Chikhalidwe chathu chimakhala m'malo mwa Kool-Aid. Osati mtundu weniweniwo, ngakhale kuti uli ndi kuchuluka kwake kwachonso. Chisamaliro changa pakali pano ndi mtundu wophiphiritsira, mtundu umene "kumwa" Kool-Aid "kumatanthawuza kukondana ndi zina zotsimikiza.
Pankhani ya zopatsa mphamvu ndi ana anu, komanso kuyanjana pakati pa awiriwa, zikuoneka kuti amatsuka awiri okhwima.
A FDA, mwachiwonekere, akutumikira chimodzi. Pofuna kuti ma calories aponyedwe pamasituni odyera zamakono ndi zakudya zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'malo amtundu monga malo owonetsera mafilimu, FDA ikuwonetseratu kuti kuzindikira kwa kalori kumathandiza. Mauthenga olondola okhudzana ndi zopatsa mphamvu, m'malo mwachitsulo cha calorie chomwe chili chofunika kwambiri pa kafukufuku chomwe chimapangidwira mu chikhalidwe chathu, chingawathandize makolo kusankha zinthu zochepa zamchere kapena magawo ang'onoang'ono. Izi zikhoza kuthandiza kuthandizira mphamvu zamchere, komanso kulemera.
Chotsutsana ndikuti makilogalamu alibe ntchito. Powonjezereka, nkhaniyi-yofalitsidwa m'mawonekedwe onse a chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi zolemba zoonedwa ndi anzanu zomwe calorie si calorie, ndipo chidwi cha makilogalamu ndizochita zopanda phindu.
Ndikupempha kuti musamamwe mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya Kool-Aid, ngakhale zili ndi kalori.
Inde, kalori ndi kalori. Inde, makilogalamu amawerengera. Koma inde, kuganizira mozama pa makilogalamu kungayambitse mavuto ambiri.
Ma calories ndi chifukwa chodziwika bwino. Ndiyeso ya mphamvu yosungidwa yomwe thupi lingagwiritse ntchito kuyendetsa ntchito zosiyanasiyana, kapena kukula. Kukula kumeneko kungakhale kotsika, kapena kosasunthika.
Mu nthawi ya mliri (kapena moyenera molondola, pakalipano kuti miyezo yapamwamba yakhala yachizoloŵezi, "osasamala") ubwana wambiri kunenepa, ambiri a ife tiri ndi chifukwa chodera nkhaŵa za kukula kwa mitundu yosiyana-mwa ana athu ndi zidzukulu, komanso tokha. Mafuta ochulukirapo ndi omwe amachititsa kuti mafuta osakwanira komanso mafuta abwino azikhala otetezeka.
Vuto la kulembera kalori ndiloti limangonena gawo lochepa chabe la nkhaniyi. Gawo laling'ono la zakudya zopanda thanzi lidzakhala ndi makilogalamu ocheperapo kusiyana ndi gawo lalikulu la chakudya chopanda kanthu. Koma, mwachiwonekere, zonsezi zidzakhalabe zopanda pake. Mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi osasankha onse chifukwa palibe kholo lachikondi loyenera kulandira zitsamba monga zomangira thupi la mwana wathanzi komanso chifukwa cha zakudya zopanda zakudya zopangira mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Zakudya zopanda kanthu, zodziŵika bwino, zakhala zikukonzedwa kuti zifalitse chilakolako ndi kupititsa patsogolo makilogalamu omwe amatenga kuti mukhale odzaza. Kotero gawo lopatsidwa lingakhale laling'ono, ndipo makilogalamu ake ochepa; koma izo sizothandiza pa nthawi ngati chilakolako chimalimbikitsidwa osati kukhutira. Ma calories ambiri amatsatiradi.
Mosiyana ndi izi, zakudya zina zopatsa thanzi komanso zowononga kwambiri, monga mtedza ndi nut nut, hummus, avocado, kapena mazira-akhoza kukhala oposa makasitomala kuposa kupikisana.
Koma izi zimapangitsa kuti zakudya izi zitheke. Zakudya zabwino, zilizonse zamakono, zimapatsa thanzi labwino, ndipo nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi kukhutira kwamuyaya. Umboni umasonyeza kuti walnuts ndi mtedza wina, komanso zakudya zowonjezera zakudya zowonjezera zakudya, zingathandize kuchepetsa ndi kuchepetsa kudya kwa kalori patsiku la tsiku ngakhale kuti ali ndi zakudya zowonjezera. Kuti mukhale wolemera pa nthawi, ndi kudya kalori kwa nthawi-osati pa nthawi imodzi-yomwe ndi yofunika kwambiri.
Potsirizira pake, yankho la funso- "ndi kalori yolemba yothandiza polimbana ndi ubwana wambiri kunenepa?" - ndilo lodziwika bwino: likudalira.
Ziri ngati kufunsa: ndi nyundo chothandiza? Poyendetsa msomali, ndithudi. Kuti mumange nsapato zanu? Osati kwambiri. Kusewera violin? Vuto loipa kwambiri, lofuula.
Ngati mumaganizira za zakudya zonse zomwe mumasankha nokha ndi banja lanu, makilogalamu ndi othandizira pakati pa zosankha zofanana. Ngati palibe chinthu china, ma calories angapereke chitsimikizo chenicheni cha kukula kwake.
Ngati, komabe, mumadalira mopitirira muyeso pa zopatsa mphamvu ndikunyalanyaza khalidwe lonse la thanzi, mungathe kupuma mosavuta kusankha magawo ang'onoang'ono a mankhwala osokoneza bongo m'malo mwa njira yabwino kwambiri yokhala ndi makilogalamu ambiri. M'kupita kwa nthawi, ndipamtundu wa makilogalamu omwe ambiri amadalira, ndipo ana athu, amayendetsa kuchuluka.
Ngati simungapereke mwana wanu nyundo kuti azitha kuimba vutolo, samalani kuti musamangomveketsa chithunzithunzi chofanana ndi chotsatira cha calorie. Chidziwitso cha zopatsa mphamvu ndi chida chofanana ndi china chilichonse; ingagwiritsidwe ntchito bwino, kapena molakwika. Gawo limenelo ndi kubweretsa phokoso kapena nyimbo ndizovuta kwa inu.