Lesi sigaba siphenya izinga lomuntu lokuxhashazwa kwezilwane—indlela thina njengabantu ngabanye nemiphakathi esithethelela ngayo, esisekela, noma esimelana ngayo nezinhlelo zonya. Kusukela kumasiko amasiko nokuncika kwezomnotho kuye empilweni yomphakathi nezinkolelo zomoya, ubudlelwano bethu nezilwane bubonisa izindinganiso esiziphethe kanye nezakhiwo zamandla esihlala kuzo. Ingxenye ethi “Abantu” ihlola lokhu kuxhumana, iveze ukuthi inhlalakahle yethu ixhumene ngokujule kangakanani nezimpilo esizibusayo.
Sihlola ukuthi ukudla okusindayo kwenyama, ukulima kwezimboni, nochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa komhlaba wonke kulimaza kanjani ukondliwa kwabantu, impilo yengqondo, kanye nomnotho wendawo. Izinkinga zempilo yomphakathi, ukungavikeleki kokudla, nokuwohloka kwemvelo akuzona izehlakalo ezingazodwa—kuyizimpawu zesimiso esingenakubekezelelwa esibeka phambili inzuzo phezu kwabantu neplanethi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lesi sigaba sigqamisa ithemba noguquko: imindeni yezilwane ezidla inyama, abasubathi, imiphakathi, nezishoshovu ezicabanga kabusha ubudlelwano babantu nesilwane futhi zakha izindlela zokuphila eziqinile nezinozwela.
Ngokubhekana nezimiso zokuziphatha, amasiko, kanye nemithelela engokoqobo yokusetshenziswa kwezilwane, nathi sibhekana nathi. Hlobo luni lomphakathi esifuna ukuba yingxenye yalo? Izinqumo zethu zibonisa noma zikhaphela kanjani izindinganiso zethu? Indlela eya ebulungisa—ezilwaneni nakubantu—iyafana. Ngokuqwashisa, uzwela, kanye nesenzo, singaqala ukulungisa ukunqanyulwa obhebhethekisa ukuhlupheka okungaka, futhi siye ekusaseni elinobulungisa neliqhubekayo.
I-calcium iyiminerali ebalulekile edlala indima ebalulekile ekugcineni impilo yamathambo. Kuyaziwa ukuthi imikhiqizo yobisi, njengobisi noshizi, iyimithombo ecebile ye-calcium. Kodwa-ke, njengoba abantu abaningi besebenzisa ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni ngenxa yezizathu ezihlukahlukene, kunokukhathazeka okukhulayo mayelana nokuthi lezi zidlo zinganikeza i-calcium eyanele ukuze ube nempilo enhle yamathambo. Lesi sihloko sivuse impikiswano phakathi kochwepheshe bezempilo, abanye bephikisana ngokuthi ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni kungase kungahlinzeki nge-calcium eyanele, kuyilapho abanye bakholelwa ukuthi ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni okuhleliwe kahle kungahlangabezana nokudla okunconyiwe kwansuku zonke kwe-calcium. Inhloso yalesi sihloko ukuhlola ubufakazi obuphathelene nokudla kwe-calcium nempilo yamathambo ngokuphathelene nokudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni. Ngokuhlola ucwaningo lwamanje kanye nemibono yochwepheshe, sihlose ukuphendula umbuzo: ingabe ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni kunganikeza i-calcium eyanele ukuze ube nempilo enhle yamathambo? Njengoba singena kulesi sihloko, kubalulekile ukugcina…