Ama-Superfoods noma ama-Superfraud?

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Esitolo segrosa, ufinyelela uhlobo lwakho oluthandayo lwejusi yawolintshi lapho ubona ifomula entsha eshalofini ehlotshiswe ngesibhengezo esibomvu ngokugqamile. "Okusha futhi okuthuthukisiwe!" liyamemeza. "Manje nge-echinacea!" Awuqiniseki kahle ukuthi yini i-echinacea, kepha umngani wakho omkhulu ufunga ngamakhono ayo okulwa nokubanda nokulwa nemikhuhlane. Ngandlela-thile uyangabaza, ubheka intengo. I-OJ eqinile ibiza kancane, kodwa unquma ukuthi njengoba umshwalense wezempilo uhamba, lokho kuyinani elishibhile kakhulu ongalikhokha. Inqobo nje uma inambitheka kahle njengasekuqaleni, mhlawumbe awuniki umcabango wesibili.

Iqiniso liwukuthi, kufanele. Leyo herbal OJ iyisibonelo sokukhula kwesitshalo "sokudla okusebenzayo" okuminyene kwamashalofu esitolo segrosa kanye nabathengi abadidayo. Yize ingekho incazelo esemthethweni noma esemthethweni, uBruce Silverglade, umqondisi wezindaba zomthetho weCentre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), uthi igama lezohwebo lichaza ukudla okusebenzayo njenganoma yikuphi ukudla okudliwayo okuqukethe noma yiziphi izithako ezihloselwe ukunikeza izinzuzo zezempilo ngaphandle kokudla okuyisisekelo. . Lokhu kufaka ukudla lapho amakhambi noma izithasiselo zengezwe kusolwa ukuthi zithuthukisa inani lokudla okunempilo noma ukukhuthaza imiphumela yezempilo yezithako ezivela ngokwemvelo, njenge-lycopene kutamatisi.

Abakhohlisi bamakhambi?

Lokhu akuphathelene nokudla ukuze uthole amandla noma ukuphila isikhathi eside; ukudla okukhulunywa ngakho kukhulisa ukusebenza kwamasosha omzimba, kuthuthukisa inkumbulo nokugxila futhi kuvikele nokucindezeleka.

Ngenhlanhla, ochwepheshe abaningi banomuzwa wokuthi abakhiqizi bangeza amanani amancane kangaka ezithako ezisolwa ngokuthi zinempilo okukhulunywa ngazo ukuthi umphumela ongaba khona ukuthi ngeke zibe namphumela nhlobo. Noma umkhiqizo wokudla uqukethe umthamo wamakhambi olawulwa ngokunembile, amakhambi amaningi okwelapha kufanele athathwe amasonto ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba kubonakale noma yimuphi umphumela. Kulezi zimo, uzomane uchithe imali yakho. Noma kunjalo, kungenzeka ukweqisa amavithamini namaminerali athile (okuhlanganisa insimbi, uvithamini A kanye ne-chromium). Ngakho-ke uma iningi lokudla kwakho lenziwe ngokudla okuphekwe ngamandla, kungenzeka ukuthi uzibeka engcupheni.

Ukuphokophela ukuvinjelwa kwizicelo zamanga

I-CSPI, okuyinhlangano yokukhuthaza abathengi engenzi nzuzo, isebenza ukuvikela abathengi kuzithako ezingabazekayo kanye nezimangalo ezidukisayo.Le nhlangano ifake izikhalazo eziningi kwi-Food and Drug Administration inxusa ukuthi izithako ezisebenzayo zibonakale ziphephile nokuthi izimangalo zelebula zivunyelwe ngaphambi kokumaketha. Bacele futhi isinqumo esizovimbela abakhiqizi ekukhangiseni ukudla okusebenzayo njengezithako zokudla ukuze babalekele imithetho ye-FDA yemikhiqizo yokudla. "Imithetho igcwele imishwana engachazwanga kahle noma engaqondwa kahle," kuvuma uChristine Lewis, Ph.D., umqondisi wehhovisi lemikhiqizo yokudla okunomsoco, amalebula kanye nezithasiselo zokudla ze-FDA. "Kungumsebenzi wethu ukuphikisa izimangalo zabakhiqizi," uyanezela. "Lokho kungaba nzima ukukwenza."

U-Lewis ugcizelela ukuthi i-FDA "inentshisekelo enkulu ezindabeni eziphakanyiswe yi-CSPI futhi izokwengeza imizamo yokuqinisekisa ukuthi izithako ziphephile futhi amalebuli aneqiniso futhi anembile." Kuze kukhishwe igunya elisemthethweni, kuyexwayiswa.

Izethembiso ezimpontshiwe

Ungakholelwa kukho konke okufundayo. Kusuka kuCentre for Science in the Public Interest, nalu uhlu lwemikhiqizo engahle ingabi ngabaphumeleli ngokweqile abathi bangabo:

Ama-Tonics Esizwe Lawa tiye aluhlaza afakwe i-ginseng-, kava-, echinacea- kanye ne-guarana "aklanyelwe ukubuyisela, ukuvuselela nokuthuthukisa inhlalakahle." Abakhiqizi bawafake njengezithasiselo ukuze bagweme imithetho eqinile edingekayo ukuze kumakethwe umkhiqizo wokudla. Lena indawo empunga. UBruce Silverglade we-CSPI uthi, "Ukuphathwa Kwezokudla Nezidakamizwa kuyayimisa kwesinye isikhathi, kodwa hhayi njalo. Futhi, ukuphoqelelwa akuyona into ephambili kwi-FDA."

Ubuchopho Gum Le gum yokuhlafuna iqukethe i-phosphatidyl serine, into enjengamafutha ekhishwe kubhontshisi wesoya. Umkhiqizo, othi "uthuthukisa ukugxila," uthengiswa njengesengezo ngakho akudingeki uhambisane nemithetho ye-FDA elawula ukudla.

I-HeartBar Le ilebula ye-snack bar ye-L-arginine-fortified ithi ingasetshenziswa "ukulawula ukudla kwesifo se-vascular." (I-Arginine iyi-amino acid edingekayo ukukhiqiza i-nitric oxide, isilondolozi semithambo yegazi.) Kubhalwe njengokudla kwezokwelapha okusetshenziswa ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukadokotela ukunqanda imithetho ye-FDA yangaphambi kokuthengisa yezempilo.

UHeinz Ketchup Izikhangiso ziqhosha ngokuthi i-lycopene ku-ketchup "ingasiza ekunciphiseni ingozi ye-prostate kanye nomdlavuza womlomo wesibeletho." Le nkampani yenza isimangalo kuphela kwizikhangiso hhayi kumalebula ngoba iFederal Trade Commission, elawula ukukhangisa, ayidingi ukuqinisekiswa kwangaphambi kokuthengiswa kwezimangalo ezinjalo, kuyilapho isimangalo esilebula lokudla besingavunyelwe yi-FDA ukwenza ucwaningo olunganele.

Ijusi leCampbell's V8 Amalebula athi ama-antioxidants kumkhiqizo "angadlala indima ebalulekile ekunciphiseni izinguquko ezenzeka ngokuguga okujwayelekile," isimangalo esuselwe ebufakazini bokuqala besayensi. Ijusi ibuye ibe ne-sodium eningi, ekhuthaza umfutho wegazi ophakeme kubantu abanozwela nge-sodium, okuyisimo esanda kakhulu ngokuguga.

Umthengi qaphela: Izinkinga ezi-7 ngokudla okusebenzayo

1. Imboni namanje ayilawulwa. "Abakhiqizi bokudla bengeza imisoco kanye nezitshalo ekudleni ngokuzithandela," kusho uMary Ellen Camire, Ph.D., uprofesa wesayensi yokudla nokudla kwabantu eNyuvesi yaseMaine. Ezimweni eziningi, ababheki ukuthi izithako zingasetshenziswa yini umzimba ngalelo fomu, noma ngabe ziyingozi noma zinenzuzo. (Okuhlukile okuphawulekayo abenzi bejusi yewolintshi ene-calcium: Ngenxa yokuthi i-calcium imunca kangcono uma ithathwa novithamini C, lokhu kwenza umqondo ophelele wokudla okunempilo.)

2. Azikho Izibonelelo Zansuku zonke Ezinconyiwe. "Amakhambi okwelapha angagcwalisa imithi ejwayelekile," kusho uBruce Silverglade we-CSPI, "kodwa awekho ekudleni. Uma uthenga ama-chip chips ngomqolo, awunandlela yokwazi ukuthi ungakanani umuthi owutholayo. UKava unamandla okuthambisa. Uma ingane isidle isikhwama sonke? "

3. Uma kubukeka njengebha yoswidi ... Ukupakisha ukudla okulula ngamakhambi nezinsolo zomsoco "kuyindlela yokuthengisa yokwenza abantu badle ukudla okungenamsoco," kusho uCamire.

4. Ukudlala udokotela kungakufaka enkingeni. Amanye amakhambi okukhulunywa ngawo aklanyelwe ukwelapha izimo zezempilo umthengi angakwazi futhi angazihloli yedwa. "ISaint Johnswort ikhonjiswe njengelusizo ekwelapheni ukucindezeleka," kusho uSilverglade. "Wazi kanjani ukuthi uphansi nje noma udangele ngokomqondo? Kufanele ngabe udla isobho elinamandla noma ubonane nodokotela wezifo zengqondo?"

5. Ukubhinca amazambane kungafaka engozini ngaphezu kokhalo lwakho. Sicabanga ukuthi noma yini efrijini lethu iphephile ukudliwa, kepha akunjalo ngalokhu kudla. “Uma uzodla amakhambi okwelapha, wathathe njengefomu lokwengeza bese ubonana nodokotela wakho mayelana nokusebenzisana okungenzeka kwezidakamizwa,” kunxusa uSilverglade. "Ukudla ukudla kuyindlela embi yokuthola umthamo ofanele womuthi."

6. Amaphutha amabili awalungisi. "Awukwazi ukusebenzisa ukudla okuqinile ukunxephezela ukunganaki kokudla," kusho uCamire.

7. Kanye akwanele. Ochwepheshe basola ukuthi amafomula amaningi anothiswe ngamakhambi awanazo izithako ezanele ezisebenzayo ukuze abe nomthelela. Noma ngabe bakwenzile, amakhambi okwelapha imvamisa kufanele athathwe amasonto ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba izinzuzo zingene.

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