Ukutshaya “kubolisa” ingqondo ngokonakalisa inkumbulo, ukufunda nokuqiqa, ngokutsho kwabaphandi baseKing’s College yaseLondon.
Uphononongo lwabantu abangama-8,800 ngaphezu kwe-50 lubonise uxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu kunye nokutyeba ngokugqithiseleyo kubonakala kuchaphazela ingqondo, kodwa kuncinci.
Izazinzulu ezibandakanyekayo zathi abantu kufuneka baqonde ukuba indlela yokuphila inokonakalisa ingqondo kunye nomzimba.
Uphononongo lwabo lwapapashwa kwiphephancwadi Ubudala kunye nokuguga.
Abaphandi baseKing babephanda amakhonkco phakathi kokuhlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo okanye ukubetha kwentliziyo kunye nemeko yengqondo.
Idatha emalunga nempilo kunye nendlela yokuphila yeqela labantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-50 yaqokelelwa kwaye iimvavanyo zobuchopho, ezinjengokwenza ukuba abathathi-nxaxheba bafunde amagama amatsha okanye babize izilwanyana ezininzi njengoko babenako ngomzuzu, nazo zenziwa.
Bonke baphinda bavavanywa emva kweminyaka emine nesibhozo.
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Iziphumo zibonise ukuba umngcipheko jikelele wokuhlaselwa yintliziyo okanye ukubetha "kwakunxulunyaniswa kakhulu nokuncipha kwengqondo" kunye nabo basengozini enkulu ebonisa ukuhla okukhulu.
Kwakhona yathi kukho "umbutho ohambelanayo" phakathi kokutshaya kunye namanqaku aphantsi kwiimvavanyo.
“Qala ukucaphula
Ezi ziphumo zigxininisa ukubaluleka kokukhathalela impilo yakho yentliziyo ukusuka kubomi obuphakathi”
UGqr Simon RidleyAlzheimer's Research UK
Omnye wabaphandi, uGqr Alex Dregan, uthe: "Ukuncipha kwengqondo kuya kuxhaphaka ngakumbi xa ukwaluphala kwaye inani elandayo labantu liphazamisana nokusebenza kwemihla ngemihla kunye nempilo.
"Sichonge inani lemiba esemngciphekweni enokuthi inyanyaniswe nokuhla okukhawulezileyo kwengqondo, zonke ezinokuthi zitshintshe."
Wongeze wathi: "Kufuneka senze abantu bazi ngesidingo sokwenza utshintsho oluthile kwindlela yokuphila ngenxa yomngcipheko wokuncipha kwengqondo."
Abaphandi abazi ukuba ukwehla okunjalo kunokuchaphazela njani abantu abahamba kubomi babo bemihla ngemihla. Abaqinisekanga nokuba ukuhla kwangethuba ekusebenzeni kwengqondo kunokukhokelela kwiimeko ezinje ngesifo sengqondo esiyingozi.
Intliziyo kunye nengqondo
Ugqirha uSimon Ridley, ovela kwi-Alzheimer's Research UK, wathi: "Uphando luye lwadibanisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukutshaya kunye noxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu kwingozi enkulu yokuncipha kwengqondo kunye nokuphazamiseka kwengqondo, kwaye olu pho nonongo longeza ubunzima obo bungqina.
"Ukuncipha kwengqondo njengoko sikhula sinokukhula sibe sisifo sengqondo esiyingozi, kwaye ukutyhila izinto ezinxulumene noku kwehla kunokubaluleka ekufumaneni iindlela zokuthintela imeko.
"Ezi ziphumo zigxininisa ukubaluleka kokukhathalela impilo yakho yentliziyo ukusuka kubomi obuphakathi."
I-Alzheimer’s Society yathi: “Sonke siyazi ukuba ukutshaya, uxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu, umlinganiselo ophakamileyo wecholesterol neBMI [Isalathiso Sobunzima Bomzimba] ayingozi kwintliziyo yethu. Olu phando longeza kwisixa esikhulu sobungqina obubonisa ukuba banokuba bubi kwintloko yethu.
“Umntu omnye kwabathathu abaneminyaka engama-65 ubudala uya kuba ne-dementia kodwa kukho izinto abantu abanokuthi bazenze ukunciphisa umngcipheko wabo.
“Ukutya ukutya okunesondlo, ukugcina ubunzima obusempilweni, ukwenza umthambo rhoqo, ukujonga uxinzelelo lwegazi kunye necholesterol kwaye ungatshayi konke oko kunokwenza umahluko.”
(BBC)
