Inkulumompikiswano mayelana nezinzuzo zokudla imifino isinesikhathi eside iqhubeka, futhi ngokuqinisekile izoqhubeka naphezu kwalolu cwaningo. Mhlawumbe abantu baphendukela kuma-omnivores ukuze bagweme ingozi yokungondleki? Noma ingabe ukudla imifino kuwukukhetha okunempilo nokuziphatha okuhle?
Nansi idatha ehlaba umxhwele kakhulu evela ocwaningweni lwabadla imifino oyedwa eminyakeni engama-1 olwenziwa yi-German Cancer Research Center. Imiphumela yocwaningo eshaqisayo: amadoda adla imifino anciphisa ingozi yokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngama-904%! Abesifazane abadla imifino banciphisa ukufa ngo-21%. Ucwaningo lwesikhathi eside lwaluhlanganisa imifino engama-50 (engazange idle imikhiqizo yezilwane) kanye nabadla imifino engama-30 (abadla amaqanda nobisi, kodwa hhayi inyama).
Abanye bachazwa njengabadla imifino “abalinganiselayo” ababedla inhlanzi noma inyama ngezikhathi ezithile. Impilo yalaba ababambiqhaza bocwaningo yaqhathaniswa nesilinganiso sempilo yabantu baseJalimane. Ukuphila okude akuhlotshaniswa kuphela nokungabikho kwenyama ekudleni. Njengoba imiphumela yocwaningo ibonisile, izibalo zabadla imifino abalinganiselayo azihlukani kakhulu nalezo zabadla imifino abaqinile. Isiphetho siziphakamisa ukuthi hhayi imifino ngokwayo, kodwa isithakazelo esijwayelekile endleleni yokuphila enempilo iholela emiphumeleni ephawulekayo enjalo. Kodwa ososayensi bathi abantu abaningi abadla imifino abayinaki kakhulu impilo yabo nendlela yabo yokuphila, kodwa benza ukukhetha kwabo ngokuvumelana nokudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni okusekelwe ekucabangeleni izimiso zokuziphatha, ukukhathazeka kwendawo ezungezile, noma nje ukunambitheka komuntu siqu. Ingabe abantu abadla imifino abawutholi umsoco abawudingayo? Ucwaningo olwenziwa ososayensi eNyuvesi yaseVienna luthole ukuthi ukudliwa kwamavithamini A no-C, i-folic acid, i-fibre namafutha angagcwalisiwe kubantu abadla imifino kungaphezu kwamazinga ajwayelekile. Nokho, kungase kube khona ukuntuleka kwevithamini B12, i-calcium ne-vitamin D ekudleni kwemifino. Ngokumangalisayo, nokho, ababambiqhaza bocwaningo abazange baphathwe yizifo ezifana ne-osteoporosis, evame ukuhlotshaniswa nokungatholi ngokwanele kwala ma-micronutrients.