Isithelo sesimangaliso esithi 'I-Flavour-tripping' singangena esikhundleni sikashukela

Lapho sinikezwa ithuba lokudla ngokweqile, siyokwenza lokho. Lokhu kufakazela ukuthi kuyinkinga njengoba ukudla okunjalo okufiselekayo kuqukethe ikakhulukazi ushukela namafutha. Njengoba amazinga okukhuluphala enyuka, amanani okudla okunempilo acishe abe ngaphansi.

Kwake kwabhekwa njengenkinga kwabahola kakhulu, ukukhuluphala manje sekusakazekile futhi kuyindaba ekhulayo kulabo abasemazweni anemali ephansi kanye nephakathi nendawo ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zasemadolobheni. Izinga lokukhuluphala emhlabeni wonke liye laphindeka ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kusukela ngo-1980. Ngokwe-World Health Organization, amaphesenti angu-65 abantu emhlabeni wonke ahlala emazweni lapho ukukhuluphala kubulala khona abantu abaningi kunalabo abahlushwa ukukhuluphala ngokweqile.

Kusukela ngo-2012, izingane eziyizigidi ezingu-40 ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu zazibhekwa njengezikhuluphele noma zikhuluphele. Ngalezi zibalo ezingezinhle, ucwaningo lokudla lugxile ekwakheni uphudingi ongenashukela kanye nesinongo sokwenziwa esinambitheka njengento yangempela.

U-Homaro Cantu, umnikazi wesitolo sekhofi, u-Berrista Coffee, edolobheni lase-Chicago, uthole impendulo engaba khona. UCantu uphakamisa ukuthi ikhambi lokuqeda ushukela ekudleni kwethu lifika ngendlela yephrotheni eyaziwa ngokuthi i-miraculin. Enye “yama- molecule emvelo” ambalwa “ayenzeka ngokwemvelo emhlabeni,” iphrotheni iyisiguquli sokunambitha, esitholakala kumajikijolo esitshalo saseNtshonalanga Afrika esaziwa ngokuthi I-Synsepalum dulcificum.

Uhambo lwe-asidi lolimi lwakho 

Ngokocwaningo olwenziwa mayelana nezinqubo zebhayoloji zamaprotheni phakathi neminyaka eyishumi edlule, isimangaliso esikujikijolo sinamathela kuma-receptors olimi, afana noshukela nama-sweeteners okwenziwa, kodwa “ngokunamandla kakhulu.” I-Acid ekudleni okumuncu idala ukusabela kwamakhemikhali okwenza isimangaliso sihlanekezele ukuma kwama-receptors, okwenza ama-receptors azwele kangangokuthi amasignali amnandi abawathumela ebuchosheni anqobe omuncu.

Njengamanje esetshenziswa ezindaweni zokudlela ezisezingeni eliphezulu, amakhasimende adle amajikijolo ajabulela “uhambo lokunambitha” njengokuthi “umuncu uphenduke ube mnandi emilonyeni yawo kuze kube yilapho isimangaliso siphuma olimini lwawo.” Ngakho-ke kukholakala ukuthi ukudla amajikijolo, owaziwa nangokuthi isithelo esiyisimangaliso, ngaphambi kokudla uphudingi olungenashukela kuzonikeza umuntu ukulungiswa okumnandi.

UCantu, esebenzisa lolu lwazi, uzama ukuthola indlela yokuhlanganisa impushana yeberry ekudleni ukuze ibe nomthelela ofanayo. Uhlelo lwakhe ukuthuthukisa uhlobo oluzinzile lokushisa lwe-miraculin ukuze kuphekwe ngalo, njengoba ukupholisa nokushisa amaprotheni kuyenza isebenze. Ebhekisela empumelelweni yephrojekthi yakhe, uCantu uthi, "Isimangaliso sizonamathela kuphela kuma-receptors akho isikhathi esincane, esanele ukuthi ujabulele ukudla okusemlonyeni wakho."

Kodwa-ke, umqondo wokwethula ijikijolo eliyisimangaliso ekudleni njengokushintsha ushukela ngeke uvele ezimakethe zokudla maduzane. Ziningi izinselele okufanele uzinqobe. Okokuqala, imithetho yamanje yeFood and Drug Administration iphambene nombono. Njengoba isinqumo se-FDA simile, izindawo zokudlela nezitolo zekhofi zingasabalalisa amajikijolo kumakhasimende kodwa noma yimiphi imikhiqizo yokudla equkethe amajikijolo kufanele ithengiswe ngaphandle kwase-United States.

Okwesibili, ezezimali ziyinkinga. Ngokusho kombhali waseCanada, u-Adam Gollner, noma ngubani ofuna ukuphonsela inselelo isinqumo se-FDA, "Kudingeka nje abe nezimali kanye nesineke ukuze aqedele."

UCantu unethemba lokwakha ubudlelwano nezikhondlakhondla zokudla okungenamsoco ukuze bakhe imikhiqizo yokudla okunempilo. Kodwa-ke, ukufaka ushukela esikhundleni se-miraculin kubonakala kuyindlela engathandeki, ngenxa yezizathu zezindleko. Amagremu ayishumi empushana yesithelo eyisimangaliso angabiza imali elinganiselwa ku-$30 ngoba kuthatha cishe iminyaka emine ukuze isitshalo esiyisimangaliso sikhule futhi esisodwa kuphela kwezine esizothela isithelo. Abanye bebefuna ukwehlisa intengo ngokusebenzisa i-bioengineering.

Nokho, uCantu unenye indlela. Uhlela ukusungula amapulazi amakhulu angaphakathi futhi azikhulisele amajikijolo endlini yakhe, futhi “njengoba ubuchwepheshe bokukhanyisa, izinga lokushisa kanye nokuqapha sebuyabiza,” uthi angakwazi ukwakha imikhiqizo engadayiswa ngamanani alingana nalawo asezitolo ezinkulu. kanye nocwaningo, mhlawumbe ikusasa lethu lizohlanganisa ukudla okunempilo kanye nabantu.