Pafupifupi amuna mamiliyoni awiri ku US akukhala ndi khansa ya prostate, koma kuli bwino kuposa kufa ndi khansa ya prostate, sichoncho? Kuzindikira matenda adakali aang'ono kumapereka mpata uliwonse wotsimikizira kuchira. Koma khansayo ikayamba kufalikira, mwayi umachepa kwambiri. Asayansi a Harvard adaphunzira amuna opitilira chikwi omwe ali ndi khansa ya prostate yoyambirira ndipo adawatsatira kwa zaka zingapo kuti awone ngati chilichonse m'zakudya zawo chinali chokhudzana ndi kuyambiranso kwa khansa, monga ma metastases a mafupa.
Poyerekeza ndi amuna amene sanadye mazira, amuna amene amadya ngakhale dzira lochepera limodzi patsiku anali ndi mwayi woŵirikiza kaŵiri kudwala kansa ya prostate. Zinthu zinali zoipitsitsa kwambiri kwa iwo omwe amadya nyama ya nkhuku pamodzi ndi khungu, kuopsa kwawo kunawonjezeka ndi maulendo anayi. Ofufuza amakhulupirira kuti izi zikhoza kukhala chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa carcinogens (heterocyclic amines) mu minofu ya nkhuku ndi Turkey, poyerekeza ndi mitundu ina ya nyama.
Koma bwanji za mazira? Kodi nchifukwa ninji kudya dzira limodzi ngakhale kuchepera kamodzi patsiku kumawonjezera kuŵirikiza kaŵiri kuwopsa kwa khansa? Ofufuza a Harvard akuwonetsa kuti choline yomwe imapezeka m'mazira imatha kukulitsa kutupa.
Mazira ndi gwero lokhazikika komanso lochulukirapo la choline muzakudya zaku America, ndipo atha kuwonjezera chiopsezo cha khansa kuyambira, kufalikira, ndi kufa.
Kafukufuku wina wa Harvard, wotchedwa "Mphamvu ya Choline pa Imfa ya Khansa ya Prostate," adapeza kuti kudya kwambiri kwa choline kumawonjezera chiopsezo cha imfa ndi 70%. Kafukufuku wina waposachedwapa wasonyeza kuti amuna omwe anali ndi khansa ya prostate ndipo amadya mazira awiri ndi theka kapena kuposerapo pa sabata kapena dzira pamasiku atatu aliwonse anali ndi chiopsezo cha imfa ndi 81%.
Gulu lofufuza za Cleveland Clinic linayesa kudyetsa anthu mazira owiritsa kwambiri m'malo mwa steak. Monga momwe amakayikirira, anthuwa, monganso odya nyama yofiira, anali ndi matenda a stroke, matenda a mtima, ndi imfa.
Ndizodabwitsa kuti makampaniwa akudzitamandira chifukwa cha mazira a choline. Pa nthawi yomweyi, akuluakulu akudziwa bwino za kugwirizana kwake ndi chitukuko cha khansa.