Ucwaningo olukhulu lwama-multivitamin lubonisa ukuthi kubantu abanomsoco omuhle, awasho lutho. Lezi akuzona izindaba ezinhle embonini ebiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-30 ngonyaka.
Izihloko zesayensi zakamuva ezishicilelwe ku-Annals of Internal Medicine zenza kucace ukuthi uma ungakaze umbone udokotela othole ukuntula kwe-micronutrient, ukuthatha amavithamini engeziwe ngeke kuthinte impilo yakho. Eqinisweni, asikho isizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi amavithamini avimbela noma anciphisa izifo ezingapheli zanoma yiluphi uhlobo. Eqenjini leminyaka yobudala engama-65, amavithamini amaningi awazange avimbele ukulahlekelwa inkumbulo noma okunye ukuwohloka kokusebenza kobuchopho, futhi olunye ucwaningo lwabantu abangu-400000 alutholanga ukuthuthukiswa kwezempilo ngamavithamini amaningi.
Okubi nakakhulu, manje sekucatshangwa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile kwe-beta-carotene, amavithamini A no-E kungaba yingozi.
Lokhu okutholakele akukusha ngempela: kube nezifundo ezifanayo ngaphambili futhi izinzuzo zama-multivitamin zitholakale ziphansi kakhulu noma azikho, kodwa lezi zifundo bezinkulu kakhulu. Iqiniso liwukuthi lezi zinto zidingeka ngempela empilweni, kodwa izidlo eziningi zanamuhla zihlanganisa okwanele, ngakho imithombo eyengeziwe ayidingeki. Ukwengeza, uma ukudla kubi kakhulu kangangokuthi kufanele uthathe izithasiselo, imiphumela emibi engase ibe khona yalokho kudla izozidlula kude izinzuzo zokuthatha amavithamini.
Lezi yizindaba ezinkulu uma ucabanga ukuthi ingxenye yabantu abadala base-US idla izithasiselo nsuku zonke.
Ngakho, amavithamini ayinalutho ngokuphelele? Empeleni, cha.
Abantu abaningi bahlushwa yizifo zesikhathi eside lapho bekwazi ukudla ukudla okuncane kuphela okuthambile. Ezimweni ezinjalo, ama-multivitamin abalulekile. Amavithamini angasiza nalabo abangajwayele ukudla izithelo nemifino eminingi, kodwa ezinye izinkinga zempilo zingenzeka ngokudla okunjalo. Izingane ezidlayo zingazuza ezithasiselweni zamavithamini, kodwa abazali kudingeka bathole indlela yokulungisa lelo veni.
Elinye iqembu yizaguga, okuthi ngenxa yobunzima bokuya esitolo noma ukukhohlwa, zidle zingalingani. I-Vitamin B-12 ibalulekile kuma-vegans kanye nemifino eminingi ngoba itholakala kuphela emikhiqizweni yezilwane futhi ibalulekile egazini kanye namangqamuzana ezinzwa. Izithako ze-ayoni zibalulekile kulabo abane-anemia, futhi ukudla okusanhlamvu okusanhlamvu nenyama nakho kungasiza. I-Vitamin D ibalulekile uma lingekho ithuba lokuba selangeni imizuzu eminingana ngosuku, kanye nezingane ezinceliswa ubisi lwebele kuphela.
Kubalulekile futhi ukuthi abesifazane abakhulelwe baphuze amavithamini njengoba ekhuthaza ukukhula kusenesikhathi. Nakuba ukudla okulinganiselayo kusadinga ukulandelwa. Ezigabeni zokuqala zokukhulelwa, i-folic acid ibaluleke kakhulu ngoba ingavimbela izifo ezithile.
Ama-multivitamin awasizi ngalutho ngokuphelele, kodwa namuhla asetshenziswa ngamanani angadingeki nje ukuze kuzuze abakunikezayo.