Ingabe Ukuphuza Ikhofi Kungakusiza Uphile Isikhathi Eside?

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Uma udinga ukuqinisekiswa ukuthi ikhofi yakho yansuku zonke ingumkhuba onempilo hhayi ububi, isayensi ilapha ukukusiza uzizwe uqinisekisiwe. Olunye ucwaningo lwakamuva lwe-University of Southern California (USC) luthole ukuhlobana phakathi kokuphuza izinto ezinhle nokuphila isikhathi eside.

Ucwaningo, olushicilelwe ku Izitatimende Zemithi Yangaphakathi, kufaka phakathi abantu abangaphezu kuka-500,000 abavela emazweni ayi-10 aseYurophu. Abahlanganyeli baphendule imibuzo mayelana nendlela yabo yokuphila nokusetshenziswa kwekhofi (noma ngabe, bebephuza inkomishi eyodwa ngosuku, izinkomishi ezimbili kuya kwezintathu, izinkomishi ezine noma ngaphezulu, noma imikhuba yabo yekhofi ibingajwayelekile), njalo eminyakeni emihlanu. Ngokuhlaziywa kwabo okungaba yiminyaka eyi-16, ababhali bakwazile ukuthola ukuthi iqembu labathengi bekhofi ephezulu bebengekho amathuba okuthi bafe ngesikhathi kufundwa kunalabo abangaphuzi ikhofi, futhi bonke abaphuza ikhofi bebencane amathuba okufa ngenxa yezifo zokugaya ukudla. Abesifazane, ikakhulukazi, batholakale benamathuba amancane okuthi bafe ngenxa yezimo zokujikeleza kwegazi noma izimo ze-cerebrovascular (okuphathelene nemithambo yegazi yobuchopho), kodwa ngaphandle kweshwa elilodwa. Abaphenyi bathole ubudlelwane obuhle phakathi kokuphuza ikhofi nomdlavuza we-ovari.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela, nokho, ukuthi ucwaningo nge-caffeine nobungozi bezempilo luhlala luvela, nobufakazi obuphikisanayo buhluma njalo. Ngakho-ke kungcono kakhulu ukuthatha le miphumela ngohlamvu lukasawoti-noma, uma kufanele sithi, i-drip yeJava.

Kungenzeka ukuthi ubude besikhathi sokuphila bubangelwa ezinye izici zokuphila kunokusebenzisa ikhofi. Isibonelo, ngabe abantu abafanayo abahlupha ikhofi nabo bathenga ukudla okunempilo, baya ejimini, futhi bafune ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okuvimbelayo? Yize leyo kungaba umbono olungile, ucwaningo lwangaphambilini aluyiphakamisi, njengoba olunye ucwaningo luthole ukuthi yize abaphuza ikhofi baphila isikhathi eside kunabaphuza ikhofi, empeleni badla izithelo nemifino embalwa, baphuza notshwala futhi babhema, njengoba sibike kokuthi Indebe Yakho Yansuku zonke Yekhofi Ingase Ixhunywe nempilo ende.

Abaphenyi bacabangele eminye imikhuba yokuphila, efana nokubhema nokuphuza utshwala, engaba nomthelela omubi esikhathini sokuphila somuntu, futhi, kusho uVeronica W. Setiawan, Ph.D., umbhali oholayo wesifundo kanye noprofesa ohlangene wezokuvikela umuthi e-Keck School of Medicine yase-USC.

USetiawan uthi akaphakamisi ukuthi lesi isixhumanisi esiqondile phakathi kwe-morning latte kanye nomthombo wobusha, kodwa okungenani ungazizwa ungcono ngokuphuma uyothatha i-pick-me-up yakho yesibili ntambama. (Okungcono nokho, hlanganisa eyodwa yalawa ma-smoothies ekhofi amnandi ukuze uthole umsoco owengeziwe.)

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