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Ko te rongoā whakakotahi o te taiaki me te porotini he rongoā e whakakapi ana i ngā homoni ka iti ake te hanga e tō tinana i te wā o te pāhau. E whakakotahi ana tēnei rongoā i ngā homoni wahine e rua - te taiaki me te porotini - i roto i te puka pire hei āwhina i te whakahaere i ngā tohumate pāhau e kore e pai, pērā i te wera me te pōturi i te pō.
He maha ngā wāhine e kite ana i tēnei rongoā he whai hua i te wā e tino pā ana ngā tohumate pāhau ki ō rātou oranga o ia rā. Ko te huarahi whakakotahi i hangaia mō ngā wāhine kei a rātou tonu te kōpū, nā te mea ka āwhina te porotini ki te tiaki i ngā tūponotanga hauora ka puta pea i te taiaki anake.
E whakakotahi ana tēnei rongoā homoni i ngā momo homoni wahine e rua e hangaia ana e ō ovaries i te iti ake i te wā o te pāhau. Ka āwhina te taiaki ki te whakahaere i te maha o ngā tohumate pāhau, i te wā e tiaki ana te porotini (he puka waihanga o te progesterone) i tō uhi kōpū mai i te tipu nui.
He mea nui te whakakotahitanga mēnā kei a koe tonu tō kōpū. Ko te tango i te taiaki anake ka nui rawa te matotoru o te uhi o tō kōpū, e whakanui ana i tō tūponotanga ki te whakawhanake i te mate pukupuku kōpū. Ko te tāpiri i te porotini ka ārai i tēnei matotoru me te pupuri i tō uhi kōpū kia hauora.
Ko te tikanga ka tango koe i ēnei rongoā hei pire, ahakoa ka whakawhirinaki te hōtaka tika ki te momo motuhake e tohua ana e tō tākuta. Ko ētahi puka ka tangohia i ia rā, i te wā e whai ana ētahi i tētahi tauira huringa e rite ana ki tō huringa homoni tūturu.
Kāore te nuinga o ngā wāhine e rongo i ngā homoni e mahi ana i ia rā. Engari, ka kite pea koe i te whakapai haere i ō tohumate pāhau i roto i ngā wiki ki ngā marama o te rongoā.
I ngā marama tuatahi, ka pā pea ētahi pānga taha ngawari i te wā e whakatikatika ana tō tinana. Ka uru pea tēnei ki te ngawari o te u, te whakapairuaki ngawari, te huringa rānei i tō āhua. Ko ēnei tohumate whakatikatika ka memeha i te wā e waia ana tō tinana ki ngā taumata homoni.
Ka kite pea koe i ngā huringa i tō tauira toto paheketanga. Ko ētahi wahine ka pā ki ngā wā ngawari, auau, i te wā e pā ana ki ētahi atu he tāwhai kore. He mea noa tēnei, ā, ka tau te nuinga ki tētahi tauira e matapae ana i muri i ētahi marama o te rongoā.
Ko te take tuatahi e hiahiatia ana e ngā wahine tēnei rongoā ko te menopause, e puta noa ana i te wā e mutu ana te whakaputa estrogen me te progesterone e ō ovaries. Ko tēnei hekenga homoni ka tīmata i te mutunga o ō 40 tau, i te tīmatanga rānei o ō 50 tau, ā, ka pā ki ngā tohumate rerekē e kore e pai.
He maha ngā āhuatanga ka hiahia ai te rongoā homoni, ā, mā te māramatanga ki ēnei ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau i ngā whakatau mō tō rongoā:
Ka whakaaro tō tākuta ki te nui o te pānga o ēnei tohumate ki tō oranga i te wā e whakatau ana mēnā he tika te rongoā homoni mōu. Ko te whāinga kia āwhina i a koe kia pai ake te āhua me te pupuri i tō kounga o te ora i te wā o tēnei huringa tūturu.
Ko tēnei rongoā taiaki e rongoā ana i ngā tohu o te menopause, engari ka tohua hoki e ngā tākuta mō ētahi āhuatanga hauora motuhake. E whakatika ana te rongoā i ngā āwangawanga hauora noa me ngā mea kāore i te auau e pā ana ki te hekenga o ngā taumata taiaki.
Koinei ngā āhuatanga matua ka taea e tēnei rongoā te āwhina ki te whakahaere:
I te nuinga o te wā, ka tohua pea e ngā tākuta tēnei rongoā mō ngā wāhine e whai ana i ētahi āhuatanga ira e pā ana ki te hanga taiaki, mō te hunga rānei i raro i ngā rongoā mate pukupuku i whara i ō rātou ovarian. Ka āta arotakehia e tō tākuta hauora tō āhuatanga motuhake hei whakatau mēnā e tika ana tēnei rongoā mō ō hiahia.
Āe, ko ngā tohu menopause te tikanga ka memeha noa iho i te wā e urutau ana tō tinana ki ngā taumata taiaki iti. Mō te nuinga o ngā wāhine, ko ngā tohu tino kaha pēnei i ngā uira wera me ngā werawera pō ka heke haere i roto i te 2-5 tau i muri i te tīmatanga o te menopause.
Heoi, he rerekē te wā i te tangata ki te tangata. Ko ētahi wāhine e pā ana ki ngā tohu ngawari ka whakatauhia i roto i te tau, i ētahi atu rānei ka pā ki ngā tohu ngawari ki te kaha e mau tonu ana mō ētahi tau. Ko te kaha me te roa e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā āhuatanga pēnei i ō ira, te hauora whānui, me te tere o te huringa o ō taumata taiaki.
Ka pai ake pea ētahi tohu i te taiao, ā, ka roa pea ētahi atu. Ko te wera me te werawera i te pō ka heke i te roanga o te wā, engari ko te maroke o te tara me te ngaronga o te kiato wheua ka kaha ake me te kore rongoā. Ka taea e tō tākuta te āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau i ngā painga o te tatari me te tīmata rongoā i runga i ō tohu me ō whāinga hauora.
He maha ngā wāhine e kite ana i te whakamaarama i ngā tohu o te menopause mā ngā huarahi māori me ngā huringa o te oranga. He tino whai hua ēnei rautaki mō ngā tohu ngawari ki te āhua, ka taea rānei te whakakī i te rongoā hormone mō ngā take tino kaha.
Anei ngā tikanga ngawari, whai hua ka taea e koe te whakamātau i te kāinga hei whakaiti i ō tohu:
Ko ēnei huarahi te pai rawa atu ina honoa i te wā. He maha ngā wāhine e kite ana ko te huinga o ētahi rautaki e whakarato ana i te whakamaarama pai ake i te whakawhirinaki ki tētahi tikanga anake. Ki te kore ngā rongoā kāinga e whakarato i te whakamaarama nui i muri i ētahi marama, he wā pea ki te kōrero mō ētahi atu kōwhiringa rongoā ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Inā he nui te pānga o ngā tohu o te menopause ki tō oranga o ia rā, he maha ngā whiringa rongoā a tō tākuta. Ko te rongoā homoni te rongoā tino whai hua, engari he rongoā anō ka āwhina i te mamae i runga i ō hiahia me tō hītori hauora.
Ka tūtohu pea tō kaiwhakarato hauora i ēnei huarahi rongoā:
Ka whakaaro tō tākuta ki ō tohu, hītori hauora, me ō hiahia whaiaro i te whiriwhiri i te huarahi rongoā pai rawa atu. Ka kōrero hoki rātou i ngā painga me ngā tūponotanga o ia whiringa hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau whakatau mā te mōhio. Mā ngā hui whai-muri auau ka taea e tō rōpū hauora te whakatika i tō rongoā i te mea e tika ana kia mōhio kei te whiwhi koe i te āwhina pai rawa atu.
Me whakarite tētahi hui ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora i te wā e tīmata ana ngā tohu o te menopause ki te raru i tō oranga o ia rā, mahi, rānei i ō whanaungatanga. He mea nui tēnei ki te pā ana koe ki ngā uira wera nui, te raru moe, ngā huringa ā-wairua rānei e pā ana ki tō oranga.
Whakaarohia te whakapā atu ki tō tākuta ki te pā ana koe ki ēnei āhuatanga:
Hei tāpiri, rapua he āwhina hauora wawe tonu mēnā ka pā ki a koe te nui o te toto, te mamae nui o te puku, ētahi tohu rānei e āwangawanga ana, e rere ke ana rānei. Ka taea e tō tākuta te arotake i ō tohu, te kōrero mō ngā whiringa rongoā, me te āwhina i a koe ki te waihanga i tētahi mahere e whakapai ake ana i tō kounga o te oranga i tēnei wā whakawhiti.
He maha ngā āhuatanga ka whakanui ake i tō tūponotanga ki te pā i ngā tohu menopause nui e hiahia ana ki te rongoā homoni. Mā te māramatanga ki ēnei āhuatanga tūpono ka āwhina i a koe me tō tākuta ki te whakatau i ngā whakatau mō ō whiringa rongoā.
Ko ēnei āhuatanga pea ka nui ake te hiahia ki te rongoā homoni:
Ko te whai i enei āhuatanga tūpono ehara i te mea ka tino hiahia koe ki te rongoā homoni, engari e kī ana me aro nui koe ki ō tohu me te whakapā atu ki tō tākuta. Ko te wawaotanga wawe ka ārai i ngā tohu kia kaua e kaha, ā, ka pā kaha ki tō kounga o te oranga.
Pērā i ngā rongoā katoa, ka pānga ngā taha kino me ngā raruraru pea ki te rongoā homoni. Ahakoa te nuinga o ngā wāhine e pai ana ki te rongoā, he mea nui kia mōhio ki ngā tūponotanga noa me ngā tūponotanga onge kia taea ai e koe te whakatau i ngā whakataunga mō tō rongoā.
Koinei ngā taha kino noa ka pā ki a koe:
Ko ngā raruraru nui engari he onge ka uru:
Ka āta arotake tō tākuta i ō āhuatanga tūpono whaiaro i mua i te whakarite i te rongoā homoni, ā, ka aroturuki i a koe i te wā o te rongoā. Ka kōrero hoki rātou i ngā huarahi hei whakaiti i ēnei tūponotanga, pērā i te whakamahi i te horopeta whai hua iti rawa mō te wā poto rawa e tika ana hei whakahaere i ō tohu.
He pai pea te rongoā taiaki mō ētahi āhuatanga hauora, ā, he raruraru pea mō ētahi atu. Ka āta whakaaro tō tākuta ki tō hītori hauora katoa i mua i te tūtohu i tēnei rongoā kia mōhio ai he haumaru, he tika hoki mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Ngā āhuatanga e whai hua ai te rongoā taiaki:
Heoi, kāore pea te rongoā taiaki e tika ana mēnā he āhuatanga hauora ō:
Ka whakatau tō kaiwhakarato hauora i ngā painga pea ki ngā tūponotanga i runga i tō kōtaha hauora takitahi. Ka tūtohu pea rātou i ētahi atu rongoā, i ngā whakarerekētanga rānei kia haumaru ake ai te rongoā taiaki mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Ko ētahi pānga taha o te rongoā taiaki ka rite ki ngā tohumate o ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora, koinei te take he mea nui kia kōrero tuwhera ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mō ngā huringa katoa e pā ana ki a koe. Mā te māramatanga ki ēnei tūponotanga ka āwhina i a koe ki te whiwhi i te manaakitanga tika.
Ngā pānga taha noa ka pōhēhēhia ki ētahi atu āhuatanga:
Ko te wā o ēnei tohumate he tohu nui – ka tīmata, ka kaha ake rānei i muri tata i te tīmatanga o te rongoā homoni. Mā te pūtea tohumate e āwhina i a koe me tō tākuta ki te tautuhi i ngā tauira, me te whakatau mēnā e pā ana ō tohumate ki te rongoā, e tohu ana rānei i tētahi atu āwangawanga hauora e hiahia ana kia aro.
Ka tīmata te nuinga o ngā wāhine ki te kite i tētahi whakapai ake i ō rātou tohumate i roto i te 2-4 wiki i muri i te tīmatanga o te rongoā homoni. Heoi, ka roa pea te 3 marama kia pā te painga katoa o te rongoā. Ko ngā uira wera me ngā werawera i te pō ka pai ake i te tuatahi, i te wā e roa ana te wā ki te whakaoti i ētahi atu tohumate pēnei i ngā huringa ngākau me te maroke o te tara.
Ka whakatika pea tō tākuta i tō horopeta i ngā marama tuatahi kia kitea te taurite tika mō tō tinana. He mea nui kia manawanui i tēnei wā whakatikatika, me te kōrero ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mō te āhua o tō ngākau.
Kāore i te nuinga o te wā e tūtohutia kia whakamutua ohorere te rongoā homoni, nā te mea ka hoki ohorere mai ō tohumate paheketanga, ā, ka kaha ake pea. Ko te nuinga o ngā tākuta e tūtohu ana kia whakaiti haere i te horopeta i roto i ngā marama maha kia whai wāhi tō tinana ki te whakatika.
Mēnā kei te whakaaro koe ki te whakamutu i te rongoā taiaki, kōrerohia tēnei ki tō tākuta. Ka āwhina rātou i a koe ki te waihanga i tētahi hōtaka whakamutu haumaru, me te whakaaro i ētahi atu huarahi hei whakahaere i ngā tohu e hoki mai ana.
Kāore te rongoā taiaki i te nuinga o te wā e pūtake i te pikinga taumaha nui. Heoi, ka pā pea te pōhēhē, te pupuri wai rānei ki ētahi wāhine, ina koa i ngā marama tuatahi o te rongoā. He iti noa iho, he wā poto noa iho ngā huringa taumaha.
Ko te pikinga taumaha i te wā o te pāhau he nui ake te pānga ki ngā huringa e pā ana ki te pakeke i roto i te pākia, te iti o te mahi tinana, me ngā huringa taiaki tūturu, kaua ki te rongoā taiaki tonu. Mā te pupuri i te kai hauora me te whakakori tinana i ngā wā katoa ka āwhina i te whakahaere i te taumaha i tēnei wā.
E whakawhirinaki ana te roa o te rongoā taiaki ki tō āhuatanga takitahi me ngā whāinga hauora. E whakaaro ana ngā aratohu rongoā o nāianei kia whakamahia te horopeta whai hua iti rawa mō te wā poto rawa e hiahiatia ana hei whakahaere i ō tohu. He maha ngā wāhine e whakamahi ana i te rongoā taiaki mō te 3-5 tau, ahakoa ka hiahiatia e ētahi atu mō te roa ake.
Ka arotakehia e tō tākuta tō rongoā ki a koe i ngā wā katoa, te tikanga ia 6-12 marama, hei aromatawai mēnā kei te hiahia tonu koe i te rongoā taiaki me te aroturuki i ngā pānga taha. Ko te whakatau ki te haere tonu, ki te whakamutu rānei i te rongoā me mahi tonu tahi me tō tākuta.
Āe, he maha ngā huarahi tūturu ka āwhina i te whakahaere i ngā tohu o te pāhau. Kei roto i ēnei ko ngā huringa o te noho, pēnei i te whakakori tinana i ngā wā katoa, ngā tikanga whakaiti i te ahotea, ngā whakarerekētanga kai, me ngā tāpiringa otaota pēnei i te black cohosh, te red clover rānei. Heoi, he rerekē te whai huatanga o ēnei whakakapinga mai i te tangata ki te tangata.
Ahakoa he āwhina pea ngā huarahi māori, tērā pea kāore e rawaka te whakamaunga mō ngā tohumate kaha. He mea nui te kōrero mō ngā rongoā māori ki tō tākuta, nā te mea ka pāhekoheko ētahi ki ētahi rongoā, kāore rānei e tika ana mō tō āhuatanga hauora motuhake.
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