Timayang'ana kwambiri zaumoyo wa ana koma nthawi zambiri sipamakhala zokambirana zokwanira zokhudzana ndi thanzi la okalamba. Nkhaniyi ndiyofunikanso ngati thanzi kwa ana. Mwachidziwikire timafuna kuyang'ana zaumoyo munthawi zonse za moyo wathu koma omwe ali pachiwopsezo chokhala osowa zakudya m'thupi ndi ana komanso okalamba. Chifukwa cha izi, sikuti okalamba onse alibe njira zophikira kapena ndalama zothandizira bajeti yomwe imaphatikizapo zakudya zatsopano. Kuyang'ana pa zaumoyo kwa okalamba ndikofunikira kuti athe kusangalala ndi moyo ngati wina aliyense mosasamala kanthu zakusintha kwa zakudya zomwe zimachitika ndi ukalamba.

Okalamba ambiri amadalira chakudya chofulumira kapena kutenga chifukwa amangowotchera kuphika kapena mwina sangakhale kwinakwake ndi khitchini yathunthu. Izi zitha kuwononga thanzi la wamkulu. Pambuyo pake m'thupi matupi athu amakhala ndi zovuta zambiri komanso matenda, ena mwa iwo amapangira zakudya zoteteza, zowonjezera sodium, ndi shuga. Matenda a shuga amtundu wachiwiri, Cholesterol, kuthamanga kwa magazi ndizofala kwambiri pakati pa mibadwo yakale ndipo zonsezi zimawonjezeka chifukwa cha zakudya zomwe zimapangidwa ndi chakudya chofulumira kapena kuchotsedwa. Ichi ndichifukwa chake chakudya chopatsa thanzi ndikofunikira kuti tsiku lililonse muzimva bwino.

Monga nzika yayikulu ndibwino kuti thanzi lanu lizidya zakudya zatsopano komanso zopatsa thanzi. Zakudya zanu ziyenera kukhala ndi zomanga thupi zomanga thupi, zipatso, ndi ndiwo zamasamba. Ndizosangalatsa kudya zinthu zamzitini; tuna, salimoni, zipatso, kapena ndiwo zamasamba, ingoyang'anirani zolemba zowonjezera zowonjezera monga shuga kapena sodium, ndipo pewani mankhwalawa. Komanso kumbukirani kuyang'ana zinthu zamkaka zotsika mafuta m'malo mwa mkaka wathunthu wamafuta. Fufuzani zinthu zolimbikitsidwa ndi vitamini D kuti mukhale ndi chitetezo chamthupi cholimba, calcium kuti mukhale ndi mafupa olimba, komanso fiber kuti makina anu azidya bwino.

Kukhala ndi hydrated, popeza wamkulu ndichofunika kwambiri. Kutaya madzi m'thupi kumatha kukhala kowopsa pa thanzi lanu. Madzi ndi chakumwa chothira kwambiri koma tiyi kapena khofi atha kukhala njira zabwino zosinthira tsiku lonse.

Achikulire nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi mankhwala, omwe angakhudze zakudya zawo. Izi zimatha kukhumudwitsa m'mimba ndi zakudya zambiri kapena kungokhala ndi njala, zomwe zimatha kubweretsa kuperewera kwa zakudya m'thupi. Matenda ambiri amachititsanso kusokoneza chidwi cha okalamba. Onetsetsani kuti mumadya zakudya zazing'ono tsiku lonse kuti mupewe zovuta zina ndi thanzi lanu.

Monga nzika yokalamba yomwe mumakhala ndi chitetezo chazokha, mwina zimakuvutani kugula zogulira zokwanira mwezi wonse. Chonde pezani zida zokuthandizani kuti mupeze zakudya zokwanira kuti mukhale ndi thanzi labwino. Fikani ku banki yazakudya yakwanuko, kuti akupatseni chakudya kuti muthandizire kugula kwanu ndipo ambiri ali ndi pulogalamu yayikulu yodzipereka kuwonetsetsa kuti okalamba akupeza chakudya chokwanira. Onaninso zabwino za SNAP. Okalamba ambiri amatha kupeza ndalama zambiri pamwezi akakhala oyenerera.

Galveston County Food Bank ili ndi pulogalamu yakunyumba mosamalitsa okalamba azaka zopitilira 65 (ndi olumala). Ngati mukumva kuti ndinu oyenerera kapena mukudziwa wina yemwe angatero, chonde pitani ku banki yazakudya kudzera pafoni kapena pitani patsamba lathu kuti mumve zambiri zamomwe mungalembetsere pulogalamuyi.

- Jade Mitchell, Mphunzitsi wa Nutrition