I-capsule ezwa kude idlulisela impilo yamathumbu ku-smartphone

Cabanga ngesikhathi lapho isisu sakho sasikwazi ukuxhumana nawe ngomakhalekhukhwini, sikwazisa ngempilo evamile yamathumbu akho. Ngenxa yesayensi yekhulu lama-21, leso sikhathi sesifikile.

Phambilini ngo-2015, u-Alpha Galileo wabika lokho abacwaningi baseNyuvesi yase-RMIT kanye naseNyuvesi yaseMonash e-Australia babeklame futhi bakhiqiza i-capsule esezingeni eliphezulu ezwa igesi,engakwazi ukuhamba emzimbeni wethu futhi idlulisele imiyalezo esuka emathunjini iye kumakhalekhukhwini wethu.

Ngalinye lalawa ma-capsules agwinywayo alayishwe inzwa yegesi, i-microprocessor, kanye ne-wireless high-frequency transmitter-konke lokhu ngokuhlangene kuzokala ukugxila kwamagesi amathumbu. Imiphumela yalokhu kulinganisa iyobe isithunyelwa—ngokumangalisayo—kumakhalekhukhwini wethu.

Impela, le nto yokuthumela imiyalezo ipholile, kodwa kungani emhlabeni wonke noma ubani wethu efuna ukwazi ukuthi yimaphi amagesi akhula eziswini zethu?

Amagesi amathumbu ahlupha izisu zethu empeleni anomthelela omkhulu empilweni yethu yesikhathi eside kunokuba umuntu ojwayelekile angabikezela. Amanye alawa magesi, ngokwesibonelo, ahlotshaniswa nezimo zezempilo ezinjengomdlavuza wekoloni, i-irritable bowel syndrome, nesifo samathumbu esivuvukalayo. Ngakho-ke, ukuthola ukuthi yimaphi amagesi ahlala kakhulu eziswini zethu kuwumqondo ophusile ngempela, njengoba kungasisiza ukuba sihlole izimo zempilo zamanje noma zesikhathi esizayo bese sisungula izindlela zokuvimbela.

Ngakho-ke, ngamafuphi, i-capsule ifuna ukubhekana nokukhathazeka okukhulu kwezempilo emhlabeni wonke, ikakhulukazi ngeqiniso lokuthi Umdlavuza we-colorectal ungumdlavuza wesithathu odlange kakhulu emhlabeni wonke ngo-2012.

USolwazi we-RMIT u-Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, usosayensi ohamba phambili walolu hlelo, uchaza ku-AlphaGalileo ukuthi “siyazi ukuthi ama-microorganisms amathumbu akhiqiza amagesi njengomkhiqizo we-metabolism yawo, kodwa siqonda okuncane kakhulu ngokuthi lokho kuyithinta kanjani impilo yethu.”

"Ngakho ukukwazi ukukala ngokunembile amagesi amathumbu kungasheshisa ulwazi lwethu mayelana nokuthi ama-microorganisms athile anomthelela ekuphazamisekeni kwesisu kanye nokusebenza kahle kokudla, okuvumela ukuthuthukiswa kwamasu amasha okuxilonga kanye nokwelapha."

Okujabulisa nakakhulu, singasebenzisa ulwazi olunikezwa yilawa maphilisi ukuze sifunde ukuthi ukudla okuthile kusebenza kanjani emathunjini ethu.

"Cishe isigamu sabantu base-Australia sikhononda ngezinkinga zokugaya ukudla kunoma yisiphi isikhathi sezinyanga ezingu-12, lobu buchwepheshe bungaba ithuluzi elilula esilidingayo ukuze silungise ukudla kwethu ngendlela efanele emzimbeni wethu ngamunye futhi sithuthukise impilo yethu yokugaya," kuchaza u-Kalantar-zadeh.

Isibonelo senkinga enjalo yokugaya ukudla i-irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Ngokusho kwe Izikhungo zezempilo zikazwelonke, I-IBS ithinta u-11% wabantu bomhlaba wonke. Okushiwo lokhu ukuthi leli khephu elinamandla ngokukhohlisa lingase lixazulule izinkinga zesisu zanoma yimuphi umuntu kwabayishumi olandelayo obabona behambahamba emgwaqweni.