"Angikwazi ukuba yi-vegan: Ngenza i-triathlon!", "Ngiyabhukuda!", "Ngidlala igalofu!". Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi izinganekwane mayelana ne-veganism sekuyisikhathi eside zachithwa, kanye neqiniso lokuthi i-veganism ithola ukuthandwa phakathi kwabasubathi abafunda amateur nabaqeqeshiwe, lezi yizimpikiswano ezivame kakhulu engizilalelayo ngixoxa ngezimiso zokudla okunomsoco nabangewona ama-vegan.
Abaningi ababamba iqhaza emidlalweni yokukhuthazela ngokugcwele bavumelana nezimpikiswano zokuziphatha ze-veganism, kodwa basengaphansi kombono wokuthi kungaba nzima ngomsubathi ukulandela ukudla kwe-vegan nokugcina izinga eliphezulu lokugijima kwezemidlalo. Ngenhlanhla, abasubathi be-vegan benza izihloko zezindaba ngemvamisa ekhulayo futhi basebenzisa ithuba labo lokwabelana ngemfihlo yempumelelo: ukudla kwe-vegan.
UMegan Duhamel ungomunye wabadlali abanjalo. U-Duhamel ubeyi-vegan kusukela ngo-2008 futhi eneminyaka engu-28 ubudala wawina indondo yesiliva ku-figure skating e-Sochi nomlingani wakhe u-Eric Radford. Engxoxweni yakamuva, uchaze indlela ukudla kwakhe okusekelwe ezitshalweni okumsize ngayo ukuthi athuthukise ukusebenza kwakhe futhi kwamenza wagxuma ngendlela emnandi kakhulu: “Bengilokhu ngikuthanda ukugxuma! Futhi fly! Ukweqa kathathu kuyimvelo yami yesibili. Selokhu ngaqala ukudla ukudla kwemifino, ukugxuma kwami sekulula, lokhu ngikufakazela ukuthi umzimba wami usesimweni esihle kakhulu isizini yonke. Njengomsubathi okhokhelwayo kanye nesazi sokudla okunempilo esiqinisekisiwe, uDuhamel uyazi ukuthi ukhuluma ngani. Lapho nje ebuya eSochi, ngamcela ukuba sihlangane futhi sixoxe ngendlela yakhe yokuphila, futhi wavuma ngomusa.
Sahlangana e-Sophie Sucrée, isitolo esisha se-vegan patisserie/tiye e-Montreal's Plateau. Ubonakale egqoke ijezi leqembu laseCanada elibomvu kanye nokumamatheka okufanayo akugqoka eqhweni. Intshiseko yakhe esitobhini samakhekhe yayithelelanayo: “O Nkulunkulu wami! Angazi ukuthi ngizokhethani!” Ngokusobala, abasubathi bama-Olympic bayawathanda amakhekhe, njengoba kwenza thina sonke.
“Yilokho engikufunayo empilweni”
Kodwa uDuhamel akathandi amakhekhe kuphela. Ungumfundi oshisekayo olomele kakhulu ulwazi. Kwaqala lapho ethatha i-Skinny Bitch, incwadi yokudla ethengiswa kakhulu ekhuthaza i-veganism ngezizathu zempilo. “Ngifunde umbhalo osembozweni, wawuhlekisa kakhulu. Banendlela ehlekisayo ngempilo.” Wayifunda ngobusuku obubodwa futhi ngakusasa ekuseni wanquma ukuphuza ikhofi ngaphandle kobisi. Wanquma ukuba yi-vegan. “Angikwenzelanga ukuba sesimweni. Kubonakale kuyinselele ethokozisayo kimi. Ngaya erenki ngatshela abaqeqeshi ukuthi ngizodla inyama yenkomo, bobabili bangitshela ukuthi ngizongondleki. Lapho bengitshela ukuthi angikwazi, kulapho ngikufuna kakhulu. Ngakho esikhundleni sokwenza umsebenzi omncane, nganquma: “Yilokhu engikufunayo ekuphileni kwami!”
Eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule, u-Duhamel akadlanga nocezu olulodwa lweprotheni yesilwane. Akagcinanga nje ngokugcina wonke amathoni emisipha yakhe: ukusebenza kwakhe akukaze kube kuhle kangako: “Izicubu zami zaba ngcono lapho ngidla inyama yezilwane ... ngaqala ukudla amaprotheni amancane, kodwa ukudla engikudlayo kunginika amaprotheni angcono kanye ne-ayoni engcono. I-ayoni evela ezitshalweni iyona engcono kakhulu yokumuncwa umzimba.”
Badlani abasubathi be-vegan?
Benginethemba lokubuya nengxoxo nohlu lwezindlela zokupheka zokudla okukhethekile okufanele kudle umsubathi we-vegan ukuze agcine imiphumela. Kodwa-ke, ngamangala ukuthi kulula kangakanani ukudla kukaMeghan. "Ngokujwayelekile, ngidla noma yini umzimba wami oyifunayo." U-Megan akayigcini idayari yokudla futhi akabali ama-calories noma isisindo sokudla. Ukudla kwakhe kulula kakhulu kunoma ubani ofuna ukudla kahle futhi abe namandla amaningi:
“Ngiphuza ama-smoothies ekuseni. Ngokuvamile kuba yi-smoothie eluhlaza, ngakho ngifaka isipinashi ne-kale noma i-chard, nanoma yini enginayo efrijini kuleli sonto, ubhanana, ibhotela lamantongomane, isinamoni, ubisi lwe-alimondi noma lukakhukhunathi.
Ngihlala ngihamba, usuku lonke. Ngakho ngithatha ukudla okulula okuhlukile kanye nami. Nginama-muffin enziwe ekhaya, ama-granola bar, amakhukhi amaprotheni enziwe ekhaya. Ngiyapheka kakhulu mina.
Ukuze ngidle, ngivame ukuba nesidlo esikhulu: i-quinoa enemifino. Ngiyathanda ukuziphekela. Ngiyathanda ukwenza izitsha zama-noodle futhi ngigovuze ama-fries noma izitshulu. Ebusika ngidla kakhulu isitshulu. Ngichitha isikhathi esiningi ngipheka futhi ngizama ukuzenzela konke engingakwenza. Yebo, anginaso njalo isikhathi, kodwa uma nginesikhathi, ngiyakwenza.”
Ngaphezu kokudla okunempilo kanye nendlela ephelele ngangokunokwenzeka, uDuhamel akazikhawuli. Uma efuna amakhekhe noma amakhekhe, uyawadla. Njengama-dessert, izifundo eziyinhloko ze-vegan azibonakali ziyisicefe ku-Duhamel: “Ngicabanga ukuthi nginayo yonke incwadi yokupheka ye-vegan laphaya. Nginamabhukhimakhi namanothi yonke indawo. Kuzo zonke izindlela zokupheka engifuna ukuzizama futhi esengizizamile. Kufanele ngizame kabili kunalokho ebengivele ngikuzamile!” Ngokusobala u-Megan uwuhlobo lomuntu omthumelela umyalezo ngo-5pm uma ungazi ukuthi uzodlani ngesidlo sakusihlwa.
Kuthiwani ngezithako zokudla okunomsoco? Othole indondo yesiliva uxhaswe ngabakwaVega, kodwa lezi zithako zamaprotheni azisona isisekelo sokudla kwakhe. “Ngidla uswidi owodwa kuphela ngosuku. Kodwa ngiwuzwa umehluko uma ngiwathatha nalapho ngingawathathi. Ngemva kokuzivocavoca kanzima, uma ngingadli okuthile ukuze ngilulame, ngakusasa ngizwa sengathi umzimba wami awunyakazi.”
Yiba yi-vegan
Ake sibuyele emuva eminyakeni eyisithupha. Thembeka: bekunzima kangakanani ukuba yi-vegan? Lapho uDuhamel enquma ukuthatha ngokungathi sína impilo yakhe, “into enzima kakhulu kwakuwukuyeka i-Diet Coke nekhofi, hhayi ukudla inyama,” kusho yena. “Kancane kancane ngayeka ukuphuza i-Diet Coke, kodwa ngisakuthanda ikhofi.”
Ukholelwa ukuthi yonke into umuntu ayidingayo ukuze abe i-vegan itholakala kalula: “Kimina, lokhu akuwona umhlatshelo. Into enzima kakhulu kimi ngokuba yi-vegan ukufunda uhlu lwezithako zamakhekhe esiNgisi ukuze ngibone ukuthi ngingawathola yini noma cha!” UDuhamel ukholelwa ukuthi sidinga nje isikhathi sokucabangela lokho esikupha kona umzimba. “Ungakhetha ukuya kwaMcDonald’s uyothenga ibhega noma wenze i-smoothie ekhaya. Kimina kulula kakhulu. Kufanele ngifake umzamo ofanayo wokuya kwaMcDonald's futhi ngidle ibhega njengoba ngenza ukwenza i-smoothie ekuseni. Futhi kuthatha isikhathi esifanayo. Futhi kubiza okufanayo.”
Kuthiwani ngalabo abathi bazama ukudla inyama futhi bazizwa begula? “Ngiyababuza ukuthi bacwaninge kangakanani ngaphambi kokuthi baqale nokuthi badleni. Ama-chips awukudla kwe-vegan! Nginomngane owazama ukudla inyama kaningi, izikhathi eziningi, futhi ngemva kwamasonto amabili wangitshela: “O, ngizizwa ngibuhlungu kakhulu!” Kanti udleni? "Hhayi-ke, isithoso sebhotela lamantongomane." Hhayi-ke, lokho kuchaza konke! Zikhona ezinye izindlela!”
Ucwaningo nokusiza abantu
U-Megan Duhamel ucela abantu ukuthi bafunde ulwazi, nokuyinto asezame ngayo kakhulu. Abasubathi abangochwepheshe bahlale bethola amathani ezeluleko zokudla okunomsoco. Kuye, isinyathelo esibalulekile sasiwukuthi wafunda ukugxeka iziphakamiso ezinjalo: “Ngaphambi kokuba ngibe umuntu odla inyama, ngangilandela ukudla engangikuphiwa abanye abantu, kwakunezinto eziningi ezihlukahlukene. Ngaya kusazi sokudla okunempilo kanye kuphela, futhi sangeluleka ukuba ngidle ushizi we-pigtail. Ngangingazi lutho ngokudla okulungile ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa ngangazi ukuthi ushizi we-pigtail ungumkhiqizo ocutshungulwayo futhi akukho kudla okunomsoco kuwo. Lona uchwepheshe wezokudla owayesebenza e-Canadian Institute of Sports, futhi wangeluleka, umsubathi osezingeni eliphezulu, ukuba ngidle ama-granola bar kanye noshizi we-pigtail. Kwakubonakala kungavamile kimi.”
Kwaba yinguquko kuye. Ngemva nje kokuya e-vegan, waqala ukufundela ukudla okunomsoco futhi waba isazi sezokudla esiqinisekisiwe eminyakeni emibili nengxenye kamuva. Wayefuna ukuqonda kangcono amavithamini, amaminerali, nezakhi, futhi wayethanda ukufunda “ngezindawo ezingaqondakali emhlabeni lapho abantu behlala khona kuze kube yi-120 futhi bengakaze bezwe ngomdlavuza, futhi engakaze ezwe ngesifo senhliziyo.” Manje, ngemva kokuqeda umsebenzi wakhe wokushushuluza, ufuna ukusiza abanye abasubathi.
Ufuna futhi ukuqala ibhulogi “mayelana nomsebenzi wami, ukudla kwami, i-veganism, yonke into. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuzothakazelisa, ngizosithola isikhathi saleli hlobo.” Uma kubhekwa uthando akhuluma ngalo ngendlela yakhe yokuphila, lokhu kufanele kube ibhulogi emangalisayo! Angikwazi ukulinda!
Amathiphu kaMegan wemifino emisha:
- Izame. Zama ukuqeda ubandlululo.
- Qala kancane. Uma ufuna ukwenza okuthile isikhathi eside, hamba kancane kancane, ukutadisha ulwazi nakho kuzosiza.
- Thatha izithako ze-B12.
- Dlala ngamakhambi nezinongo, angasiza ngempela.
- Yiya ezitolo ezincane zokudla kwezempilo zasendaweni. Iningi linemikhiqizo eminingi ehlukile ongase ungazi nokuthi ikhona.
- Funda ibhulogi ye-Oh She Glows. Umbhali ungowaseCanada ohlala endaweni yaseToronto. Uthumela izindlela zokupheka, izithombe, futhi akhulume ngalokho ahlangabezane nakho. U-Megan uyancoma!
- Lapho uMegan efunda izithako zomkhiqizo, umthetho wakhe uthi uma engakwazi ukusho izithako ezingaphezu kwezintathu, akawuthengi.
- Hlela! Lapho ehamba, uzinika isikhathi sokwenza i-granola entsha, amakhekhe nokusanhlamvu nezithelo.