Ingabe Inhliziyo Yakho Iguga Ngokushesha Kunawo Wonke Umzimba Wakho?

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Kuvele ukuthi "umusha enhliziyweni" akuwona nje umusho-inhliziyo yakho ayigugi ngendlela efanayo nomzimba wakho. Iminyaka yethiki lakho ingahluka kakhulu kuneminyaka elayisensi yakho yokushayela, ngokusho kombiko omusha ovela e-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Ungabala iminyaka yakho yenhliziyo lapha uma uphakathi kweminyaka engama-30 nengama-74 ubudala.)

Kodwa kwabaningi bethu, lezi akuzona izindaba ezinhle. Ucwaningo luveza ukuthi amaphesenti angama-75 aseMelika aneminyaka yobudala yenhliziyo omdala kuneminyaka yabo yangempela kanye namaphesenti angama-40 abesifazane aneminyaka eyisihlanu noma ngaphezulu ubudala kuneminyaka yabo yangempela. Yebo-umuntu usiphathisa isiphuzo esivela emthonjeni wobusha STAT. (Kepha, i-FYI, i-Biological Age Matters Ngaphezu Kobudala Bokuzalwa.)

Abaphenyi bahlaziye idatha evela kuzo zonke izifundazwe futhi bathola ukuthi abantu abadala abayizigidi ezingama-69 e-U.S. Basebenza ngezinhliziyo ezindala kunabo, ngokungafani okugqame kakhulu ezifundazweni eziseningizimu. Futhi, ezimweni eziningi, kungenxa yezizathu ezilawuleka ngokuphelele nezingavinjelwa: umfutho wegazi ophakeme, i-cholesterol ephezulu, ukubhema, ukukhuluphala, ukudla okungenampilo, ukungasebenzi komzimba, noma isifo sikashukela.

Ngakho kungani kufanele sikhathazeke uma inhliziyo yethu iguga ngokushesha kunawo wonke umzimba wethu? Iminyaka yenhliziyo yakho ibhekene nezingozi eziningi zempilo. Uma inhliziyo yakho indala kuneminyaka yakho yobudala, ungaba sengozini enkulu yokubulawa kwezinkinga zezempilo njengokuhlaselwa yinhliziyo nokushaywa unhlangothi.

Kodwa ungesabi, inhliziyo yakho ayinqunyelwe ukuthatha umhlalaphansi ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Yize ezinye izinto ezinikela ebudaleni benhliziyo zingofuzo, izinto eziningi ezinikela enhliziyweni egugile yizinketho zokuphila ongazilawula. Ukwehlisa iminyaka yenhliziyo yakho, gcina i-cholesterol yakho isesilinganisweni, ugcine indlela yokuphila esebenzayo, udle uphilile, uqiniseke ukuthi umfutho wegazi lakho usezingeni eliphilile, futhi noma yini oyenzayo, yeka ukubhema.

Njengomthetho ojwayelekile, impilo enempilo isho inhliziyo enempilo. Ngakho-ke kuze kube yilapho sithola ngempela umthombo wobusha, qiniseka ukuthi wenza izinqumo ezizogcina inhliziyo yakho, hhayi umzimba wakho omncane nje. (Kodwa Isikhathi Esilindelekile Sempilo Yinde Kwabesifazane Emhlabeni Wonke, ngakho-ke...i-silver lining?)

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