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Ko te waikawa Ascorbic he huaora C noa iho i tona ahua parakore, e wātea ana hei taapiri-a-waha, hei rongoā rānei. E hiahia ana tō tinana i tēnei huaora nui i ia rā, engari e kore e taea e ia te hanga huaora C anō, nō reira me tiki e koe mai i te kai, i ngā taapiri rānei.
E mōhio ana te nuinga o te tangata ka āwhina te huaora C ki te whawhai i te makariri, engari he nui atu ngā mahi a te waikawa ascorbic i tērā. E tautoko ana i tō pūnaha ārai mate, āwhina ana i tō tinana ki te tango rino mai i te kai, ā, he tūranga nui tōna ki te whakaora i ngā patunga me te pupuri i te kiri hauora.
Ko te waikawa Ascorbic te ingoa matū mō te huaora C, tētahi o ngā matūkai tino nui e hiahia ana tō tinana kia pai te mahi. He huaora wairewa, ko te tikanga e kore e rongoa e tō tinana mō ngā wā roa.
I te mea ka horoi tō tinana i te huaora C nui mā te mimi, me whakakī anō e koe i ia rā mā te kai, mā ngā taapiri rānei. Koinei te take he nui te painga o te kai i ngā kai whai huaora C i ia rā, te tango rānei i ngā taapiri waikawa ascorbic mō tō hauora whānui.
Ko te ahua-a-waha o te waikawa ascorbic ka tae mai i roto i ngā papa, ngā kāpene, ngā papa ngau, me ngā ahua wai. E kiia ana he taapiri ngawari, haumaru e taea ana e te nuinga o te tangata te tango me te kore e māharahara.
Ka rongoatia, ka ārai hoki te waikawa ascorbic i te ngoikoretanga o te huaora C, ka taea te arahi ki tētahi āhuatanga nui e kīia ana ko te scurvy. Ka whakamahia hoki hei whakanui i te mahi ārai mate me te tautoko i ngā tukanga whakaora tūturu o tō tinana.
Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te waikawa ascorbic mēnā he āhuatanga hauora ōna e whakanui ana i tō hiahia ki te huaora C. Ko ngā tāngata e ora ana i te pokanga, e raru ana i ngā mate tūturu, e pā ana rānei ki te nui o te pēhanga, he maha ngā painga mai i te tautoko huaora C anō.
Koinei ngā take nui e tohutohu ana, e tūtohu ana rānei ngā kaiwhakarato hauora i te waikawa ascorbic:
I ngā wā onge, ka tohutohu pea ngā tākuta i ngā horopeta teitei ake o te waikawa ascorbic mō ētahi āhuatanga rongoā motuhake pērā i ētahi momo anemia, hei āwhina rānei i ngā raruraru mō te tango rino. E hiahia ana ēnei whakamahinga rongoā ki te tirotiro hauora, ā, kaua e whakamātau i a koe anō.
Ka mahi te waikawa ascorbic hei antioxidant kaha, e tiaki ana i ō pūtau mai i te kino i pā mai i ngā ngota kino e kīia ana ko ngā radical koreutu. E whakaarohia ana he matūkai ngawari engari whai hua e tautoko ana i ngā mahi maha o te tinana i te wā kotahi.
Whakaarohia te huaora C hei āwhina e pai ake ai ētahi atu tukanga nui i tō tinana. Ka āwhina i ngā enzyme e hanga ana i te collagen, te pūmua e pupuri ana i tō kiri kia pakari, ā, e āwhina ana i ngā patunga kia ora tika.
Ka whakanui hoki te huaora i tō pūnaha ārai mate mā te tautoko i ngā pūtau toto mā, koinei ngā kaitiaki tūturu o tō tinana ki ngā mate. I tua atu, ka āwhina te waikawa ascorbic i tō tinana ki te tango i te rino mai i ngā kai i ahu mai i te tipu, e whai hua ana mō ngā tāngata e whai ana i ngā kai kaihuawhenua.
Kāore i rite ki ētahi rongoā e aro ana ki ngā tohu motuhake, ka mahi te waikawa ascorbic puta noa i tō tinana katoa. He wairewa-wai, nō reira ka hāere ngāwari i roto i ō toto, ka tae ki ngā kiko e hiahia ana ki te tautoko huaora C.
Tangohia te waikawa ascorbic kia rite ki te tohutohu i runga i te pōkai, i te tohutohu rānei a tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ka taea e te nuinga o ngā tāngata te tango me te kore kai rānei, ahakoa ko te tango me te kai ka āwhina pea ki te ārai i te puku i roto i ngā tāngata tairongo.
Ko te wā pai ki te tango i te waikawa ascorbic ko te ata, te tōmua o te ahiahi rānei, nā te mea e kite ana ētahi tāngata ka whakanui te huaora C i tō rātou kaha. Ki te tango koe i te horopeta nui, whakaarohia te wehe ki ngā wāhanga iti puta noa i te rā.
Anei me pēhea te tango i te waikawa ascorbic i runga i te haumaru me te whai hua:
Kia mahara he mea nui te rite i te wā. Ko te tango i te waikawa ascorbic i te wā kotahi i ia rā ka āwhina i a koe ki te mahara, me te pupuri i ngā taumata huaora C i roto i tō tinana.
Ko te roa o te tāpiri waikawa ascorbic e whakawhirinaki ana ki te take e tango ana koe, me ō hiahia hauora takitahi. Hei aukati i te ngoikore, he maha ngā tāngata e tango ana i te mea hei tāpiri rā ki ia rā, mō te wā roa, kāore he raruraru.
Ki te rongoā koe i te ngoikore huaora C motuhake, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta kia tango koe mō ētahi wiki ki ētahi marama, kia tūturu rawa ō taumata. Ko ngā tāngata e whai ana i ngā āhuatanga mau tonu, ērā rānei e ora ana i te mate, ka hiahia pea ki te tāpiri mō te wā roa.
Mō te tiaki hauora whānui, he maha ngā kaiwhakarato hauora e whakaaro ana he haumaru te waikawa ascorbic i ia rā mō te whakamahi mutunga kore. I te mea he huaora wairewa, ka whakakore noa tō tinana i ngā rahinga nui, e whakaiti ana i te tūponotanga o te kohikohi.
Heoi, ki te tango koe i ngā horopeta rongoā nui mō te āhuatanga rongoā motuhake, ka aroturuki tō tākuta i tō ahunga whakamua, me te whakatika i te roa i runga i te tika. Me whai tonu i ngā tohutohu a tō kaiwhakarato hauora mō te roa o te haere tonu o te rongoā.
He tino haumaru te waikawa ascorbic, ā, he pai te whakamanuhiri e te nuinga o te tangata, ahakoa i ngā horopeta teitei ake. Ko ngā pānga taha tino noa he ngawari, ā, ka puta anake i te wā e tango ana i ngā rahinga nui i runga i te puku kau.
I te mea he wairewa te huaora C, ka whakakorehia e tō tinana ngā rahinga nui mā te mimi, e āwhina ana ki te ārai i ngā pānga taha nui. Kāore te nuinga o te tangata e pā ana ki ngā pānga kino i te wā e tango ana i ngā horopeta e tūtohutia ana.
Ko ngā pānga taha ngawari ka kitea e koe ko:
Ko ēnei pānga ka tere te whakaoti mā te whakaiti i te horopeta, te tango rānei i te tāpiri me te kai. Ki te pōuri tonu tō puku, whakamātau ki te huri ki te momo waikawa C kua pūmautia, ki te tango rānei i ngā horopeta iti ake puta noa i te rā.
Ka puta pea ngā pānga taha onge engari nui ake i ngā horopeta tino nui i ngā wā roa. Kei roto i ēnei ko te hanganga kōhatu tākihi i roto i ngā tāngata e ngāwari ana ki a rātou, me te pānga pea ki ētahi whakamātautau rongoā.
Ka taea e te nuinga o te tangata te tango i te waikawa ascorbic, engari me tūpato ētahi tāngata, me karo rānei. Me whakarerekē pea ngā tāngata e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga rongoā motuhake, e tango ana rānei i ētahi rongoā.
Ki te raru ō tākihi, inā koa he hītori kōhatu tākihi, kōrero ki tō tākuta i mua i te tango i ngā tāpiri waikawa ascorbic. Ka piki pea ngā horopeta nui i tō tūponotanga ki te whakawhanake i ngā kōhatu calcium oxalate.
Me tūpato koe ki te tango i te waikawa ascorbic ki te:
Me kōrero ngā tāngata e tango ana i ngā rongoā whakaheke toto ki tō rātou tākuta mō te waikawa ascorbic, nā te mea ka pā pea ngā horopeta nui ki ngā wā whakaheke toto. I tua atu, ki te mea kei te haere koe i ētahi whakamātautau rongoā, whakamōhio atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mō tō tango i te huaora C, nā te mea ka raru pea ki ētahi hua.
Ka taea e ngā wāhine hapū me te whāngai ū te tango i te waikawa ascorbic i te nuinga o te wā, engari me piri rātou ki ngā horopeta e taunakitia ana, me kōrero ki tō rātou kaiwhakarato hauora mō ngā rahinga tika.
Kei te wātea te waikawa ascorbic i raro i te maha o ngā ingoa waitohu me ngā hanganga whānui. Ka kitea e koe e hokona ana hei taapiri huaora C motuhake, i te honoa rānei ki ētahi atu huaora me ngā kohuke.
Ko ngā ingoa waitohu noa ko Emergen-C, Airborne, Nature Made Vitamin C, me Kirkland Vitamin C. He maha ngā toa e kawe ana i ā rātou ake putanga whānui, he rite tonu te whai hua ki ngā hua waitohu.
Ko te rerekētanga nui i waenga i ngā waitohu kei te āhua o te huaora C kei roto i a rātou. Ko ētahi e whakamahi ana i te waikawa ascorbic parakore, i te wā e tuku ana ētahi atu putanga kua whakakaha (pēnei i te konupūmā ascorbate, te konupora ascorbate rānei) he ngawari ake pea ki te puku.
I te whiriwhiri i tētahi waitohu, rapua ngā hua kua whakamātauria e te rōpū tuatoru mō te mā me te kaha. E tohu ana te hiri USP (United States Pharmacopeia) e tutuki ana te hua i ngā paerewa kounga.
Ki te kore te waikawa ascorbic tuku iho e pai mōu, he maha ngā kōwhiringa kē ka taea te whakarato i ngā painga huaora C rite. He pai ake pea ēnei kōwhiringa mō ngā tāngata he puku tairongo, he hiahia kai motuhake rānei.
Ko ngā momo huaora C kua pūmautia pēnei i te konupūmā ascorbate, te konupora ascorbate rānei, he ngawari ake ki te pūnaha kūnatu. E whakakotahi ana ēnei i te waikawa ascorbic me ngā kohuke hei whakawātea i tōna waikawa, hei whakaiti i te tūponotanga o te pōpō i te puku.
Ngā kōwhiringa tūturu ko:
He painga ō ia kōwhiringa, ā, ko te mea e pai ana ka whakawhirinaki ki ō hiahia me ō manawanui. E kitea ana e ētahi tāngata ko ngā pūtake kai tūturu e whakarato ana i te huaora C e tika ana, kāore he hiahia ki ngā taapiringa.
E rua ngā waikawa ascorbic me te konupūmā ascorbate e whakarato ana i te huaora C, engari he rerekē te āhua o tō tinana e tukatuka ana i a rāua, me ō rāua pānga taha. Kāore tētahi i te tino
Mēnā he puku tairongo tō, e tango rānei koe i te huaora C i runga i te puku kau, he pai ake pea te kōwhiringa o te konupūmā ascorbate. Heoi, ki te mea he take te utu, ā, ka pai tō tinana ki te waikawa ascorbic, kāore he take ki te huri.
Āe, he haumaru te waikawa ascorbic mō te tāngata e mate huka ana, ā, tera pea ka whai hua. Ka taea e te huaora C te āwhina i te mahi ārai mate, he mea nui tēnei i te mea he nui ake te tūponotanga o te tāngata e mate huka ana ki ngā mate.
Heoi, ki te mate huka koe, me mātakitaki koe i ō taumata huka toto i te tīmatanga o te tango i ngā tāpiringa waikawa ascorbic. Ka kite ētahi tāngata i ngā huringa iti i roto i ā rātou pānui glucose, ahakoa kāore tēnei i te whai tikanga haumanu.
Ko ngā horopeta tino nui o te huaora C ka raru pea i ētahi pūrere mātakitaki glucose toto, ka hoatu i ngā pānui teka iti. Ki te tango koe i te nui o te waikawa ascorbic, whakamōhio atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora kia taea e rātou te whai i tēnei i te wā e whakamārama ana i ō hua whakamātautau.
Kaua e mataku mēnā ka tango koe i te nui rawa o te waikawa ascorbic – he onge te paitini huaora C, ā, kāore i te mōrearea. I te mea he wairewa-wai, ka whakakorehia e tō tinana te nui rawa mā te mimi i roto i ngā hāora torutoru.
Ko ngā tohu tino pea o te tango i te nui rawa ko te puku pā, te whakapairuaki, te korere rānei. He wā poto ēnei pānga, ā, ka whakatau noa i a rātou anō i te wā e wehe ana te huaora C nui i tō pūnaha.
Mēnā ka pā ki a koe ngā tohu nui pēnei i te ruaki tonu, te mamae nui o te puku, ngā tohu rānei o te whakawairangi, whakapā atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora, ki te pokapū whakahaere paitini rānei. Heoi, he tino onge ngā raruraru nui mai i te nui rawa o te huaora C.
Hei ārai i ngā aitua ā muri ake nei, waiho ō tāpiringa ki roto i ā rātou ipu taketake me te tapanga mārama, ā, whakaarohia te whakamahi i te kaiwhakarite pire hei aroturuki i ō horopeta ia rā.
Ki te kore koe e tango i te horopeta o te waikawa ascorbic, tangohia noa i te wa e mahara ana koe, ki te kore e tata ana te wa mo tō horopeta e whai ake nei. Kaua e rua ngā horopeta hei utu mō te mea i ngaro.
I te mea he wairewa te huaora C, ā, kāore te tinana e rongoa i ngā rahinga nui, ko te ngaro i tētahi horopeta i ia wā, e kore e puta he raruraru tonu. Ka heke paku pea ō taumata huaora C, engari kāore tēnei e whara i tō hauora.
Ki te wareware pinepine koe i ngā horopeta, ngana ki te whakatakoto i tētahi whakamaharatanga waea, ki te tango rānei i tō waikawa ascorbic i te wā kotahi me tētahi atu tikanga o ia rā, pēnei i te parai i ō niho, i te kai parakuihi rānei. Ka āwhina te rite ki te pupuri i ngā taumata huaora C i roto i tō tinana.
Mō te hunga e tango ana i te waikawa ascorbic mō ngā āhuatanga rongoā motuhake, ko te ngaro i ngā horopeta i ia wā, kāore i te raruraru, engari kōrerohia ngā tauira o ngā horopeta i ngaro ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Ka taea e koe te mutu te tango i te waikawa ascorbic i ngā wā katoa, kāore he tohu tangohanga, he raruraru hauora nui rānei. Kāore i rite ki ētahi rongoā, kāore te huaora C e hanga i te whakawhirinaki, e hiahia rānei i tētahi tukanga whakaiti haere.
Ki te tango koe i tēnei mō te tiaki hauora whānui, ko te whakamutu e kore e puta he raruraru tonu, ahakoa ka hoki haere ō taumata huaora C ki te mea e whiwhi ana koe i tō kai anake.
Heoi anō, ki te whakahau tō tākuta i te waikawa ascorbic mō tētahi āhuatanga rongoā motuhake pēnei i te rongoā i te ngoikoretanga, i te tautoko i te whakaora patunga, tirohia ki a rātou i mua i te whakamutu. Kei te hiahia pea rātou ki te aroturuki i tō ahunga whakamua, ki te whakatika rānei i tō mahere rongoā.
Ko ētahi tāngata e whiriwhiri ana ki te whakamutu i te tango i ngā tāpiringa i ngā marama e kai ana rātou i ngā hua me ngā huawhenua hou, ka hoki anō i ngā marama o te takurua i te wā e iti ana pea ā rātou kai. Ka pai tēnei huarahi mō te pupuri i ngā taumata huaora C e tika ana i te tau katoa.
Āe, he pai te tango waikawa ascorbic me te nuinga o ētahi atu tāpiringa, ā, ka taea hoki te whakanui i te urunga o ētahi matūkai. He pai rawa te mahi tahi me ngā tāpiringa rino, e āwhina ana i tō tinana ki te uru pai ake i te rino.
Ka tautoko hoki te huaora C i te mahi o ētahi atu antioxidants pēnei i te huaora E, e waihanga ana i tētahi hononga whai hua ina tangohia ngātahi. He maha ngā multivitamins kei roto te waikawa ascorbic me ētahi atu matūkai mō tēnei take.
Heoi, kia mōhio ki te katoa o tō urunga huaora C mēnā kei te tango koe i ngā tāpiringa maha kei roto. Ko te tāpiritanga o ngā rahinga mai i ngā puna rerekē ka āwhina i te whakarite kia kore koe e neke ake i ngā taumata e taunakitia ana.
Mēnā kei te tango koe i ngā rongoā, he āhuatanga hauora rānei ōu, me kōrero tonu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora i mua i te whakakotahi i ngā tāpiringa. Ka taea e rātou te tohutohu i a koe mō te huinga pai rawa atu mō ō hiahia takitahi, ā, ka āwhina i te aukati i ngā pānga ka puta.
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