Ukudla Kweviki - Okumele Uyigweme: U-Aspartame
Kungenzeka ukuthi uzwile izimangalo eziningi mayelana nokuthi i-aspartame, i-sweetener engumsebenzi edayiswa njenge-NutraSweet and Equal, ayibi empilweni yakho. Iningi lalo lihlebezi kanye ne-hype ngaphandle kokusekelwa kwesayensi, kanti ezinye zazo ziphikiswa ngokuqondile ngucwaningo. Kodwa-ke, kulabo bethu nge- fibromyalgia ne- chronic fatigue syndrome , lokhu kungaba yinto yokudla yokugwema.
Sinecwaningo oluthembekile olubonisa imiphumela engaba yingozi ye-aspartame enokubaluleka okukhethekile kithi. Ngokusho kocwaningo, i-aspartame:
- Kwangathi kusebenze ama-receptors e-NMDA (ama-receptor ubuhlungu) emgqeni wobuncintiswano futhi ahlanganyele ekukhuthazweni okuphakathi . (Okumangalisa ukuthi i-aspartame iyahlolwa ngokubambisana nemithi ethile njengombulali wezinhlungu ngenxa yalomphumela;)
- Kwangathi kunganciphisa amazinga e-dopamine, asevele encishisiwe kubantu abaningi abanezimo;
- Kungenzeka kuthinteke kwezinye izifo ezingokwengqondo, ukufunda okwehlisiwe nokusebenza ngokomzwelo. Asinayo ubufakazi obonisa ukuthi lokhu kubi nakakhulu kunabantu abaphilile, kodwa sinenkinga ngokwanele kulezi zindawo kakade. (I-Fibromyalgia kanye nesifo esingapheliyo ukukhathala akuzona izimo ezingokomqondo, kodwa ezinye izinto ezivamile ezihlobene nomzimba zikhona;)
- Kungaba nomthelela ekubonakalweni kwamagciwane e-fibromyalgia kwisigatshana seziguli ezinezifo. Esifundweni esisodwa esincane, ukususa i-aspartame kanye ne-monosodium glutamate kusukela ekudleni kwezimpawu eziphuthumayo kakhulu.
Abantu abaningi abanezimo kanye nodokotela abaningi bathi babone ukuthuthukiswa okukhulu ekuqedeni i-aspartame. Nginqume iminyaka embalwa edlule ukuyigwema, kodwa angizange ngidle okuningi ukuze ngiqale ngakho angizange ngibone izinguquko.
I-Aspartame ingaba nzima ukugwema, ikakhulukazi uma udla "ukukhanya" "ukunciphisa-khalori" noma "imikhiqizo engenashukela".
Kuzinto ezinjengokudla kwe-sodas, ama-min, umoya we-ayisikhilimu ophansi, kanye nokunye kokudla okusetshenzisiwe. Ngenhlanhla, kulula ukubona ngelebula.
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