Kutheni Ama-Okinawa Aphumayo Ukuphumla Kwethu?
Usenokuba uqhelanise ne- Blue Zones : indawo ezinhlanu ezikhethiweyo kwihlabathi apho abantu bahlala khona ixesha elide, bephilile kwaye banandipha ubomi. Ngonyaka ka-2004 iNational Geographic Fellow kunye neNew York Times umbhali othengisayo kakhulu u-Dan Buettner ohlangene ne-National Geographic kunye nabanye abaphandi bexesha elide behlabathi ukuba baphawule iindawo zehlabathi apho abantu bahlala khona ubomi obude.
Ngezakhiwo zeBlue
Ezi zihlanu zeBlue Zones zi:
- Isiqithi sase-Itali saseSardinia
- Okinawa, eJapan
- Loma Linda, California
- I-Nicoya Peninsula, inxalenye eyinqanaba laseCosta Rica
- I-Ikaria, isiqithi saseGrisi esikude
Ngophando lwabo, uBuettner kunye noogxa bakhe bafumanisa ukuba abantu abahlala kwiBlue Zones babelana ngezinto ezifanayo zokuphila. Elinye lala maBlue Blue yi-Okinawa, eJapan, eyona nto inkulu kwiiIokinawa Islands kunye neeRyukyu Islands zaseJapan. Ngokukodwa, ama-Okinawa analo:
- abantu abangaphezu kweminyaka eyi-100 ubudala kwi-100,000 yabantu kunabanye abantu emhlabeni.
- amanqanaba okufa aphantsi kunomdlavuza, isifo senhliziyo, kunye nesifo sokubetha, abaphi na ababulali abathathu e-United States.
- ixesha elide lokuphila lobomi besilisa nabesifazane abangaphezu kwama-65; amabhinqa, ngokukodwa, anelungelo elide lokuphila kuwo onke amaqela.
Ziziphi ii-Okinawans ezilungileyo?
Lo ngumbuzo oye wafundiswa ukususela ngowe-1976. Kule minyaka, iindlela zokuphila kunye ne-genetics ezingaphezu kwe-800 ze-Okinawan centenarians zibhalwe kakuhle.
Nazi ezinye zeziphumo ezithandekayo:
- Idata ichanekile. Ingqwalasela enkulu ihlawulwe ukuqinisekiswa kwamabango ase-Okinawan centenarians. Ngenhlanhla uJapan wasungula inkqubo yokugcina irekhoda kunye nenqubomgomo yobalo-mali kwiminyaka ye-1870, ngoko ke iziganeko zokuphila zakwa-Okinawans ezide zikwazi ukuqinisekiswa.
- Bahlala kakuhle. Abahlali baseOkinaina bahlala ixesha elide, kodwa baneminyaka yobudala kakhulu. Abaninzi bama-centenarians bafundiswa bebuthakathaka, banamandla kwaye banamazinga aphantsi okugula okungapheliyo njengesifo senhliziyo kunye nomhlaza.
- Yizo zofuzo. Uphando lubonisa ukuba ukwakheka kofuzo lwe-Okinawans kunceda ekukhuseleni izifo ezivuthayo nezizimele . Abantakwabo base-Okinawa abahlala ixesha elide nabo bahlala ubomi obude, obuphilileyo. Nangona kunjalo, xa ama-Okinawa ahambela kwiindawo ezintsha kunye nendlela yokuziphatha yabo yatshintsha, balahlekelwa lixesha elide. Oku kubonisa ukuba ezinye izinto zidlalwa ngaphandle kwezemfuza.
- Bafumana ama-radicals angaphantsi. I-centenarians yafundwa yayinamazinga aphantsi e- radicals egazini. Oku kubangelwa ukuba i-Okinawans nje idla iikhalori ezimbalwa kunomntu oqhelekileyo ngenxa yesithethe sokutya kuze kube ngu-80 kuphela ekhulwini, eyaziwa njengeHara Hachi Bu . Iikhiloli ezimbalwa zithetha i-radicals ekhethekileyo ekhululekile idalwe kwinkqubo yokutya. Ambalwa ama-radicals amahhala athetha impilo engcono yempilo yengqondo kunye nomngcipheko ongaphantsi komhlaza kunye nezinye izifo ezingapheliyo.
- Intliziyo yabo iimeko ezinzima. Abo bafundiswa babenemibhobho ecocekileyo, enempilo, i-cholesterol ephantsi, kunye namazinga aphantsi ase-homocysteine. Abaphandi bakholelwa ukuba la manqanaba aphantsi, aphilileyo anganciphisa ingozi yesifo senhliziyo kuma-Okinawa ngama- 80 ekhulwini . Izizathu zezi nqanaba eziphantsi zicingelwa ukuba zidibene nokutya okunempilo, amanqanaba aphezulu okwenziwa komzimba, ukusetyenziswa ngokulinganayo kotywala, ukungaboni kakuhle kunye nesimo sengqondo esifanelekileyo.
- Basengozini encinane yokuba nomhlaza. Abantu base-Okinawa banomngcipheko omncinci wee-cancer ezixhomekeke kwi-hormone, njengebele, i-prostate, i-ovarian kunye ne-colon cancer. Ngokukodwa, abanama-80 ekhulwini lomngcipheko wesifo somhlaza kunye nesifo sengculaza, kunye ne-50 ekhulwini lomngcipheko we-ovarian and colon cancer. Abaphandi banomlinganiselo wokunciphisa ubungozi ekudleni amancinci ambalwa, ukutya iziqhamo ezininzi kunye nemifuno, ukutya amafutha enempilo, ukutya ukutya okuninzi kunye nokuhlala usebenza ngamandla.
- Amathambo abo aphilileyo. Abantu base-Okinawa banomngcipheko omncinci wokuqhekeka kwamaqhwa kunamaMerika. Ukuxinwa kwethambo kubantu abaneminyaka eyi-centenariya kunciphisa izinga elincinci kunabanye abantu baseJapan. Oku kungakho ngenxa yokudla okuphezulu kwe-calcium kwisidlo sase-Okinawan, ukutyhila ngakumbi kwi-vitamin D ngokukhanya kwelanga kunye namazinga aphezulu okwenziwa komzimba.
- Abasetyhini bahamba ngokudlulela kwindalo. Abasetyhini base-Okinawa abasebenzisi i-estrogen yonyango yokutshintshwa kodwana kodwa banengxaki emfutshane yokuxhomekeka kwimihla. Kucingelwa ukuba i-phytoestrogens kwi-soy, ukutya okuqhelekileyo kwi-Okinawa, kwakunye namazinga aphezulu okwenza umsebenzi, iyanceda ukunciphisa imiphumo emibi yokwenza umama.
- Unama-hormone amaninzi. Ama-Okinawa anemvelo engaphezulu kwe-DHEA, estrogen, kunye ne-testosterone kunamaMerika aneminyaka efanayo. Ngamanye ama hormone kucatshangelwa ukuba ubonise ubudala be-hormonal . Amanqanaba aphakamileyo e-testosterone anceda ukugcina ubunzima bomzimba. I-Estrogen kucingelwa ukuba ikhusele i-osteoporosis kunye nesifo senhliziyo. I-DHEA iyaziwa ngokunciphisa ngobudala, kwaye abanye abaphandi basebenzisa amazinga e-DHEA njengommakethi wokukhawuleza umntu oguga. Ukutya kunye nokuqhubekayo komzimba kucatshangelwa ukuchaza ukuba kutheni ama hormone ahlala ephakamileyo kuma-Okinawa asebekhulile.
- Bavuya. Xa ubuqu base-Okinawans bavavanywa, kwafunyaniswa ukuba babengabikho ngokukhululeka kwengqondo kwaye bagcinwe ngombono obonakalayo ngobomi. Banobunzima bokuxhatshazwa kunye neengcamango ezinzulu zokomoya, intsingiselo kunye nenjongo. Iinjongo ezintle zi-Okinawa zicatshangelwa ukuba zichaze umngcipheko wabo wokuncipha kwengqondo.
Ngaphantsi
Ama-Okinawans abonisa ukuba ukuphila ngendlela enempilo akusayi kusinceda siphila ixesha elide kodwa kuya kusinceda siphelelwe zizifo. Iinguqulelo zendlela yokuphila ziyakongeza iminyaka enempilo ebomini bakho, okwenza uzive ungcono ngoku kwaye uneminyaka eyi-110. Qalisa ngoku ngokufunda ukutshintsha indlela odla ngayo, sebenzisa ngakumbi kwaye uphumule.
Imithombo:
I-Okinawan Centenarian Study.