I-Nutrigenomics: Ukulandelana kwe-Genomic nokudla komuntu siqu

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I-Nutrigenomics: Ukulandelana kwe-Genomic nokudla komuntu siqu

I-Nutrigenomics: Ukulandelana kwe-Genomic nokudla komuntu siqu

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      I-Quantumrun Foresight
    • October 12, 2022

    Isifinyezo sokuqonda

    I-Nutrigenomics, inkambu ehlola ukuthi izakhi zethu zofuzo zithinta kanjani indlela esisabela ngayo ekudleni, inikeza izinhlelo zokondleka komuntu siqu, ezithinta izimboni zezempilo nezokudla. Naphezu kocwaningo olulinganiselwe kanye nemibono yochwepheshe eyahlukahlukene, ukusetshenziswa kwalo kuyasukela ekuthuthukiseni ukusebenza kwezemidlalo kuya ekulolongeni ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nemfundo okungenzeka ibe namandla. Le nkambu ethuthukayo, ngokuhlolwa kwe-DNA kanye nokusebenzisana namafemu e-biotech, ingashintsha ngokuyisisekelo indlela esiqonda ngayo nesiphatha ngayo impilo yethu.

    Umongo we-Nutrigenomics

    Abantu abanezifo ezingamahlalakhona nabasubathi abafuna ukukhulisa ukusebenza kwabo kahle bakhangwa kakhulu imakethe esafufusa ye-nutrigenomics. Kodwa-ke, abanye odokotela abaqiniseki ngesisekelo sesayensi sokuhlolwa kwe-nutrigenomic njengoba kusenocwaningo olulinganiselwe. I-Nutrigenomics iwucwaningo lokuthi izakhi zofuzo zihlangana kanjani nokudla futhi zibe nomthelela endleleni eyingqayizivele umuntu ngamunye agaya ngayo amavithamini, amaminerali, nezinye izinhlanganisela kulokho akudlayo. Le ndawo yesayensi ibheka ukuthi wonke umuntu udonsa, aphule, futhi asebenze amakhemikhali ngendlela ehlukile ngokusekelwe ku-DNA yabo.

    I-Nutrigenomics isiza ekunqumeni lolu hlelo lomuntu siqu. Izinkampani ezinikeza le sevisi zigcizelela ukubaluleka kokukwazi ukukhetha imikhiqizo engcono kakhulu namasevisi angafeza izinhloso zezempilo zomuntu. Le nzuzo ibalulekile njengoba izidlo eziningi kanye nenala yochwepheshe inikeza imibono eyahlukene. 

    I-Genetics idlala indima endleleni umzimba osabela ngayo ekudleni. I-National Library of Medicine ishicilele ucwaningo lwabantu abayi-1,000, uhhafu wabahlanganyeli bengamawele, okubonisa ukuxhumana okujabulisayo phakathi kwezakhi zofuzo nezakhamzimba. Kwagqanyiswa ukuthi amazinga kashukela egazini athonywa kakhulu ukwakheka kwe-macronutrient ekudleni (amaprotheni, amafutha, nama-carbohydrate), futhi amagciwane amathumbu abe nomthelela omkhulu emazingeni egazi-lipid (amafutha).

    Kodwa-ke, izakhi zofuzo zingathinta amazinga kashukela egazi ngaphezu kwe-lipids, nakuba ingabalulekile kunokulungiswa kokudla. Abanye ochwepheshe bokudla bakholelwa ukuthi i-nutrigenomics ingasiza ukusekela umsoco womuntu siqu noma izincomo ezisekelwe ekulandelaneni kwe-genome. Le ndlela ingase ibe ngcono kunezeluleko eziningi zodokotela ezilingana neziguli. 

    Umthelela ophazamisayo

    Izinkampani ezimbalwa, njenge-US-based Nutrition Genome, zihlinzeka ngezinsiza zokuhlola i-DNA eziphakamisa ukuthi abantu bangakuthuthukisa kanjani ukudla kwabo nendlela yokuphila. Amakhasimende anga-oda amakhithi ku-inthanethi (izintengo ziqala ku-USD $359), futhi ngokuvamile athatha izinsuku ezine ukulethwa. Amakhasimende angathatha amasampula e-swab futhi awabuyisele elebhu yomhlinzeki.

    Isampula libe selikhishwa futhi lifakwe i-genotype. Uma imiphumela isilayishiwe kudeshibhodi yangasese yeklayenti ohlelweni lokusebenza lwenkampani yokuhlola i-DNA, iklayenti lizothola isaziso se-imeyili. Ukuhlaziywa ngokuvamile kuhlanganisa amazinga ayisisekelo ofuzo e-dopamine ne-adrenaline azisa amakhasimende ngendawo yawo yokusebenza ethuthukisiwe, ikhofi noma itiye, noma izidingo zamavithamini. Olunye ulwazi lunikeze ingcindezi nokusebenza kwengqondo, ukuzwela ubuthi, kanye nemetabolism yezidakamizwa.

    Ngenkathi imakethe ye-nutrigenomics incane, kube nemizamo yocwaningo ekhulayo yokufakazela ukuba semthethweni kwayo. Ngokusho kwe-American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, izifundo ze-nutrigenomics azinazo izindlela ezijwayelekile futhi zikhinyabeza ukulawulwa kwekhwalithi okungaguquki lapho kuklanywa futhi kwenziwa ucwaningo. Kodwa-ke, inqubekelaphambili isiyenziwe, njengokwenza isethi yemibandela yokuqinisekisa I-Food Intake Biomarkers ngaphakathi kwe-FoodBall consortium (eyakhiwe amazwe ayi-11).

    Ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo kwamazinga kanye namapayipi okuhlaziya kufanele kuqinisekise ukuthi ukuhumusha kuyahambisana nokuqonda ukuthi ukudla kukuthinta kanjani umzimba womuntu. Noma kunjalo, iminyango yezempilo kazwelonke iyaqaphela amandla e-nutrigenomics ukuze kube nokudla okungcono. Isibonelo, i-UK National Institutes of Health (NIH) itshala imali ekondlekeni okunembayo ukuze ifundise ngokunembile umphakathi ngalokho okufanele ukudle.

    Imiphumela ye-nutrigenomics

    Imithelela ebanzi ye-nutrigenomics ingafaka: 

    • Inani elandayo leziqalo ezinikeza ukuhlolwa kwe-nutrigenomics kanye nokuhlangana nezinye izimboni ze-biotechnology (isb, i-23andMe) ukuhlanganisa izinsizakalo.
    • Inhlanganisela ye-nutrigenomics kanye ne-microbiome test kits ithuthukisa ukuhlaziya okunembe kakhudlwana kokuthi abantu bakugaya kanjani futhi bakuncele kanjani ukudla.
    • Ohulumeni abaningi nezinhlangano ezithuthukisa ucwaningo lwabo kanye nezinqubomgomo ezintsha zokudla, umsoco, nempilo.
    • Amaphrofeshinali ancike ekusebenzeni komzimba, njengabasubathi, amasosha, osomkhathi, nabaqeqeshi bejimu, kusetshenziswa i-nutrigenomics ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukudla kanye namasosha omzimba. 
    • Abathengi bamukela izinhlelo zokondleka komuntu siqu ezisekelwe emibonweni ye-nutrigenomic, okuholela ekuguquguqukeni kwezimboni zezithasiselo zokudla kanye nokuncipha kwezifo ezihlobene nendlela yokuphila.
    • Izinkampani zomshwalense zilungisa amaphrimiyamu kanye nokufakwa okusekelwe kudatha ye-nutrigenomic, ezinomthelela ekukhethweni kwabathengi kanye nokufinyeleleka kokunakekelwa kwezempilo.
    • Izikhungo zemfundo ezihlanganisa i-nutrigenomics ohlelweni lwezifundo, zakha isizukulwane esinolwazi mayelana nokudla okunomsoco kanye nokusebenzisana kwezempilo.

    Imibuzo okufanele icatshangelwe

    • Ukunyuka kwe-nutrigenomics kungahlanganiswa kanjani nezinsizakalo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo?
    • Yiziphi ezinye izinzuzo ezingaba khona zokudla komuntu siqu?

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