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Ko ngā taapiri zinc he matūkai kohuke e āwhina ana i tō tinana ki te pupuri i te mahi ārai mate hauora, te whakaora i ngā patunga, me te tipu noa. Whakaarohia te zinc hei tētahi o ngā tūāpapa hanga nui o tō tinana – e tautoko ana i runga i te 300 ngā momo enzyme rerekē e pupuri ana i ō pūtau kia tika te mahi.
Ka taea e te nuinga o te tangata te whiwhi zinc nui mai i ā rātou kai, engari ka whai hua ngā taapiri ina he ngoikoretanga ōna, he hiahia nui ake rānei. Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i ngā taapiri zinc mēnā e whakaatu ana ngā whakamātautau toto i ngā taumata iti, mēnā rānei he āhuatanga ōna e pā ana ki te urunga o te zinc.
Kei roto i ngā taapiri zinc te kohuke zinc i roto i ngā momo rerekē pēnei i te zinc gluconate, zinc sulfate, zinc acetate rānei. E āwhina ana ēnei momo i tō tinana ki te uru i te kohuke i te māmā ake i te whiwhi mai i te kai anake.
Ko te zinc te mea e kīia ana e mātou he “kohuke tohu nui” – he mea nui nā te mea e kore e taea e tō tinana te hanga i a ia anō, ā, he tohu nā te mea he iti noa iho te nui e hiahiatia ana e koe. Heoi anō, he mea nui aua rahinga iti mō te kaha o te pūnaha ārai mate, te hanga pūmua, me te hanga DNA.
Ka tae mai ngā taapiri i roto i ngā papa, ngā kāpene, ngā lozenges, me ngā momo wai. Ko ētahi i hangaia mō te tiaki ia rā, ā, ko ētahi e whakarato ana i ngā horopeta teitei ake mō ngā kaupapa rongoā motuhake i raro i te ārahitanga hauora.
E rongoā ana ngā taapiri zinc i te ngoikoretanga zinc me te tautoko i ngā āhuatanga hauora motuhake e whai hua ana te zinc anō. Ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta i ngā taapiri zinc mēnā he iti ngā taumata zinc i tuhia mā te whakamātautau toto.
Koinei ngā whakamahinga rongoā matua e taea ai e ngā taapiri zinc te whai wāhi nui:
He iti noa iho, engari e mōhiotia ana e te rongoā ko te tautoko i te tipu i ngā tamariki he korenga zinc, me te āwhina i ētahi āhuatanga kiri pēnei i te hakihaki i te wā kāore anō ētahi atu rongoā i whai hua.
E mahi ana ngā tāpiringa zinc mā te whakarato i tō tinana i te zinc koiora e uru ana ki tō toto, ka tohatohahia ki ngā pūtau puta noa i tō tinana. E whakaarohia ana tēnei he tāpiringa kaha-āhua – kāore i te ngawari pēnei i te multivitamin engari kāore i te kaha pēnei i ngā rongoā whakahau.
Kia uru mai, ka noho te zinc hei wāhanga o ngā pūnaha enzyme e whakahaere ana i ngā urupare ārai mate, te hanga pūmua, me ngā hātepe whakatika pūtau. Whakaarohia te zinc hei kī e iriti ana i te rau o ngā mahi pūtau rerekē e hiahia ana tō tinana kia noho hauora.
Ko ngā momo rerekē o te zinc (gluconate, sulfate, acetate) e pā ana ki te pai o te uru o tō tinana i te kohuke. He ngawari ake te zinc gluconate ki tō puku, i te wā e whakarato ana te zinc sulfate i te nui ake o te zinc elemental engari ka pā mai pea te raruraru kūnatu.
Me tango ngā tāpiringa zinc i runga i te puku kau, tata ki te kotahi haora i mua i te kai, e rua rānei hāora i muri i te kai, kia pai ai te uru. Heoi, ki te pōraru te zinc i tō puku, ka taea e koe te tango me te iti o te kai hei whakaiti i te whakapairuaki.
Kaua e tango zinc me ngā hua miraka, kawhe, kai rānei e nui ana te konupūmā, nā te mea ka raru pea ēnei i te uru. Ko te wai te kōwhiringa pai mō te horo i ngā papa zinc, i ngā kāpene rānei.
Whakawātea ngā tāpiringa zinc mai i ētahi atu rongoā mō te iti rawa e rua hāora. Ka taea e te Zinc te whakaiti i te uru o ngā paturopi, ngā tāpiringa rino, me ētahi atu rongoā ina tangohia ngātahi.
Mēnā kei te tango koe i ngā lozenges zinc mō ngā tohumate makariri, waiho kia rewa mārire i tō waha, kaua e ngaungau, e horo rānei i te katoa. Mā tēnei ka mahi tika te zinc ki ngā kiko o tō korokoro.
Ka whakawhirinaki te roa ki te take e tango ana koe i ngā tāpiringa zinc. Mō te rongoā i te ngoikoretanga zinc kua tātaihia, e hiahia ana te nuinga o te tangata ki ngā tāpiringa mō te 2-3 marama kia noa ai ngā taumata toto, kia pai ake ai ngā tohumate.
Mō te tautoko ārai mate i te wā o te mate, he nui te whakamahi wā-poto o te 7-14 rā. Kāore i te tūtohutia te tango zinc mō ngā wā roa me te kore e tirotirohia e te tākuta, nā te mea ka raru rawa te zinc i te uru o te parahi, ka pā mai ētahi atu raruraru hauora.
Mēnā kei te whakamahi koe i te zinc mō ngā āhuatanga mau tonu pēnei i te whakapōrearea macular, ka aroturukihia e tō tākuta tō ahunga whakamua, ka whakatika i te roa kia rite. Mā ngā whakamātautau toto auau ka āwhina i a koe ki te whiwhi painga me te kore e whakawhanake i te paitini zinc.
Me whai tonu i ngā tohutohu motuhake a tō kaiwhakarato hauora mō te roa, ina koa kei te tango koe i ngā horopeta rongoā teitei ake i ngā rahinga kai paerewa.
Ka pai te nuinga o te tangata ki ngā tāpiringa zinc ina tangohia i ngā horopeta e tūtohutia ana, engari ka puta ētahi pānga taha. Ko ngā take tino noa he kōhauhau, he ngawari tonu.
Anei ngā pānga taha ka pā ki a koe, ka tīmata mai i ngā mea e tino kitea ana:
Ko ēnei pānga taha noa ka pai ake i te wā e tango ana koe i te zinc me te kai, e whakaiti rānei i te horopeta. Ko te nuinga o te tangata ka kite i te pai ake o tō rātou tūāhua i muri i ngā rā tuatahi o te whakamahi.
Ko ngā pānga taha nui ake engari he onge, me tono tonu te āwhina hauora:
Mēnā ka pā mai te ruaki tonu, te mamae nui o te puku, ētahi tohu rānei o te tauhohenga mate pāwera, kati te tango zinc, whakapā atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora tonu.
Me karo ētahi tāngata i ngā tāpiringa zinc, me whakamahi rānei i raro i te tirotiro hauora. Mēnā he āhuatanga hauora tō, e tango ana rānei i ētahi rongoā, kāore pea te zinc i te haumaru mōu.
Ko ngā tāngata me karo i ngā tāpiringa zinc ko:
Me tūpato koe, ā, me kōrero ki tō tākuta mēnā he mate huka tōu, he mate pūnaha ārai mate, he mate kūnatu rānei pēnei i te mate a Crohn. Ka pā ēnei āhuatanga ki te āhua o tō tinana e whakahaere ana i ngā tāpiringa zinc.
Ka taea e ngā wāhine hapū me te whāngai ū te tango i ngā tāpiringa zinc, engari me piri ki ngā rahinga o ia rā e tūtohutia ana ki te kore tō rātou tākuta e kī ana i ētahi atu. E hiahia ana ngā tamariki i ngā horopeta iti ake i ngā pakeke, ā, me tango anake te zinc i raro i te ārahitanga a te tākuta tamariki.
He maha ngā waitohu rongonui e hanga ana i ngā tāpiringa zinc, e tuku ana i ngā momo me ngā kaha rerekē. Ko ngā ingoa waitohu rongonui ko Nature Made, NOW Foods, Thorne, me Garden of Life.
Ka kitea e koe ngā tāpiringa zinc i raro i ngā ingoa whānui i te nuinga o ngā whare rongoā, he rite tonu te whai hua ki ngā putanga ingoa waitohu. Ko te mea nui ko te kōwhiri i ngā hua kua whakamātauhia e te tāngata tuatoru mō te mā me te kaha.
Rapua ngā tāpiringa e whakaatu ana i te momo zinc (gluconate, sulfate, etc.) me te nui o te zinc matū i ia horopeta. E whakakotahi ana ētahi waitohu i te zinc me ētahi atu matūkai pēnei i te huaora C, te konupora rānei mō te whakapai ake i te ngongo.
Mēnā kāore e pai te mahi o ngā tāpiringa zinc mōu, he maha ngā whakakapinga ka āwhina i te whakanui i tō kai zinc i te tikanga māori. He maha ngā wā ka whakarato ngā pūtake kai i te zinc ngawari ake, ngongo ake i ngā tāpiringa.
Ko ngā pūtake kai pai o te konutea ko te tio, te mīti kau, te pōaka, te heihei, te pīni, ngā nati, me ngā kākano katoa. He nui ake te konutea kei roto i te tio i ētahi atu kai, he mea tino pai hei rongoā māori.
Mō te hunga kai huawhenua, ko ngā kākano paukena, ngā kāniwha, ngā pi, me ngā pata i whakanuia he nui te konutea. Heoi, he uaua ake te konutea i ahu mai i ngā tipu ki te ngongo i te konutea mai i ngā pūtake kararehe.
Ko ngā whakaritenga konutea o waho pēnei i ngā kirīmi waikura konutea ka āwhina i ngā āhuatanga kiri me te kore o ngā pānga taha o te pūnaha keri o ngā tāpiringa waha. He pai ēnei mō ngā raruraru kiri o te rohe engari kāore e whakatika i te ngoikoretanga konutea o te pūnaha.
He rerekē rawa ngā kaupapa o ngā tāpiringa konutea me te rino, nō reira kāore i te tika te whakataurite i a rāua. E hiahia ana tō tinana ki ngā kohuke e rua mō te hauora pai, ā, ko te ngoikoretanga o tētahi ka pā mai ngā raruraru hauora nui.
Ko ngā tāpiringa rino te tuatahi ki te rongoā i te anemia ngoikore-rino me te tautoko i te kawe hāora i roto i tō toto. Ko ngā tāpiringa konutea e arotahi ana ki te mahi ārai mate, te whakaora patunga, me te mahi enzyme. Tera pea ka hiahia koe ki tētahi, e rua rānei, kāore rānei i runga i tō tūnga kai takitahi.
Ko te tango konutea me te rino i te wā kotahi ka raru i te ngongo o tētahi ki tētahi, nō reira ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta kia tango i a rāua i ngā wā rerekē mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki ngā tāpiringa e rua.
Ko te whiriwhiri i waenga i te konutea me te rino e whakawhirinaki ana ki te ngoikoretanga kei a koe, ki te āhuatanga hauora rānei e ngana ana koe ki te whakatika. Ka taea e ngā whakamātautau toto te āwhina ki te whakatau ko tēhea te tautoko kohuke e hiahia ana koe.
Ka taea te haumaru ngā tāpiringa konutea mō te hunga mate huka, ā, ka whai hua pea. E ai ki ētahi rangahau, ka āwhina te konutea ki te whakaora patunga me te mahi ārai mate, he mea nui e rua mō te whakahaere mate huka.
Heoi anō, ka pā pea te konutea ki ngā taumata huka toto, nō reira me mātakitaki ngā tāngata mate huka i ō rātou huka i te wā e tīmata ana te tango i ngā tāpiringa konutea. Mahi tahi me tō tākuta kia mōhio kei te kore te konutea e pā ki ō rongoā mate huka, ki te whakahaere rānei i te huka toto.
Mēnā i tūpono koe ki te tango i te konutea nui rawa, kaua e mataku. Ko ngā horopeta kotahi tae atu ki te 40-50 mg te nuinga ka puta he pōpō i te puku i roto i te nuinga o ngā tāngata.
Inu i te wai nui, me te whakaaro ki te kai i ētahi kai hei āwhina i tō puku. Mēnā ka pā te ruaki nui, te whakapairuaki, te mamae puku rānei, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta, ki te pokapū whakahaere paitini rānei mō te tohutohu.
Mō te wā anamata, waiho ngā tāpiringa konutea ki roto i tō rātou ipu taketake me ngā tohutohu horopeta mārama hei ārai i te nui rawa o te horopeta.
Mēnā ka ngaro i a koe tētahi horopeta o te tāpiringa konutea, tangohia i te wā e mahara ana koe, ki te kore e tata ana te wā mō tō horopeta e whai ake nei. I taua wā, waiho te horopeta i ngaro, ka haere tonu ki tō hōtaka auau.
Kaua e tango i ngā horopeta rua hei utu mō tētahi i ngaro, nā te mea ka piki ake tō tūponotanga ki ngā pānga taha me te kore e whai hua anō. Ko te ngaro i tētahi horopeta i ētahi wā e kore e pā nui ki ō taumata konutea, ki tō hauora rānei.
Ka taea e koe te mutu te tango i ngā tāpiringa konutea i te wā e whakapūmau ana tō tākuta kua hoki ō taumata konutea ki te tikanga, i te wā rānei kua oti i a koe te akoranga maimoatanga e tūtohutia ana mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Mō te maimoatanga o te ngoikoretanga konutea, ka taea e te nuinga o ngā tāngata te mutu i muri i te 2-3 marama i te wā e whakaatu ana ngā whakamātautau toto i ngā taumata noa. Mō te tautoko ārai mate i te wā e mate ana, ka taea e koe te mutu i te wā kua ora koe.
Kaua e mutu ohorere i ngā tāpiringa konutea mēnā kei te tango koe i a rātou mō ngā āhuatanga mau tonu me te kore e kōrero ki tō tākuta tuatahi. Ka taea e rātou te ārahi i a koe i te wā tika me te huarahi pai mō te whakamutu.
Ka taea e koe te tango konutea me te nuinga o nga huaora, engari he mea nui te wa mo te ngongo pai. He pai te mahi a te konutea me te huaora C, a tera pea ka whakanui i nga painga o tetahi ki tetahi mo te tautoko i te mate.
Kaua e tango konutea me te konupūmā, te rino, te konupora ranei i te wa kotahi, na te mea ka whakataetae enei kohuke mo te ngongo. Whakawātea kia rua haora te wā i waenga i a rātou mō ngā hua pai.
Mena kei te tango koe i te multivitamin oti kei roto te konutea, kare pea koe e hiahia i etahi atu taapiri konutea mena ka tohutohu mai to taakuta mo te ngoikoretanga, mo te mate ranei.
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