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.
Imikhiqizo yobisi ibilokhu iyisisekelo ekudleni emhlabeni wonke, ithandwa ukunambitheka kwayo kanye nenani lokudla okunempilo. Kodwa-ke, ubufakazi obukhulayo bukhombisa ukuthi ukuzibandakanya obisini, ushizi, nezinye izintandokazi zobisi kungafika nezingozi zempilo ezifihliwe. Ucwaningo luxhumeke ukusetshenziswa kobisi ezifweni ezingamahlalakhona njengesifo senhliziyo, uhlobo lwesifo sikashukela, kanye nomdlavuza othile ngenxa yokuqukethwe kwamafutha agcwele amafutha namazinga e-hormone. Le ndatshana ivimba isayensi ngemuva kwale nhlangano, izifundo ezibalulekile ezingozini zokudla zobisi, futhi zihlola ezinye izindlela ezisuselwa kwizitshalo ezingasekela impilo yakho ngaphandle kokuyekethisa