KumaSulumane emhlabeni jikelele, inyanga engcwele yeRamadan yisikhathi sokuzindla nokubonga. Futhi nsuku zonke, kusukela ekuphumeni kwelanga kuze kube sekushoneni kwelanga, amaSulumane ayakugwema ukudla nokuphuza.
Kodwa futhi yisikhathi lapho abantu bakuqaphela kakhulu ukudla abakudlayo. Yingakho imibuzo ivame ukubuzwa mayelana nokuncipha kulawo masonto amane. Ingabe kufanele sinciphise isisindo ngesikhathi seRamadan?
Ikhilogremu emasontweni amane
Phakathi neRamadan, amaSulumane aqaphile ngokushesha kusukela ekuphumeni kwelanga kuze kube sekushoneni kwelanga inyanga eyodwa. Ukwazi ukuthi ukuzila ukudla kweRamadan kuyasithinta yini isisindo somzimba kunemithelela eselulekweni sezempilo kumphakathi wamaSulumane, ekuqondeni imiphumela yokweqa ukudla ngesisindo somzimba, kanye neseluleko sokulawula isisindo esijwayelekile.
Ezinye izifundo ziye zaqhathanisa isisindo somzimba ngaphambi nangemva kokuzila ukudla futhi ngemva kwenyanga eyodwa kumaSulumane aqaphile. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi abalandeli bakaRamadan balahlekelwa isilinganiso esingaba yikhilogremu eyodwa yesisindo phakathi nenyanga, futhi isisindo esilahlekile sibuyiselwa ngokushesha.
Imithi yamanje yokulawula isisindo ngokuvamile icabanga ukuthi ukweqa ukudla kuholela ekuzuzeni isisindo futhi kukudikibalise. Okutholakele kuphakamisa ukuthi ucwaningo olwengeziwe luyadingeka ukuze kulungiswe iseluleko 'sokungeqi ukudla'.
Kungani ulahlekelwa isisindo?
Abantu abaningi bazolahlekelwa isisindo eRamadan ngoba nje osayizi bengxenye bayashintsha. Uma sizila ukudla isikhathi eside sosuku, isisu singaba sincane futhi ngenxa yalokho sibambe ukudla okuncane. Izinguquko esuthi nazo zingatholakala.
Lapho siqala ukunciphisa umzimba, kuba ekuqaleni a ukweqisa kwamanzi, khona-ke umzimba wethu uvame ukuqeda izinqolobane zethu zikashukela (glycogen), esizigcina esibindini nasemisipha yethu. Khona-ke izokhomba amangqamuzana ethu amafutha. Ngokuzivocavoca umzimba, inani lamafutha esiwasebenzisayo lingakhula. Uma ulahlekelwa isisindo eRamadan, kungenzeka ukuthi uma isikhathi sokuzila sesiphelile, uzophinde uthole isisindo, uma kungenjalo sonke.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhambisana nokudla okunempilo nokuzivocavoca okuvamile, kanye nokwanda kwamanzi okuphuza, okuzokusiza ukuthi ulahlekelwe amakhilogremu.
Ochwepheshe basikisela ukuthi akufanele uzizwe sengathi kufanele ulahlekelwe isisindo eRamadan. Uma isisindo sethu singaguquguquki lawo maviki akusho ukuthi asizili ngendlela efanele. Sonke sihlukile futhi imizimba yethu isabela ngezindlela ezahlukene. Uma ungabaza, kuyalulekwa ukuthi uthintane ne-dietitian, isazi sokudla okunempilo noma ngisho nodokotela ukuze uthole iseluleko esengeziwe kumuntu ngamunye.