Isigaba Sokudla okunomsoco siphenya indima ebalulekile yokudla ekubumbeni impilo yomuntu, inhlalakahle, nokuphila isikhathi eside-ukubeka umsoco osekelwe ezitshalweni phakathi kwendlela ephelele yokuvimbela izifo kanye nokusebenza kahle komzimba. Isuselwa endikimbeni ekhulayo yocwaningo lwezokwelapha kanye nesayensi yezokudla okunomsoco, iqokomisa indlela ukudla okugxile ekudleni okutshalwe ngokuphelele—okunjengomdumba, imifino enamahlamvu, izithelo, okusanhlamvu okuphelele, imbewu, namantongomane—kunganciphisa ingozi yezifo ezingelapheki ezihlanganisa isifo senhliziyo, isifo sikashukela, ukukhuluphala, neminye imidlavuza ethile.
Lesi sigaba siphinde sibhekane nokukhathazeka okujwayelekile kokudla okunomsoco ngokwethula isiqondiso esisekelwe ebufakazini ezakhiweni ezibalulekile ezifana namaprotheni, uvithamini B12, insimbi, i-calcium, nama-acids abalulekile anamafutha. Igcizelela ukubaluleka kokukhetha ukudla okunokulinganisela, okuhlelwe kahle, okubonisa ukuthi ukudla kwe-vegan kungahlangabezana kanjani nezidingo zabantu kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila, kusukela ebuntwaneni kuya ebudaleni obudala, kanye nokusekela ukusebenza okuphezulu kwabantu abakhuthele ngokomzimba.
Ngaphandle kwempilo yomuntu ngamunye, isigaba Sokudla sicubungula imithelela ebanzi yezimiso zokuziphatha nemvelo—ebonisa ukuthi ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni kusinciphisa kanjani isidingo sokuxhashazwa kwezilwane futhi kwehlisa ngokuphawulekayo indawo yethu yemvelo. Ngokukhuthaza imikhuba yokudla enolwazi, nokuqaphela, lesi sigaba sinikeza abantu amandla okwenza izinqumo ezingezona nje ezondla umzimba kodwa ezihambisana nozwelo nokusimama.
I-Vitamin B12 iyisakhi esibalulekile ekugcineni impilo nempilo yonke. Inendima ebalulekile ekukhiqizweni kwamangqamuzana abomvu egazi, ukwakheka kwe-DNA, nokusebenza kahle kwezinzwa. Kodwa-ke, kulabo abalandela ukudla kwe-vegan, ukuthola i-vitamin B12 eyanele kungaba inselele. Njengoba le vithamini ebalulekile itholakala ngokuyinhloko ekudleni okusekelwe ezilwaneni, ama-vegans kufanele aqaphele ukukhetha kwawo kokudla ukuvimbela ukuntula. Ngenhlanhla, ngokuhlela kahle nolwazi, kuyenzeka ukuthi izilwane ezidla inyama zithole amazinga anele kavithamini B12 ngaphandle kokuyekethisa izinkolelo zazo zokuziphatha. Kulesi sihloko, sizocubungula ukubaluleka kwe-vitamin B12, ubungozi bokuntula, futhi sinikeze amathiphu abalulekile kuma-vegans ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ayahlangabezana nezidingo zawo zansuku zonke ze-B12. Sizophinde sixoxe ngemithombo eyahlukene kavithamini B12 ekudleni kwe-vegan kanye nezinganekwane ezivamile ezizungezile ezizungeze ukumuncwa kwayo. Ngolwazi olufanele namasu, ama-vegans angagcina ngokuzethemba…