Ochwepheshe Bafaka Isilinganiso seminyaka eminingi ekudleni kwe-Okinawan yendabuko
Hara hachi bu (okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi i- hara hachi bun me ) imfundiso kaConfucian eyala abantu ukuba badle kuphela baze bafike cishe cishe ngamaphesenti angu-80. Kuwumkhuba wamasiko ongatholakala nanamuhla emiphakathini yama-Okinawans ahlala esiqhingini se-southernmost prefecture (ngaphambili esifundazweni) saseJapane. Abantu base-Okinawa kuqala baba nesithakazelo esayensi yezokwelapha eNtshonalanga ngenxa yenani labo elimangalisayo lama-centenarians, okubhekwa ukuthi liphakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
I-Hara hachi bu ingenye yezindlela eziningi zokudla nezokuphila ezenziwa abachwepheshe bezokwelapha ezithombeni eziphila isikhathi eside nokuphila okunempilo.
Umkhuba weHara Hachi Bu
Inkulumo yaseJapane, i- hara hachi bun me , ihumusha ngesiNgisi ngokuthi "i-80% ye-belly igcwele" noma "idle uze ugcwalise izingxenye ezingu-8," ichaza ingxenyana eyisishiyagalombili kwabayishumi. Empeleni, umkhuba wokuhlukumeza i-hachi bu iyindlela yokungahambisani nekhalori . Nakuba ukudla okune-caloric ephakeme nokudla ngokweqile kuvamile emazweni amaningi aseNtshonalanga, ama-Okinawans anomkhuba wokuvinjelwa kwekhalori ngokweqile ngokulandela umkhuba we-hachi bu. Eqinisweni, ama-Okinawans ayaziwa ukuthi avame ukudla cishe ama-khilomitha angu-1,800 kuya ku-1,900 ngosuku, okuyizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ama-khalori angaphansi kwalawo okushiwo amaMelika aphakathi kwempilo. Lokhu kutholakala kwekhalori ephansi akugcini nje ukuholela ezikhathini zabo (njalo ngezinye izikhathi) eziphansi ze-Body Mass Index (BMI), kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi kunomthelela omkhulu empilweni yabo ephawulekayo nokuphila okude isikhathi eside.
Hara Hachi Bu kanye ne-Okinawan Diet
Emashumini eminyaka edlule, ama-Okinawans kanye nendlela yabo yokuphila eyingqayizivele uye yaba nesithakazelo esikhulu eNtshonalanga. Ngokungafani neminye imiphakathi ehlala isikhathi eside, njengabase- Abkhaksia abaye bafaka ukuphila okuphawulekayo, iminyaka yama-Okinawans ingaqinisekiswa njengoba uhlelo lokubhalisa umndeni olubizwa ngokuthi uKoseki luye lwaba bonke abakhe eJapane iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-130.
Kukholelwa ukuthi ama- Okinawans aphila ukuphila okude futhi okunempilo kunanoma yimuphi omunye umuntu emhlabeni.
Uma kuziwa endlebeni yabo ephawulekayo, yini futhi ukuthi ama-Okinawans adla kanjani futhi abaluleke kakhulu njengamanani ama-kilojoule. Yize ucwaningo luye lwaqinisekisa ukuthi ama-Okinawans 'anciphisa ukudla kwe-caloric, ama-Okinawans awawona ama-classic counters-counters. Ngokulandela izimiso zokufundisa i-hachi bu, ama-Okinawa adla izingxenye ezincane futhi adla kancane kancane kunokudla okudla kakhulu. Ukuhambisana nezidumbu zabo kubuye kubenze bakwazi ukwazi ukuthi bangabeka nini ngenkathi iningi lamanye amasiko bengavumeli ngisho nesikhathi sokuthi satiety noma "ngigcwele" isignali ukuze uthole kusukela esiswini kuya ebuchosheni (okungathatha cishe amaminithi angu-20 ) ngaphambi kokuba baqhubeke bedla.
Ama-Okinawans ayaziwa nangokudla. Ukudla kwabo kugcwele izithelo nemifino esisha futhi kuhlanganisa nokudla okunempilo, okusanhlamvu kanye nenhlanzi. Ukudla kwabo ngokwemvelo kuvamile ngokwemvelo izakhi ezibalulekile futhi ngokukhululekile mahhala ukudla okucutshungulwayo. Kucatshangwa ukuthi ngenxa yalokho, ama-Okinawans aye ayegwema cishe izifo ezingapheli ngokuvamile ezihlotshaniswa nokuguga njenge-Alzheimer's, umdlavuza, nesifo senhliziyo.
Umthombo
Willcox, Bradley J., D. Craig. Willcox, noMakoto Suzuki. Uhlelo lwe-Okinawa: Indlela abantu abade kakhulu abahlala ngayo emhlabeni abazuza impilo engapheli - nendlela ongayenza ngayo . I-New York: UClarkson Potter, ngo-2001.