Si chinsinsi kuti zomwe timayika pa mbale yathu zimakhudza thanzi lathu. Kudya mchere wambiri, mafuta odzaza ndi shuga kumawonjezera chiopsezo cha matenda a mtima. Dziwani zakudya zomwe muyenera kupewa kuti mukhale ndi mtima wathanzi.

Anthu ambiri amadya magilamu 9 mpaka 12 a mchere patsiku, womwe ndi wowirikiza kawiri kuposa womwe umalimbikitsa. Komabe, kumwa mchere wambiri kumawonjezera kuthamanga kwa magazi komanso chiopsezo cha matenda amtima, sitiroko ndi myocardial infarction. M'malo mwake, WHO imalimbikitsa kudya mchere wochepera 5 magalamu patsiku mwa akulu, kapena wofanana ndi supuni ya tiyi. Vuto ndiloti mcherewo umabisala paliponse (tchizi, nyama zozizira, soups, pizzas, quiches, chakudya chokonzekera, sauces, makeke, nyama ndi nkhuku). Chifukwa chake chidwi chochepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito kwake zinthu zamafakitale ndikukonda zopangira kunyumba.

Nyama yochuluka ndiyoipa ku thanzi la mtima. Malinga ndi pulogalamu yadziko lonse yazakudya zopatsa thanzi, kudya kwathu nyama (kupatula nkhuku) kuyenera kukhala kwa magalamu 500 pa sabata, zomwe zimafanana ndi nyama zitatu kapena zinayi. Kudya kwambiri ng'ombe, nkhumba, ng'ombe, nkhosa, mwanawankhosa ndi nsomba kumawonjezera chiopsezo chokhala ndi matenda amtima chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwamafuta acid omwe amachulukitsa cholesterol.

Malinga ndi WHO, kudya kwathu shuga kuyenera kukhala kosakwana magalamu 25 patsiku, kapena kufanana ndi ma teaspoon 6. Komabe, chitini cha 33cl cha Coke chili ndi ma 28 magalamu a shuga, omwe ndi pafupifupi ndalama zomwe siziyenera kupyola patsiku. Kumwa mowa mopitirira muyeso kumabweretsa kunenepa ndipo motero kumawonjezera chiopsezo chokhala ndi matenda a shuga a mtundu wa 2, kuthamanga kwa magazi ndi matenda a mtima. Samalaninso ndi timadziti ta zipatso, zomwe zili ndi shuga wambiri. Ndibwino kuti mugwiritse ntchito zipatso kuti mudzifinyire nokha ndi madzi osatsekemera!

Soseji, nyama yankhumba, nyama yankhumba, salami, nyama yankhumba… Nyama zophikidwa ndi zophikidwa zili ndi mafuta ambiri ochuluka komanso mchere. Cocktail yovulaza thanzi la mtima. Mwachitsanzo, magawo 5 mpaka 6 a soseji ali ndi magalamu 5 a mchere, omwe ndi malire opitilira tsiku omwe amalimbikitsidwa ndi WHO. Malinga ndi pulogalamu yadziko lonse yazakudya zopatsa thanzi, kudya kwathu nyama zoziziritsa kuyenera kukhala magalamu 150 pa sabata, zomwe zimafanana ndi magawo atatu a ham yoyera.

Malinga ndi zomwe Unduna wa Zamgwirizano ndi Zaumoyo umawululira pawailesi yakanema komanso pamavidiyo pa intaneti, "Mowa umamwa zakumwa ziwiri patsiku osati tsiku lililonse". Kuopsa kwa khansa, kutayika kwa magazi muubongo ndi matenda oopsa kumakhalapo ngakhale kumwa mowa pang'ono. Choncho, muyenera kusunga kumwa mowa nthawi zina zapadera.