Ngokwe-World Health Organization (WHO), abesifazane baseJapane baphila isikhathi eside kunawo wonke emhlabeni, okuyisilinganiso seminyaka engu-87. Mayelana neminyaka yokuphila kwabesilisa, iJapan isendaweni eyishumi ephezulu emhlabeni, idlula i-US ne-UK. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngemva kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, iminyaka yokuphila eJapane yayingesinye seziphansi kakhulu.
Ukudla
Ngokuqinisekile, ukudla kwamaJapane kunempilo kakhulu kunalokho okudlayo abaseNtshonalanga. Ake sibhekisise:
Yebo, iJapane akulona izwe elidla imifino. Nokho, azidli inyama ebomvu eningi lapha njengoba zidla kwezinye izingxenye eziningi zomhlaba. Inyama iqukethe i-cholesterol eningi kunenhlanzi, okuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ibangele isifo senhliziyo, ibangele isifo senhliziyo, njalonjalo. Ubisi oluncane, ibhotela nobisi ngokujwayelekile. Iningi labantu baseJapane alikwazi ukubekezelela i-lactose. Eqinisweni, umzimba womuntu awuklanyelwe ukudla ubisi lapho usumdala. AmaJapane, uma ephuza ubisi, ke kuyaqabukela, ngaleyo ndlela azivikele komunye umthombo we-cholesterol.
Ilayisi liwukudla okunomsoco, okunamafutha amancane okudliwa cishe nanoma yini eJapane. Ukhula lwasolwandle olubalulekile lucebile nge-iodine nezinye izakhamzimba okunzima ukuzithola ngobuningi obunjalo kokunye ukudla. Futhi ekugcineni, itiye. AmaJapane aphuza itiye eliningi! Yiqiniso, konke kuhle ngokulinganisela. Amatiye aluhlaza kanye ne-oolong agcwele ama-antioxidants futhi asiza ekuqhekekeni kwamafutha ohlelweni lokugaya ukudla, asekela impilo yamathumbu.
Futhi nali iqhinga: amapuleti amancane asenza sidle izingxenye ezincane. Sekwenziwe ucwaningo oluningi mayelana nobudlelwano phakathi kobukhulu bezitsha nokuthi umuntu udla kangakanani. AmaJapane avame ukunikeza ukudla ezitsheni ezincane ukuze angadli kakhulu.
NgokukaGreg O'Neill, umqondisi we-US National Academy of Aging, amaJapane adla ama-kilojoule angu-13 kuphela amaMelika adlayo. Izibalo zeziguli ezikhuluphele eJapan ziduduza kakhulu: 3,8% kwabesilisa, 3,4% kwabesifazane. Ukuze uqhathanise, izibalo ezifanayo e-UK: 24,4% - amadoda, 25,1 - abesifazane.
Ucwaningo lwango-2009 lwabeka iJapan njengelinye lamazwe amane anabantu abangaphansi kuka-13 abagcina izinga eliphezulu lokuzivivinya. Nokho, ngokweminye imithombo, ukuphila kwansuku zonke kwamaJapane kuhilela ukunyakaza nokusetshenziswa kwezithuthi zomphakathi kunezimoto.
Ngakho-ke mhlawumbe kusezakhini zofuzo?
Kunobunye ubufakazi bokuthi amaJapane anazo ngempela izakhi zofuzo zokuphila isikhathi eside. Ikakhulukazi, ucwaningo luhlonze izakhi zofuzo ezimbili, i-DNA 5178 kanye ne-ND2-237Met genotype, ezikhuthaza ukuphila isikhathi eside ngokuvikela ezifweni ezithile lapho umuntu esekhulile. Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi lezi zakhi zofuzo azikho kubo bonke abantu.
Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1970, kube nesigameko esifana nokushona kwabantu ngenxa yokukhathala. Kusukela ngo-1987, uMnyango Wezabasebenzi waseJapane ushicilele idatha ku-"karoshi" njengoba izinkampani ziye zanxuswa ukuthi zinciphise amahora okusebenza. Isici sebhayoloji salokhu kufa sihlotshaniswa nomfutho wegazi ophakeme, isifo senhliziyo kanye nesifo sohlangothi. Ngaphandle kokufa ngenxa yokukhathala emsebenzini, izinga lokuzibulala eJapane, ikakhulukazi entsheni, lisephezulu futhi lihlobene nokusebenza ngokweqile. Kukholakala ukuthi ingcuphe enkulu yalolu hlobo lokuzibulala iphakathi kwabaphathi nabasebenzi bokuphatha, lapho amazinga okucindezeleka aphezulu kakhulu. Leli qembu lihlanganisa nezisebenzi ezizikhandla ngokweqile.