever.
Iningi le-hydia mayelana ne-hoodia laqala ngemuva komaminithi angu-60 uLeslie Stahl kanye nabasebenzi bahamba baya e-Afrika ukuzama i-hoodia. Baqashile uBushman wendawo ukuba ahambe nabo ehlane futhi alandele amanye ama-hoodia. U-Stahl wayidla, echaza ngokuthi "i-cucumbery ekuthungeni, kodwa akubi." Ubike ukuthi ulahlekelwe isifiso sokudla noma ukuphuza usuku lonke. Uphinde wathi akazange abe nemiphumela emibi ngokushesha, njenge-indigestion noma i-palpitations yenhliziyo.
Uphi u-Hoodia Gordonii Otholiwe?
I-Hoodia gordonii ithengiswa nge-capsule, powder, liquid, noma ifomu lesitolo ezitolo zokudla ezempilo naku-intanethi. I-Hoodia ibuye itholakale ku- pilms yokudla ethandwa kakhulu.
UHodia Gordonii Usebenza Kanjani?
Naphezu kokuthandwa kwayo, azikho izilingo ezilawulwa ngokungahleliwe ezilawulwa ngabantu okubonisa ukuthi i-hoodia iphephile noma isebenza ngendlela ephilile.
Ucwaningo olwanyatheliswa encwadini ka-September 2004 ye- Brain Research ithole ukuthi ukujova kwe-p57 kwisikhungo sokudla kwesibalo sesilwane kubangele amazinga aguquliwe we-ATP, i-molecule yamandla engathinta indlala.
Izilwane ezithola amaphilisi e-P57 nazo zidle kancane kunamakhofu athole ama-placebo injection. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kwakuyisifundo sezilwane kanye namajojo ebuchosheni abuhlukile ekusetshenzisweni komlomo, ngakho ngeke isetshenziselwe ukukhombisa ukuthi i-hoodia yomlomo ingakwazi ukuvimbela ukudla kubantu.
Umkhiqizi uPhytopharm ucacisa ukuhlolwa komtholampilo okubandakanya amavolontiya angu-18 athola ukusetshenziswa kwe-hoodia anciphisa ukudla okudliwa ngama-khalori angu-1000 ngosuku ngokuqhathaniswa neqembu le-placebo. Nakuba okuthakazelisayo, isifundo asikashicilelwanga noma senziwa ngaphansi kwenqubo yokubukeza kontanga, ngakho izinga le-study alinakuhlolwa.
Amapulangwe
Kunemiphumela emibi engaba khona ye-hoodia okufanele uyiqaphele.
Izindleko azange zihlolwe ukuphepha futhi ngenxa yokuthi izithako zokudla ngokuvamile azihambisani nomthetho, okuqukethwe kwemikhiqizo ethile kungase kuhluke kulokho okushiwo kwilebula lomkhiqizo. Futhi, khumbula ukuthi ukuphepha kwezidakamizwa kwabesifazane abakhulelwe, omama abahlengikazi, izingane, nalabo abanezimo zezokwelapha noma abaphuza imishanguzo ayisungulwa. Uma ucabangela ukusebenzisa i-hoodia, khuluma nomhlinzeki wakho wokunakekela oyinhloko kuqala. Ukwelapha isimo futhi ukugwema noma ukubambezela ukunakekelwa okujwayelekile kungaba nemiphumela emibi.
Kukhona imibiko ejwayelekile yemikhiqizo yekhofi yama-hoodia. UMike Adams wezindaba ze-News Target, ulinganisela ukuthi imikhiqizo engu-80% ye-hoodia ingcolile noma iyinkohlakalo. Akunakwenzeka ukwazi ukuthi umkhiqizo we-hoodia uqukethe i-hoodia ehlanzekile nesithako esisebenzayo ngaphandle kokuthi sihlolwe yi-laboratory emele.
Abantu ababuka izikhombisi zabathengi bama-hoodia, izilinganiso ze-hoodia, kanye nokuqhathanisa kwe-hoodia ku-intanethi kufanele baqaphe kakhulu. Iningi lala masayithi lidalwe ngasese yizinkampani ezithengisa i-hoodia. Bachaza ukuthi kungani ama-hoodia eminye imikhiqizo engaphansi, nakuba kungekho mibiko eshicilelwe ebonisa ukuthi omunye usebenza kahle.
U-Hoodia uhamba ngamagama athi xhooba,! Khoba, Ghaap, hoodia cactus, nase-South African desert cactus.
Imithombo
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"Hoodia: ulahlekelwe isisindo ngaphandle kokuzwa ulambile?" Imibiko yabathengi. (2006) 71 (3): 49.
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Adams, Mike. "Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Hoodia: Ukulingana kwamaphesenti kufikela amaphesenti angu-80, kodwa ama-hoodia angempela asekhona." I-Target News. 28 Agasti 2006.
Ukuziphendulela: Ulwazi oluqukethwe kule sayithi luhloswe ngezinjongo zemfundo kuphela futhi aluthathi iseluleko, ukuxilongwa noma ukwelashwa ngudokotela olayisensi. Akuhloselwe ukumboza zonke izinyathelo zokuqapha, ukusebenzisana kwezidakamizwa, izimo noma imiphumela emibi. Kufanele ufune ukunakekelwa okusheshayo kwezokwelapha kunoma yiziphi izinkinga zezempilo bese uthintana nodokotela wakho ngaphambi kokusebenzisa enye imithi noma wenze ushintsho ohlelweni lwakho.