Mfundo zazikuluzikulu za asayansi ndi izi:
- Kwa amayi omwe amatsatira zakudya za Mediterranean, "chizindikiro cha biological" chinapezeka m'thupi, chomwe chimasonyeza kuchepa kwa ukalamba;
- Zakudya za ku Mediterranean zatsimikiziridwa kuti zimachepetsa chiopsezo cha matenda a mtima mwa amayi;
- Chotsatira pamzerewu ndi kafukufuku yemwe atithandiza kudziwa momwe zakudya zotere zimakhudzira amuna.
Zakudya za ku Mediterranean zimakhala ndi ndiwo zamasamba, zipatso, mtedza, zakudya za tsiku ndi tsiku za nyemba ndi nandolo, ndipo zimaphatikizapo mbewu zonse, mafuta a azitona ndi nsomba. Chakudyachi chimakhala chochepa kwambiri mu mkaka, nyama, ndi mafuta odzaza. Kugwiritsa ntchito vinyo wouma, pang'ono pang'ono, sikuletsedwa mmenemo.
Zatsimikiziridwa mobwerezabwereza ndi maphunziro a sayansi kuti zakudya za ku Mediterranean zimakhala ndi zotsatira zabwino pa thanzi. Mwachitsanzo, zimathandiza kulimbana ndi kulemera kwakukulu ndi kuchepetsa chiopsezo cha matenda aakulu, kuphatikizapo matenda a mtima.
The Nurses 'HealthStudy yatsopano, yomwe imatsimikizira izi, idachokera ku zoyankhulana ndi kuyesa magazi kuchokera kwa amayi apakati a 4,676 athanzi (motsatira zakudya za Mediterranean). Deta ya kafukufukuyu yasonkhanitsidwa nthawi zonse kuyambira 1976 (- Vegetarian).
Phunziroli, makamaka, linapereka chidziwitso chatsopano - amayi onsewa adapezeka kuti ali ndi "telomeres" yayitali - mapangidwe ovuta mu ma chromosome - mapangidwe a ulusi omwe ali ndi DNA. Telomere ili kumapeto kwa chromosome ndipo imayimira mtundu wa "chipewa choteteza" chomwe chimalepheretsa kuwonongeka kwa dongosolo lonse lonse. Tikhoza kunena kuti ma telomere amateteza chidziwitso cha majini a munthu.
Ngakhale mwa anthu athanzi, ma telomere amafupikitsa ndi zaka, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti munthu azikalamba, zimabweretsa moyo wautali, zimatsegula chitseko cha matenda monga vascular sclerosis ndi mitundu ina ya khansa, ndipo zimakhudza kwambiri thanzi la chiwindi.
Asayansi awona kuti moyo wopanda thanzi - kuphatikiza kusuta, kunenepa kwambiri komanso kunenepa kwambiri, komanso kumwa zakumwa zotsekemera za shuga - kungayambitse kufupikitsa koyambirira kwa ma telomere. Komanso, asayansi amakhulupirira kuti kupsinjika kwa okosijeni ndi kutupa kumatha kufupikitsa msanga ma telomere.
Panthawi imodzimodziyo, zipatso, masamba, mafuta a azitona ndi mtedza - zofunikira zazikulu za zakudya za ku Mediterranean - zimadziwika chifukwa cha antioxidant ndi anti-inflammatory properties. Gulu la ofufuza a ku America lotsogoleredwa ndi De Vivo linanena kuti amayi omwe amatsatira zakudya zoterezi akhoza kukhala ndi ma telomere aatali, ndipo lingaliro ili linatsimikiziridwa.
"Mpaka pano, iyi ndi phunziro lalikulu kwambiri lomwe linapangidwa kuti lizindikire kugwirizana kwa zakudya za ku Mediterranean ndi kutalika kwa telomere mwa amayi apakati athanzi," adatero asayansi mu chidziwitso cha lipoti lotsatira zotsatira za ntchitoyo.
Phunziroli linaphatikizapo kutsirizitsa nthawi zonse mafunso atsatanetsatane a chakudya ndi kuyezetsa magazi (kuti mudziwe kutalika kwa ma telomere).
Wophunzira aliyense adafunsidwa kuti ayese zakudya zake kuti azitsatira mfundo za ku Mediterranean, pamlingo wa zero mpaka zisanu ndi zinayi, ndipo zotsatira za kuyeserazo zinatha kutsimikizira kuti chinthu chilichonse pa sikelo chikufanana ndi zaka 1.5 za kufupikitsa telomere. (- Wamasamba).
Kufupikitsidwa kwapang'onopang'ono kwa ma telomere ndi njira yosasinthika, koma "kukhala ndi moyo wathanzi kungathandize kupewa kufupikitsa kwawo kofulumira," akutero Dr. De Vivo. Popeza kuti zakudya za ku Mediterranean zimakhala ndi antioxidant ndi anti-inflammatory effect pa thupi, kuzitsatira "kukhoza kuthetsa zotsatira zoipa za kusuta ndi kunenepa kwambiri," akutero dokotala.
Umboni wa sayansi umatsimikizira kuti pali “mapindu ochuluka athanzi ndi kuwonjezereka kwa nthawi ya moyo chifukwa chotsatira zakudya za ku Mediterranean. Panali kuchepa kwa chiwopsezo cha imfa ndi mwayi wa matenda osatha, kuphatikizapo matenda a mtima ndi mitsempha.
Mpaka pano, zakudya zapayekha muzakudya za ku Mediterranean sizinagwirizane ndi izi. Asayansi amakhulupirira kuti mwina chakudya chonse chonsecho ndicho chinthu chachikulu (pakali pano, osaphatikizapo zomwe zili mu "zakudya zapamwamba" pazakudya izi). Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, De Vivo ndi gulu lake lofufuza akuyembekeza, kupyolera mu kafukufuku wowonjezera, kuti adziwe kuti ndi zigawo ziti za zakudya za ku Mediterranean zomwe zimakhudza kwambiri kutalika kwa telomere.
Dr. Peter Nilson, Pulofesa pa Research Unit for Cardiovascular Diseases ku yunivesite ya Lund (Sweden), analemba nkhani yotsatizana ndi zotsatira za phunziroli. Amasonyeza kuti kutalika kwa telomere ndi zizolowezi zodyera zingakhale ndi zifukwa za majini. Nilson amakhulupirira kuti ngakhale kuti maphunzirowa ndi olimbikitsa, kupita patsogolo "kuthekera kwa ubale pakati pa majini, zakudya ndi jenda" (- Zamasamba) ziyenera kuganiziridwa. Kafukufuku wokhudzana ndi zotsatira za zakudya za ku Mediterranean pa amuna motero ndi nkhani yamtsogolo.