Ukuhlala kwimilo kunye nokugcina ubunzima bakho kugxininiswe amaxesha amaninzi kwiinzuzo abazizisa emzimbeni wakho wonke, njengokuthintela umhlaza okanye ukufa okunxulumene neziganeko zentliziyo, kodwa entsha kufunda icebisa ukuba ukugcina ukutyeba kude kunokuchaphazela impilo yengqondo yakho.
Kuphando olupapashwe kwi Ingxelo yeZifo ze-Alzheimer's, izazinzulu zihlalutye ngaphezu kwe-35.000 ye-brain scans esebenzayo yabantu abangaphezu kwe-17.000, bejonga ukuhamba kwegazi kunye nokusebenza kwengqondo kwaye bathelekisa ngokusekelwe kubunzima bomzimba wabathathi-nxaxheba. Umahluko kwimisebenzi yengqondo ngelixa abantu bephumle ngokuchasene nokwenza umsebenzi odinga ugxininiso nawo wavavanywa.
Nangona iminyaka ephakathi yabantu abaphononongwayo yayingama-40, iskena sasisusela kwi-18 ukuya kuma-94 ubudala kwaye sibandakanya amadoda kunye nabasetyhini. Ubunzima bunqunywe kusetyenziswa i-body mass index (BMI), edibanisa abantu ngokweendidi zobunzima obungaphantsi, ubunzima obuqhelekileyo, ubunzima, ukutyeba, kunye nokutyeba ngokugqithiseleyo.
Abaphandi bafumanisa ukuba njengoko i-BMI isanda, ukuhamba kwegazi kwingqondo bekuthande ukuba ngaphantsi, kokubini ngexesha lokuphumla nangexesha lokugxininisa. Oku kubalulekile kuba igazi elincinane elifikelela ebuchotsheni bakho, kokukhona liphezulu umngcipheko wakho wokuba ne-dementia, ngakumbi Isifo se-Alzheimer's. Ukongezelela, ukunikezelwa kwegazi kwingqondo kuye kwadibaniswa nezinye iimeko ezifana I-ADHD, la ukudakumba, el Ukuxhuzula kunye schizophrenia.
Imimandla yobuchopho esengozini kakhulu kwisifo sika-Alzheimer ibonakala ngathi yeyona ichaphazeleka kakhulu.
Iyintoni imiphumo yokutyeba ngokugqithiseleyo engqondweni?
Ngokubanzi, kuyinyani ukuba xa iphezulu i-BMI yakho, kokukhona umngcipheko wakho wokuphuhlisa iingxaki zempilo ezinxulumene nokutyeba kakhulu, ezifana iswekile, uxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu kunye ne-cholesterol ephezulu. Nangona kunjalo, kuyafaneleka ukuba uqaphele ukuba i-BMI ngokwayo ayilinganisi "impilo" yakho, ngokutsho kweHarvard Medical School; kunokuba, i-BMI ngumlinganiselo wobungakanani bakho.
Kuyenzeka ukuba kuluhlu lwe 'ubunzima bomzimba' kunye nokuba nendlela yokuphila engafanelekanga. Kanye njengokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba ube nezihlunu kakhulu kwaye ube namafutha omzimba amancinci, kodwa ube une-BMI kuluhlu 'ukutyeba kakhulu'.
Kungakhathaliseki, isigqibo kukuba ukuhlala usempilweni ngundoqo ekugcineni ingqondo yakho isempilweni ekuhambeni kwexesha. Ngokuphathelele isizathu, iiseli ezinamafutha zandisa ukudumba, eye yabonakala iwonakalisa onke amalungu, kuquka nengqondo.
Nangona esi sesinye sezifundo ezinkulu ezinxibelelanisa ukutyeba kakhulu kunye nokungasebenzi kakuhle kwengqondo, ayilokuqala. Olunye uphando lwangaphambili usebenzisa iindlela ezifanayo lufumene ukuba ukutyeba kakhulu kunxulunyaniswa nokusebenza kwengqondo okulinganiselweyo, ngokukodwa kubantu abalupheleyo.
Yintoni eyenza olu phononongo luhluke kugxininiso lokuhamba kwegazi lobuchopho, olunokuthi lubonise a ukwanda kobuntununtunu kunye notshintsho olunxulumene nokungasebenzi kakuhle kwangethuba Ingqondo.
Iindaba ezilungileyo kukuba ukunciphisa umzimba kunye nokugcinwa kwesisindo kunokudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekunciphiseni ukuvuvukala, okuxhasa impilo yengqondo. Ubuchopho bunokuphuculwa nge «indawo yokuphilisa» okubandakanya imikhwa efana umthambo nokutya ukutya okunesondlo.