Kwimbali yokuvela komntu, indlela aqala ngayo ukuvela kwethu ayizange ihlale phantsi. Amaxesha ngamaxesha, izifundo zibonise ukuba ukuzilolonga kuneengenelo ezinkulu emzimbeni womntu, kubandakanya nokuphucula amasosha omzimba wakho. Ukusebenza komzimba kuyehla njengoko sikhula, kwaye amasosha omzimba akakho ngaphandle, kwaye esizama ukukwenza kukucothisa ukwehla kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Ungakunciphisa njani ukwehla komsebenzi womzimba? Ukuhamba ngebhayisekile yindlela entle. Ngenxa yokuba ukuma ngokuchanekileyo kokukhwela kunokugcina umzimba womntu ukwimeko exhaswayo ngexesha lokuzilolonga, akunampembelelo ingako kwinkqubo yemisipha. Ewe, sinikela ingqalelo kukulinganisela kokuzilolonga (ubunzima/ubude/ubuninzi) kunye nokuphumla/ukuchacha ukuze sifumane iingenelo zokuzilolonga ukuze siqinise amasosha omzimba.

EFLORIDA – UNjingalwazi uJames uqeqesha abakhweli beebhayisekile zeentaba ababalaseleyo, kodwa ingqiqo yakhe isebenza kubakhweli abanokwenza umthambo kuphela ngeempelaveki nangezinye ixesha lokuphumla. Uthi eyona nto ibalulekileyo yindlela yokugcina ibhalansi: “Njengalo lonke uqeqesho, ukuba ukwenza inyathelo ngenyathelo, vumela umzimba ulungelelane kancinci noxinzelelo lokunyuka kweekhilomitha zokuhamba ngebhayisekile, kwaye isiphumo siya kuba ngcono. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba ulangazelela impumelelo kunye nokuzilolonga ngokugqithisileyo, ukuchacha kuya kuncipha, kwaye amasosha omzimba wakho aya kuncipha ukuya kwinqanaba elithile, okwenza kube lula ukuba iintsholongwane kunye neentsholongwane zingene emzimbeni wakho. Nangona kunjalo, iintsholongwane kunye neentsholongwane azinakuphuma, ngoko ke kuphephe ukudibana nabantu abagulayo ngelixa uzilolonga.”

Ukuba ukhwela kancinci ebusika, ungawukhulisa njani omnye umzimba wakho wokuzikhusela?

Ngenxa yexesha elifutshane lokukhanya kwelanga, imozulu engavumiyo, kwaye kunzima ukulahla ukhathalelo lweebhedi ngeempelaveki, ukukhwela ibhayisekile ebusika kunokuthiwa ngumceli mngeni omkhulu. Ukongeza kumanyathelo okucoceka akhankanyiweyo, uNjingalwazi Florida-James uthe ekugqibeleni kusafuneka uqwalasele "ukulinganisela". "Kufuneka uqiniseke ukuba utya ukutya okunesondlo kwaye ulungelelanise ukutya kwakho okune-caloric kunye neendleko zakho, ingakumbi emva kohambo olude," utshilo. "Ukulala nako kubaluleke kakhulu, linyathelo eliyimfuneko ekubuyiseleni umzimba ngendlela esebenzayo, kwaye linyathelo elinye lokuhlala usempilweni kunye nokugcina ukusebenza kwakho kwezemidlalo."

Olunye uphando oluvela kwiKing's College eLondon nakwiYunivesithi yaseBirmingham lufumanise ukuba ukuzilolonga rhoqo kunokuthintela ukwehla kwenkqubo yomzimba yokuzikhusela komzimba kwaye kukhusele abantu kwizifo ezosulelayo – nangona olu phando lwenziwe ngaphambi kokuba kuvele i-coronavirus entsha.

Olu phononongo, olupapashwe kwijenali i-Aging Cell, lulandele abakhweli beebhayisekile abali-125 ababaleka umgama omde — abanye babo ngoku bakwiminyaka yabo engama-60 — lwaza lwafumanisa ukuba amajoni abo omzimba afana nalawo abantu abaneminyaka engama-20 ubudala.

Abaphandi bakholelwa ukuba ukwenza umthambo xa sele bekhulile kunokunceda abantu basabele ngcono kwiigonyo, ngaloo ndlela bakhuseleke ngakumbi kwizifo ezosulelayo ezifana nomkhuhlane.