Sihlale sixwayiswa ngengozi yokudla usawoti omningi ekudleni kwethu, kodwa owodwa ucwaningo olushicilelwe kuThe Lancet kuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuyithatha akubangeli ukwanda kwezifo zenhliziyo. Sizobe sibhekene nesincomo esisha sokudla, esivunywe odokotela baseBrithani abahlonishwa kakhulu.
Kukhona ingozi kuphela lapho uthatha ngaphezu kwamagremu angu-5 ngosuku
Ucwaningo lwenziwe emazweni ayi-18 eMelika, eYurophu, e-Afrika, e-Asia, eMpumalanga Eseduze naseMpumalanga Ekude; futhi ingozi yokuphathwa yizifo zenhliziyo ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kukasawoti iyenqatshwa. Ososayensi bathi kunengozi kuphela uma weqa amagremu angu-5 e-sodium ngosuku (cishe amathisipuni amabili nesigamu). Kuyamangaza ukuthi leli nani lisetshenziswa kuphela 5% wabantu.
Ucwaningo luveze ukuthi ukudla ukudla okunothe ngezithelo, imifino, imikhiqizo yobisi, amazambane, amantongomane nokunye ukudla okunokuqukethwe okuphezulu kwe-potassium kubuyisela emuva futhi kungaqeda amathuba okuba nesifo senhliziyo esihambisana nokusetshenziswa kukasawoti.
Kuwo wonke amazwe abambe iqhaza, China kwaba iyona kuphela lapho u-80% wabantu bedlula lokho okudla usawoti wansuku zonke. Kokunye, kuvamile ukudla amagremu amathathu kuya amahlanu ngosuku.
Izincomo ze-WHO
I-World Health Organization incoma ukuthatha khipha amagremu amabili nsuku zonke (isipuni esisodwa) njengesinyathelo sokuvimbela isifo senhliziyo. I-American Heart Association, ngakolunye uhlangothi, yeluleka ukuthi yehliswe ibe seqophelweni eliphezulu elinconyiwe 1 amagremu ngosuku.
Kodwa ukukhawulela usawoti ekudleni akuhlali kuhle. Omunye wabacwaningi balolu cwaningo oshiwo ngenhla uthi “Abukho ubufakazi obuningi bokuthi ukukhawulela ukusetshenziswa kukasawoti kuleli phuzu kuholela ekuthuthukisweni kwezimo zezempilo, ngisho nakuleli zinga elincane.".
«Okutholakele kwethu kubonisa ukuthi imikhankaso yokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kukasawoti kufanele iqondiswe kuphela kuleyo miphakathi edlula ukusetshenziswa kwayo; futhi kufanele kube yingxenye yezindlela ezibanzi zokuthuthukisa izinga lokudla lilonke".