Ngaba ukusela ikofu kunokukunceda uphile ixesha elide?

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Ukuba ufuna ukuqinisekiswa ukuba ikofu yakho yemihla ngemihla ingumkhwa onempilo kwaye ayisiyonto imbi, isayensi ilapha ukukunceda uzive uqinisekisiwe. Olunye uphando lwamva nje oluvela kwiYunivesithi yaseSouthern California (USC) lufumene unxulumano phakathi kokusela izinto ezilungileyo nokuphila ixesha elide.

Uphando, olupapashwe kwi Izibhengezo zoNyango lwaNgaphakathi, yayiquka abantu abangaphezu kwama-500,000 abavela kumazwe ali-10 aseYurophu. Abathathi-nxaxheba baphendule imibuzo malunga nendlela yabo yokuphila nokusela ikofu (nokuba, bebesela ikomityi enye ngosuku, iikomityi ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu, iikomityi ezine okanye nangaphezulu, okanye imikhwa yabo yekofu yayingahambelani), rhoqo kwiminyaka emihlanu. Ngokusebenzisa uhlalutyo lwabo olumalunga ne-16 iminyaka, ababhali baye bakwazi ukufumanisa ukuba iqela labathengi bekhofi ephezulu babengenakufa ngexesha lokufunda kunabaphuza ikhofi, kwaye bonke abaphuza ikofu babengenakufa ngenxa yezifo zokugaya. Abasetyhini, ngokukodwa, bafumaniseka ukuba abanakufane ngenxa yeemeko zokujikeleza kwegazi okanye iimeko ze-cerebrovascular (ukujongana nemithambo yegazi yobuchopho), kodwa ngaphandle kwelinye elishwa. Abaphandi baye bafumanisa ubudlelwane obuhle phakathi kokusela ikofu kunye nomhlaza we-ovari.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela, nangona kunjalo, ukuba uphando malunga ne-caffeine kunye neengozi zempilo zihlala zivela, kunye nobungqina obuphikisanayo bukhula rhoqo. Ngoko ke kungcono ukuthatha ezi ziphumo ngokhozo lwetyuwa-okanye, ukuba sinokuthi, ithontsi ye-java.

Kusenokwenzeka ukuba ubomi obude bubangelwa zezinye izinto zokuphila endaweni yokusetyenziswa kwekofu. Umzekelo, ngaba abantu abafanayo abaphuza ikofu nabo bathenga ukutya okunempilo, ukuya kwindawo yokuzivocavoca, kunye nokufuna unyango lothintelo? Nangona oko kunokuba yinto efanelekileyo, uphando olwangaphambili aluyiphakamisi, njengoko olunye uphando lufumene ukuba nangona abantu abasela ikofi bahlala ixesha elide kunabo bangabaphuzi ikofu, badla iziqhamo kunye nemifuno embalwa, kunye nokusela utywala nokutshaya, Njengoko sixele kwiNdebe yeKhofi yakho yoSuku inokudityaniswa nobomi obude.

Abaphandi baye baqwalasela ezinye iindlela zokuphila, ezifana nokutshaya kunye nokusela utywala, ezinokuthi zibe nefuthe elibi kubomi bomntu, ngokunjalo, utsho uVeronica W. Setiawan, Ph.D., umbhali okhokelayo wesifundo kunye noprofesa onxulumene nokuthintela amayeza kwiKeck School of Medicine ye-USC.

U-Setiawan uthi akacebisi ukuba olu lunxibelelwano oluthe ngqo phakathi kwentsasa yakho yomthombo kunye nomthombo wolutsha, kodwa ubuncinci unokuziva ubhetele malunga nokuphuma uye kuthatha okwesibini emva kwemini. (Okona kungcono, yidibanise enye yezi yummy coffee smoothies zokutya okungaphezulu.)

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