Ukuthenga nokudla ama-Organic

Isihloko asikwenziwe futhi somile njengoba abanye bekwenza kubonakale

Sekuyisikhathi eside ngicabanga ukuthi unomsoco futhi unomuthi njengomdwebo weVenn. Ukudla kungaba okunomsoco kakhulu, kodwa akusiyo okuphilayo. Ukudla kungaba ngumzimba, kepha akusikho konke okondlekayo. Futhi-ke, ukudla kungaba kokubili; lokho okuhambayo okuvame ukwenzela ukukhetha okulula.

Kodwa kaningi, sinenkinga enzima yokwenza. Okubaluleke kakhulu : okunomsoco noma okuphilayo? Ingabe ukukhiqiza kudinga ukuthi kube yizinto eziphilayo ukuze kube kuhle kithi?

Yini esikwaziyo mayelana nezinzuzo zezempilo eziphilayo kanye / noma izinzuzo zemvelo?

Nakhu ukuthi ozakwabo ochwepheshe bami ku-Initiative Health Initiative bahlele kanjani konke ukukusiza ukwenza okufanayo.

Ukulinganisa Izinketho Zakho

UChristopher Gardner, PhD
Professor of Medicine, eStanford University

Ukuthenga ukwanda kwezinto eziphilayo kudinga ukukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo yezolimo, futhi lokhu cishe kungcono kakhulu emhlabeni. Uma kungcono iplanethi, iplanethi kufanele ibe namandla amakhulu okukhiqiza ukudla okunempilo kithi sonke. Yilokho okuzuzisayo okufanele ukucabangela.

Amanye ama-pluses awaziwayo okudla okuphilayo, noma kunjalo, awacacile. Ingabe ukhetha i-organic ukuze uthole izakhi ezingaphezulu ekudleni kwakho? Ngokuvamile, iphrofayli enezakhi zokudla okufanayo ifana kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ikhule ngokwanele noma ngokujwayelekile.

Ingabe ukhathazekile ngokuchayeka izibulala-zinambuzane? Yebo, ukukhiqizwa kwemvelo kuhilela ukusetshenziswa okuncane kwezidakamizwa, kepha ubufakazi bethu bamanje bezinzuzo zezempilo kulo mkhawulo bukhawulelwe-futhi asiqiniseki ukuthi uphansi kangakanani.

Kuthiwani ngomndeni onzima ukubeka ukudla etafuleni? Ukuthola imifino evamile kubo kubaluleke kakhulu, futhi cishe ngokungekho okungabizi kakhulu kunokuba ukhethe okuphilayo.

Njengoba ubona, ukhetha ukudla okuphilayo kuhilela izinto eziningi. Njengoba uzilinganisa, kufanele uqaphele ukuthi abalimi abancane abancane abalandela imikhuba yezinhlobo zezinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo azikho izinsiza zokuba ziqinisekisiwe eziphilayo; umkhiqizo wabo emakethe yamafama kungenzeka ube nemfanelo efanayo naleyo yamanye amapulazi aqinisekisiwe futhi akhula izinto ezifanayo.

Okokugcina, kukhona ukungabikho komuntu othile "okufunayo" -kuqala okokuqala esigabeni sokukhiqiza emakethe, engatholi lutho olubizwa ngokuthi i-organic, bese uya e-cookie aisle futhi ekhetha okuthile ngoshukela omningi wegazi kanye nofulawa omhlophe owenziwe ngaphakathi uhlu lwesithako (esikhundleni somkhiqizo ovamile).

Kungaba okuzuzisayo ukuthenga izinto eziphilayo. Kodwa ngaphambi kokusebenzisa i- "organic" njengecebo lokuthenga, cabangela imigomo yakho yonke yempilo.

Ukubeka ama-pesticides ku-Perspective

UJoel Kahn, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), i-Wayne State University School of Medicine

Uma ukuphila kwakuhle, singadla ukudla okungcolile nge-pesticide encane ngangokunokwenzeka. Ama-pesticides ahlukaniswe njengama-carcinogens cishe iminyaka engu-25 futhi ahlotshaniswa nezinhlobo ezahlukene zegciwane kwezinye izisebenzi ezithile, nakuba zivezwe kumazinga aphakeme kakhulu kunalokho ezitholakala ekudleni kwethu.

Ukuthi izithelo nemifino yezinto eziphilayo zinezinsalela ezingezansi ze-pesticides eyaziwa kahle. Ngokwesibonelo, abacwaningi base-Australia bafunde izisebenzi zokuvolontiya ezingu-13 ezazidla ukudla okuvamile ngesonto elilodwa kanye nezingaphezu kuka-80 amaphesenti okudla okwenziwe ngesinye isonto. Amazinga e-Urinary of pesticides awela ngamaphesenti angu-89 kuya ku-96% ekudleni okuphilayo.

Kuhlaziywa okuhlukile komndeni wamahlanu eSweden , amazinga omchamo we-pesticides awela ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-90 lapho ukudla komndeni kusuka ekujwayelekile kuya kwezinto eziphilayo, futhi ukwehla kwaba okukhulu kunabantwana.

Kunengqondo ukugwema izibulala-zinambuzane futhi uthenge izinto zokudla eziphilayo lapho kunokwenzeka. Lokho kusho ukuthi, ukwazi ukuthi izithelo nemifino kufanele kube yingxenye yesigamu sesidlo sethu, kufanele yini siwaphule uma ukukhetha okuwukuphela kwemikhiqizo evamile?

Ekuhlaziyweni kwezinzuzo nezindleko zokuthenga izithelo nemifino, kubalwa ukuthi uma ingxenye yabantu baseMelika bedla olunye uketshezi oluvamile lomkhiqizo ngosuku kungase kube nezinye izifo ezingu-10 zomdlavuza kusuka ekuvezweni kwe-pesticide eyengeziwe.

Ehlangothini le-flip kwakukhona amacala angu-19,990 omdlavuza ongase avinjelwe izakhi ezinempilo kulezi zokudla.

Kubonakala sengathi sithole izinzuzo eziningi ezibalulekile zezempilo ngokudla izithelo nemifino ukuthi uma izindleko nokutholakala kwezinketho eziphilayo kungavumelekile, noma yiziphi i-peas, izaqathe, ama-apula kanye nama-plums zingcono kunanoma iyiphi.

Iqiniso Liyinkimbinkimbi

UKathleen Zelman, MPH, RD
Ochwepheshe bokudla

Kunemibono embalwa engalungile okufanele ihlanzwe. Kanti, ukudla okuphilayo akusiwo okunomsoco kunalabo abakhulile ngokujwayelekile. Ukubuyekezwa kwezifundo ezingu-55 azitholanga umehluko emkhakheni wezithelo zezithelo, imifino, okusanhlamvu, ingulube, inkukhu, amaqanda noma ubisi.

Futhi kwabanye abantu bayamangala, abalimi abaphilayo nabajwayelekile bangasebenzisa izibulala-zinambuzane; kukhona ama-antitictic pesticides avunyelwe ukuthi abalimi abaphilayo bayavunyelwa ukusebenzisa ngaphezu kwemvelo. Yiqiniso kuyilapho ukudla okudliwayo kunganciphisa ukutholakala kwezinsalela zemithi ye-pesticide jikelele, izifundo eziningi zibonise ukuthi izinsalela ezinjalo ezikhiqizweni ezijwayelekile ziphakathi kwemingcele evumelekile kakhulu.

Umthamo wenza ubuhlungu. Ukutholakala nje kwezinsalela ze-pesticide ekudleni akusho ukuthi kuyingozi. Imikhiqizo evamile futhi esekhulile ngokuphephile iphephile ukudla.

Ngombono wami, ngisho noma ungakwazi ukukhokhela izindleko ezengeziwe, ukhetha ukudla okuphilayo okukhona ngokujwayelekile okukhulile kuyisinqumo somuntu siqu. Ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-94 aseMelika ahluleka ukuhlangana nezincomo zokudla izithelo nemifino emihlanu noma ngaphezulu nsuku zonke, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba udle okungaphezulu kwalokhu okudla okunomsoco omkhulu kunokukhathazeka ngokuthi zikhiqizwa kanjani.