Q: Iyini imiphumela emibi ye-hoodia? Iningi lezihloko engizifundile mayelana ne-hoodia zithi zithande futhi ziphephile futhi angibonakali ukuthola noma yiluphi ulwazi mayelana nemiphumela emibi noma kuphi.
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I-Hoodia gordonii ivame ukufakwa njengephilisi yokudla ye-herbal ngaphandle kwemiphumela emibi, nakuba kunesidingo sezifundo ezishicilelwe ngokuphepha kwama-hoodia kubantu.
Abathengisi beHodia bavame ukuthi i-hoodia ayinayo imiphumela emibi ngenxa yokuthi iSan Bushmen enkangala yaseCalahari yase-Afrika isisebenzise i-hoodia iminyaka eyizinkulungwane.
Kodwa i-hoodia ivele ingakaze ibe khona isikhathi eside ngokwanele eNyakatho Melika futhi ayizange ihlolwe ukuphepha ukuze ithole noma yikuphi ukulimala, ukusebenzisana kwezidakamizwa nokukhathazeka kokuphepha.
UJasjit S. Bindra, PhD, umcwaningi wangaphambili we-hoodia e-Pfizer (i-giant enkulu yezokwelapha elayisensi ngamalungelo okuthuthukisa ama-hoodia amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-21 kodwa kamuva abuyisela amalungelo), etshela encwadini ethi The New York Times ukuthi nakuba ama-hoodia ayebonakala ephazamisekile ukudla, kwakukhona izibonakaliso zemiphumela engafuneki esibindi esabangelwa izingxenye ngaphandle kwesithako esisebenzayo p57 esingasuswa kalula ngesikhathi sokucubungula.
U-Bindra wanezela, "Ngokusobala, i-hoodia inendlela ende yokuhamba ngaphambi kokuba izuze imvume ku-Food and Drug Administration. Kuze kuthuthukiswe amafomu okuphepha, i-dieters kumele iqaphe ukuyisebenzisa".
Uma i-hoodia ithinta ukusebenza kwesibindi, ingase ihlangane neminye imithi umuntu ethatha.
I-San Bushmen iyisizwe sabazingeli abaqoqayo, futhi mhlawumbe angathathi amaphilisi afanayo wegazi, isifo sikashukela, i-cholesterol, ukucindezeleka nezinye izifo, esikwenzayo, esinye isizathu sokuthi kungani imibiko engaqinisekisiwe yokusetshenziswa okuphephile yiSan akufanele ibe ithembele ku.
Abantu abanesifo sikashukela kufanele baqaphe ngokusebenzisa ama-hoodia.
Enye yezinkolelo mayelana nokuthi ama-hoodia asebenza kanjani ukuthi ahlukumeza ubuchopho ekucabangeni ukuthi une-ushukela okwanele wegazi. Ngaphandle kokulawulwa kwempendulo efanele, kungenzeka ukuthi ushukela wegazi lomuntu lingaphonsa kabi ngephutha ngenkathi kuthatha i-hoodia. Futhi ngesistimu ejwayelekile yokulamba, izibonakaliso ezijwayelekile zokuxwayisa zingasuswa, kuze kube sekwephuzile kakhulu.
I-Hoodia ikholelwa ukuthi ayinqamuki nje kuphela ukudla kodwa ukoma. Kube khona imibiko engaqinisekisiwe yabelusi e-Afrika abayithatha ama-hoodia ukuze baqede izinhlungu zendlala, kodwa bafa ngenxa yokuphelelwa yisisu ngenxa yokuthi abazange bazizwe bomele.
Izindleko azange zihlolwe ukuphepha futhi ngenxa yokuthi izithako zokudla ngokuvamile azihambisani nomthetho, okuqukethwe kwemikhiqizo ethile kungase kuhluke kulokho okushiwo kwilebula lomkhiqizo.
Futhi khumbula ukuthi ukuphepha kwezidakamizwa kwabesifazane abakhulelwe, omama abahlengikazi, izingane, nalabo abanezimo zezokwelapha noma abaphuza imishanguzo ayisungulwa.
Ungathola amathiphu ekusetshenzisweni izithako lapha , kodwa uma ucabangela ukusebenzisa ama-hoodia, khuluma nomhlinzeki wakho oyinhloko wokunakekelwa kuqala. Ukwelapha isimo futhi ukugwema noma ukubambezela ukunakekelwa okujwayelekile kungaba nemiphumela emibi.
Okuningi:- I-Hoodia Gordonii Fact Sheet
Imithombo
Bindra, Jasjit. "Ingozi Efihliwe YePhilisi Evelele". I-New York Times. 26 Apr 2005.
UMorris, uJoan. "Ucwaningo oluncane ngemuva kokuthi ama-hoodia aphephile, asebenza kahle ngokulahlekelwa isisindo". Seattle Times. 9 Mashi 2006.
Ukuziphendulela: Ulwazi oluqukethwe kule sayithi luhloswe ngezinjongo zemfundo kuphela futhi aluthathi iseluleko, ukuxilongwa noma ukwelashwa ngudokotela olayisensi. Akuhloselwe ukumboza zonke izinyathelo zokuqapha, ukusebenzisana kwezidakamizwa, izimo noma imiphumela emibi. Kufanele ufune ukunakekelwa okusheshayo kwezokwelapha kunoma yiziphi izinkinga zezempilo bese uthintana nodokotela wakho ngaphambi kokusebenzisa enye imithi noma wenze ushintsho ohlelweni lwakho.