Mawu oti "zakudya zopangidwa" amaponyedwa mozungulira pafupifupi nkhani zonse zaumoyo ndi blog yazakudya zomwe mungapeze. Osanama kuti zakudya zambiri zomwe zimapezeka m'masitolo amakono ndizakudya zopangidwa. Koma kodi ndi chiyani? Kodi tingadziwe bwanji kuti ndi ziti zomwe tiyenera kudya komanso zomwe ndi zosayenera? Nayi malangizo achangu pazomwe ali komanso zomwe zili ndizofunikira motsutsana ndi zakudya zopanda thanzi.

“Zakudya zopangidwa kale” ndi zakudya zilizonse zomwe zaphikidwa, zamzitini, zonyamulidwa, zosadulidwa kale, kapena zopangidwa ndi zonunkhira zisanapakidwe. Njirazi zimasintha mtundu wa zakudya m'njira zosiyanasiyana ndichifukwa chake mukamagula zakudya zouma kale zimakhala zoyipa kwambiri kuposa momwe mumaziphikira nokha. Zakudya zachisanu zikhala ndi mankhwala oteteza, shuga ndi kapena mchere wowonjezeredwa kuti apititse patsogolo kununkhira ndikuwapangitsa kukhala ophika ophika komanso okoma. Komabe, mutha kukhala ndi sipinachi kapena kudula chinanazi ndipo simutaya zakudya zopatsa thanzi ngakhale kuti zimawerengedwa kuti "zakonzedwa".

Zakudya zabwino zomwe zasinthidwa zikhala zakudya zilizonse zomwe zilibe kapena zili ndi zowonjezera zowonjezera. Zipatso zamatumba, zipatso zamzitini, masamba zamzitini, nsomba zamzitini, mkaka, ndi mtedza ndi zina mwazakudya zabwino kwambiri. Anthu ena alibe mwayi wogula zokolola zatsopano m'malo mwa zamzitini chifukwa cha zifukwa zachuma choncho musamadzimve mlandu ngati zakudya zamzitini zikugwirizana ndi bajeti komanso moyo wanu. Yesani kupewa zinthu zamzitini zomwe zawonjezera mchere ndi shuga kuti zakudya zizikhala bwino. Ndizowona kuti achikulire ambiri ali otanganidwa masiku ano ndipo kulima zokolola zanu zonse sizowona. Ngati ndi choncho kwa inu, zokolola zisanadulidwe kapena zisanatsukidwe sizinthu zomwe ziyenera kunyalanyazidwa chifukwa choti zimawerengedwa kuti zakonzedwa.

Zakudya zosakonzedwa bwino ndi izi: agalu otentha, chakudya chamadzulo, tchipisi cha mbatata, zipsera za chip, zakudya zachisanu, chimanga, ma crackers, ndi zinthu zina zambiri. Zinthu zambiri m'mashopu ogulitsa, monga ma keke omwe ali mmatumba kapena opanga zonunkhira, zimakonzedwa kwambiri kuposa momwe zilili. Pali zowonjezera zochepa zenizeni pazomwe zimapangidwazo ndipo mankhwalawo ndi achilendo mthupi lathu. Ichi ndichifukwa chake zakudya zopangidwa kwambiri, zopanda phindu pang'ono, sizabwino kuti tizidya nthawi zonse. Kuganiza kuti titha kukhala osadyako zinthu zamtunduwu ndizosamveka ndichifukwa chake amalangizidwa kuti tizidya pang'ono. Kudya ma cookie omwe adapangidwa kale kamodzi pamwezi m'malo mwa tsiku lililonse, kapena tirigu wam'mawa wam'mawa kamodzi pamlungu m'malo mwa tsiku ndi tsiku ndizosintha kwambiri. Zomwe zili choncho, thupi lanu limayankha bwino kwambiri pazakudya "zenizeni" kuposa mankhwala onse omwe zinthuzi zimakonzedwa. Zakudya zosinthidwa zalumikizidwa ndi kunenepa kwambiri, matenda ashuga amtundu wachiwiri, cholesterol, kuthamanga kwa magazi, komanso khansa zina. Zimapweteketsa thanzi lathu ndipo ziyenera kukhala zochepa pazakudya zathu.

Zakudya zopangidwa kale ndizotchuka m'masitolo amasiku ano komanso kutsatsa kwakuti ndizosatheka kuzipewa. Koma kuzindikira zomwe ali komanso kuwononga thanzi lathu ndikofunikira kwambiri. Izi zitha kukuthandizani kuti muziyenda ndi zomwe zili ndi thanzi labwino komanso zomwe zilibe. Ndikukhulupirira izi zakhala zothandiza kwambiri pazakudya zopangidwa, zomwe ndichifukwa chake pamalankhulidwa zambiri za iwo.

- Jade Mitchell, Mphunzitsi wa Nutrition