Umbono othakazelisayo we-American Academy of Pediatrics
Uma uqala esitolo, kuningi lokuzikhethela kulindele. Akudingeki nje ukuthi unqume ukuthi yini ofuna ukuyidla (nokuthi yini ingane yakho yokufundela esikoleni izodla), kodwa hlobo luni? Yisho ukuthi ufuna ukuthola ama-strawberries. Kubonakala sengathi kuyisisekelo esihle, akunjalo? Kungakanani okungenzeka ukuthi kufanele ukhethe ngakho? Kodwa unezinqumo: fresh noma iqhwa, lonke noma precut, eziphilayo noma ezivamile?
With izitolo ezinkulu futhi (futhi superstores kanye izitolo jikelele) enikeza ukhetho olukhulu yokukhetha organic ukudla, ngokuvamile uvame abazali bazibuza ukuthi izingane kufanele adle ukudla organic. Ukuzikhethela kuvame ukubiza kakhulu, futhi ekuboneni kokuqala, kunzima ukubona umehluko phakathi kwezinto eziphilayo nezingezona eziphilayo. Ngakho-ke kufanelekile izindleko ezengeziwe ukuthenga ukudla okwenziwe umndeni wakho?
Ngokusho kukaDkt. Thomas K. McInerny , umongameli we-American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), ukudla okunomsoco kunamazinga aphansi ezinambuzane ezibulala izidakamizwa kanye namagciwane aphikisana nezidakamizwa. "Lokhu kungabalulekile ezinganeni ngoba izingane ezincane zisengozini kakhulu emakhemikhali, kodwa asinabo ubufakazi besayensi ukuthi uma umehluko uzoba nomthelela empilweni yomuntu esikhathini esizayo," kusho uMcnnerny.
I-USDA kanye ne-Food and Drug Administration baye bathi ama-hormone okukhula nama-antibiotic aphephile ekudleni okuthile. Ngeke uthole lezi zenyama, izinkukhu, amaqanda kanye nemikhiqizo yobisi.
Ukuze kubhalwe ukuthi i-organic, kumele ivela ezilwaneni ezinganikwa zona.
Kusukela ekuqinisekiseni ukusimama, ukudla okunomsoco kungcono nakakhulu kwimvelo isikhathi eside. Kusukela ekukhuliseni komhlabathi okuncane emasimini abo atshalwe kuyo, ukusebenzisa amakhemikhali amancane, ukudla okuphilayo kungashiya kancane umthelela emhlabeni.
Kuthiwani Uma Angikwazi Ukuthenga Ukudla Okungokwemvelo?
Ngokusho kwe-AAP, izithelo nemifino ephilayo kanye non-organic ziba nesilinganiso esifanayo samavithamini namaminerali kuwo. Lokho i-AAP itusa ukuthi nsuku zonke, izingane zidla ukudla okunempilo okuhlukahlukene njengezithelo, imifino, inyama enomzimba, okusanhlamvu okugcwele kanye nemikhiqizo yobisi ephansi noma yamafutha angenamafutha. Zingaba eziphilayo noma ezingekho eziphilayo.
"Uma usesabelomali, ungathengi ukhetho olubi kakhulu uma luzokwenza ukunciphisa ukudla komndeni wakho konke okunempilo njengokukhiqiza okusha," weluleka uMcnnerny. "Kungcono ukuthi izingane zidle ama-servings amahlanu omkhiqizo ovuthiwe ngosuku kunokuba badle ukudla okunye kwemifino."
Futhi non-organic akusho ukuthi kunezibulala-zinambuzane. Unyaka ngamunye, i-Environmental Working Group ihlanganisa umhlahlandlela olinganisa izinga lezinambuzane ezikhiqizayo. Ngonyaka wezi-2015, uhlu lwazo lwe-"Clean 15" lokudla olwalunezinambuzane ezibulala izinambuzane:
- i-avocados
- umbila
- amaphayinaphu
- iklabishi
- ama-peas aqoshiwe
- anyanisi
- i-asparagus
- amaMango
- i-papayas
- isi-kiwis
- isitshalo seqanda
- isithelo segilebhisi
- ikhathalophu
- ukholifulawa
- ubhatata.
Ngokuphambene nalokho, uhlu lwazo lwezinhlayiya "Eziphuzile" lokudla okunomuthi ophakeme kakhulu lwezinambuzane ezibulala ama-apula, ama-peaches, ama-nectarine, ama-strawberries, amagilebhisi, isilimo esidliwayo esinamagatsha anamanzi, isipinashi, ubhontshisi obuhle be-bell, ukhukhamba, utamatisi we-cherry, ama-peas angeniswa, namazambane.
"Umhlahlandlela we-USDA we-Shopper's to the Pesticides in Produce uyaqaphela ukuthi abantu abaningi abafuna ukunciphisa ukuvezwa kwabo kuma-pesticides emkhiqizweni abakwazi ukuthola noma ukuthenga ukudla konke okuphilayo," kusho inhlangano esitatimendeni. "Kubasiza ukuba bafune izithelo nemifino evame ukukhula ngokujwayelekile ekuhloliseni izinsalela zemithi ye-pesticide. Uma befuna ukudla okungukuthi izinguqulo zabo ezivamile zivivinya izidakamizwa, zingenza umzamo wokuthola izinguqulo eziphilayo."
Ukuze uthole amanye amathiphu okudla okunomsoco wezingane, vakashela iwebhusayithi ye-AAP yabazali.