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He aha te Whakaora Ngākau? Te Whāinga, Ngā Taumata/Tikanga & Te Hua

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Ko te whakaora ngākau he hōtaka e āta tirotirohia ana e te rongoā hei āwhina i tō ngākau kia ora, kia kaha ake i muri i te whakaeke ngākau, te pokanga, ētahi atu mate ngākau rānei. Whakaarohia he mahere whaiaro e whakakotahi ana i te whakakori tinana, te mātauranga, me te tautoko aronganui hei āwhina i a koe kia hoki ki tō hauora pai rawa atu. Kāore tēnei huarahi whānui e arotahi ana ki tō whakaora tinana anake—e aro ana hoki ki ngā huringa aronganui me te noho e pā ana ki te mate ngākau, e hoatu ana ki a koe ngā taputapu kia whai māia ai koe, kia whakahaere ai i tō haerenga hauora.

He aha te whakaora ngākau?

Ko te whakaora ngākau he hōtaka whai hanganga, maha ngā wāhanga e āwhina ana i te hunga e mate ngākau ana kia whakapai ake i tō rātou hauora ngākau mā te whakakori tinana e āta tirotirohia ana, te mātauranga, me te tohutohu. Ko te tikanga, ka uru te hōtaka ki tētahi rōpū o ngā tāngata ngaio hauora tae atu ki ngā tākuta ngākau, ngā tohunga tinana, ngā kaiwhakarato kai, me ngā kaiwhakatakoto tohutohu hauora hinengaro e mahi ngātahi ana ki te waihanga i tētahi mahere whaiaro mō tō whakaora.

Ko te tikanga, e toru ngā wāhanga o te hōtaka e ahu whakamua ana mai i te manaaki i te hōhipera ki te tiaki i te wā roa. Ka tīmata te Wāhanga 1 i a koe e noho ana i te hōhipera, ka uru te Wāhanga 2 ki ngā hui waho e āta tirotirohia ana, ā, ka arotahi te Wāhanga 3 ki te tiaki i te noho i te wā roa. E hanga ana ia wāhanga i runga i te wāhanga o mua, e whakarite ana kia whakawhanake koe i ngā pūkenga me te māia e hiahiatia ana mō te hauora ngākau e mau tonu ana.

Ko te nuinga o ngā hōtaka whakaora ngākau e 8 ki te 12 wiki te roa, ahakoa ka whai hua ētahi tāngata mai i ngā hōtaka roa ake i runga i tō rātou āhuatanga motuhake me te ahunga whakamua. Ko te auau me te kaha o ngā hui ka āta whakaritehia ki ō hiahia takitahi, te hītori rongoā, me te taumata whakapakari tinana o nāianei.

He aha te take i mahia ai te whakaora ngākau?

He maha ngā kaupapa nui e whai wāhi ana te whakahou i te ngākau i roto i tō haerenga hauora ngākau. Ko te whāinga tuatahi ko te āwhina i tō uaua ngākau kia ora, kia kaha ake i muri i te wharanga, te pēhanga rānei i te mate, te pokanga, ētahi atu rānei o ngā kaupapa ngākau.

E whakaatu ana te rangahau ko ngā tāngata e whakaoti ana i ngā hōtaka whakahou ngākau he pai ake ngā hua i ērā kāore e whai wāhi. Tērā pea ka piki ake tō kaha ki te whakakori tinana, ka iti ake ngā tohumate pēnei i te mamae o te uma, te poto rānei o te manawa, me te pai ake o te kounga o te oranga. E tohu ana ngā rangahau ka taea e te whakahou ngākau te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru ngākau ā muri ake nei ki te 35% pea, ā, ka āwhina pea koe kia roa ake te ora.

Ka aro hoki te hōtaka ki ngā āhuatanga aronganui me te hinengaro o te mate ngākau, he mea kāore i te kitea engari he mea nui anō. He maha ngā tāngata e āwangawanga ana, e pōuri ana, e mataku ana i muri i te kaupapa ngākau, ā, ka whakahou te ngākau i te tautoko me ngā rautaki hei āwhina i a koe ki te tū atu ki ēnei kare-ā-roto. Ka ako koe i ngā pūkenga whaihua mō te whakahaere i te pēhanga, te whiriwhiri i ngā kai hauora mō te ngākau, me te whakauru i te mahi tinana ki tō rātou rā.

I tua atu, ka āwhina te whakahou ngākau ki te ārai i ngā raruraru ngākau ā muri ake nei mā te ako i a koe me pēhea te mōhio ki ngā tohu whakatūpato me te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga tūpono pēnei i te toto tiketike, te mate huka, te cholesterol tiketike rānei. Mā tēnei mātauranga ka whai wāhi koe ki tō hauora, ka whakatau hoki i ngā whakataunga mō tō atawhai.

He aha te tikanga mō te whakahou i te ngākau?

Ka tīmata te tukanga whakahou ngākau me te arotake whānui hei aromatawai i tō tūnga hauora o nāianei me te waihanga i tētahi mahere whaiaro. Ka arotakehia e tō rōpū hauora tō hītori rongoā, ka mahi i ngā aromatawai tinana, ā, ka mahi pea i ngā whakamātautau pēhanga, ētahi atu aromatawai rānei hei whakatau i tō tīmatanga me te whakatū i ngā tawhā whakakori tinana haumaru.

Ko te Wāhanga 1 te tikanga ka puta i te wā e noho ana koe i te hōhipera, ā, ka arotahi ki te nekehanga ngawari me te mātauranga taketake mō tō āhuatanga. Ka mahi tahi koe me ngā nēhi me ngā kaiwhakaora ki te whakanui haere i tō taumata mahi, ka tīmata mai i ngā mahi māmā pēnei i te noho ki runga, te hikoi i ngā tawhiti poto, me te ako i ngā tikanga manawa. Kei roto hoki i tēnei wāhanga te mātauranga tuatahi mō ngā huringa oranga ngākau-ora me te aha e tūmanakohia ana i te wā o tō whakaora.

Ko te Wāhanga 2 te wāhanga tino kaha o te hōtaka, ā, te tikanga ka tū i roto i te taiao tūroro-waho mō te 8-12 wiki. I tēnei wāhanga, ka haere koe ki ngā hui 2-3 wā i te wiki, ā, ka roa ia hui mō te 3-4 hāora. Kei roto i ō hui te whakangungu whakakori tinana e aroturukihia ana, ngā awheawhe mātauranga, me ngā hui tohutohu i hangaia mō ō hiahia motuhake.

Ko te wāhanga whakakori tinana ka hanga haere i tō oranga ngākau mā ngā mahi pēnei i te hikoi, te paihikara tū, te whakangungu ātete māmā rānei. Ka aroturukihia ngā whakakori tinana katoa, me ngā tākuta hauora e aroturuki ana i tō pākaha ngākau, te pēhanga toto, me ngā tohu hei whakarite i tō haumaru. Ka whakanuia haere te kaha me te roa o te whakakori tinana i te wā e pai ake ana tō oranga.

Ka kapi ngā hui mātauranga i ngā kaupapa pēnei i te kai, te whakahaere rongoā, ngā tikanga whakaiti i te ahotea, me te pēhea te mōhio ki ngā tohu whakatūpato o ngā raruraru ngākau. Ka ako hoki koe i ngā pūkenga whaihua pēnei i te pēhea te ine i tō pākaha, te aroturuki i ō tohu, me te whiriwhiri i ngā kai ngākau-ora. Ko ēnei hui ka uru mai ngā mema o te whānau, ngā kaitiaki rānei, e āwhina ana i a rātou ki te mārama ki te pēhea te tautoko i tō whakaora.

Ko te Wāhanga 3 e tohu ana i te whakawhiti ki te tiaki wā-roa, ā, ka haere tonu mō ngā marama, tau rānei. Ka arotahi tēnei wāhanga ki te āwhina i a koe ki te pupuri i ngā tikanga hauora i whakawhanakehia e koe, ā, ka uru mai ngā arotake wā-wā me tō rōpū hauora, te uru tonu ki ngā hōtaka whakakori tinana e āta tirotirohia ana, me ngā rōpū tautoko e haere tonu ana.

Me pēhea te whakarite mō tō whakaora ngākau?

Ko te whakarite mō te whakaora i te ngākau ka tīmata mā te māramatanga i tēnei hōtaka i hangaia hei āwhina i a koe kia angitu, kaua hei pana i a koe ki tua atu i ō rohe. Ka mahi tō rōpū hauora ki a koe kia mōhio ai kua rite koe mō ia wāhanga o te hōtaka, ā-tinana me te ā-whatumanawa.

I mua i te tīmatanga i te Wāhanga 2 (te whakaora i waho), me whai whakaaetanga hauora koe mai i tō tākuta ngākau. Ko te tikanga, kei roto i tēnei ngā hua whakamātautau tata nei, he rārangi rongoā o nāianei, me ngā here motuhake, ngā whakatūpato rānei e pā ana ki tō āhua. Ka whakarato hoki tō tākuta i ngā aratohu mō ō awhe reiti ngākau e whāia ana me ngā mahi me karo e koe.

He mea nui te whakarite ā-tinana engari me tōtōi, me te pōturi. Ki te taea e koe, ngana ki te pupuri i tētahi taumata o te mahi o ia rā e ai ki te tohutohu a tō rōpū hauora. Kei roto pea i tēnei ngā hīkoi poto, te totoro māmā, ngā mahi whare noa rānei. Heoi, kaua e pēhia ki te mahi i te nui atu i tōna e pai ana ki a koe—mā te hōtaka whakaora koe e āwhina kia piki haere.

He mea nui te whakarite ā-whatumanawa. He mea noa te āwangawanga, te kore māramatanga rānei mō te tīmatanga i te whakaora i te ngākau, ina koa kei te māharahara koe mō te whakakori tinana me te āhua o te ngākau. Whakaarohia te kōrero i ēnei āwangawanga ki tō rōpū hauora, ki tētahi kaiāwhina rānei. He maha ngā tāngata e kite ana he mea whai hua te hono atu ki ētahi atu kua oti i a rātou ngā hōtaka whakaora i te ngākau.

Kei roto i te whakarite whai hua te whakarite waka ki te haere ki ngā hui, mai i ngā hui, nā te mea kāore pea e taea e koe te taraiwa i muri tonu i ētahi hui. Whakaritea ngā kākahu whakakori tinana e pai ana, me ngā hū hākinakina tautoko. Kei te hiahia pea koe ki te kawe i tētahi pounamu wai me tētahi paramanawa iti mō muri i ō hui.

Hei whakamutunga, kia rite te hinengaro mā te whakatakoto i ngā tūmanako tūturu. Ko te ahu whakamua i roto i te whakaora ngākau he mea haere pōturi, ā, he rā pai, he rā uaua pea ōna. He mea noa tēnei, ā, e tūmanakohia ana. Kei te taha tō rōpū hauora ki te tautoko i a koe i ngā āhuatanga katoa o tō haerenga whakaora.

Me pēhea te pānui i tō ahu whakamua whakaora ngākau?

Ko te māramatanga ki tō ahu whakamua i roto i te whakaora ngākau e hāngai ana ki te titiro ki ētahi ine rerekē ka aroturukihia e tō rōpū hauora puta noa i tō hōtaka. Mā ēnei ine e āwhina ki te whakarite kei te pai, kei te whai hua hoki tō whakapai ake i te wā e noho ana i roto i ngā rohe e tika ana mō tō āhuatanga.

Ko tō kaha whakakori tinana tētahi o ngā tohu matua o te ahu whakamua. Ko te tikanga ka inehia tēnei e te roa o tō whakakori tinana, te tere o tō hikoi, te nui rānei o te aukati ka taea e koe te whakahaere i te wā whakangungu kaha. Ka whakahaere tō rōpū hauora i ngā whakamātautau tinana i ia wā ki te tuhi i ēnei whakapainga ake. He maha ngā tāngata e miharo ana ki te nui o te whakapai ake o tō rātou manawanui i roto i ngā wiki ruarua noa iho.

Ko te urupare o te pōturi o te ngākau me te pēhanga toto ki te whakakori tinana e tino aroturukihia ana, ā, e whakarato ana i ngā mōhiohio nui mō tō hauora ngākau me te toto. I te kaha ake o tō ngākau, ā, i te pai ake o tō mahi, ka kite pea koe ka heke iho tō pōturi o te ngākau i te okiokinga, ā, kāore tō pōturi o te ngākau e piki tiketike i te wā whakakori tinana. Ka noho pūmau, ka whakahaerehia hoki tō pēhanga toto.

Ko te aroturuki i ngā tohu tētahi atu āhuatanga nui o te aroturuki i te ahu whakamua. Ka pātai tonu tō rōpū hauora mō ngā tohu pēnei i te mamae o te uma, te poto o te manawa, te ngenge, te whanoke rānei. I te ahu whakamua o tō hōtaka, me iti ake, me iti ake rānei ēnei tohu i ngā mahi o ia rā.

He tohu nui ano hoki nga ine o te kounga o te oranga. Kei roto i tēnei ko te whakapai ake i tō kaha ki te mahi i ngā mahi o ia rā, te kounga o te moe, te taumata o te pūngao, me te āhua o te ngākau. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e kite ana he nui ake te māia me te iti ake o te āwangawanga mō tō rātou mate ngākau i a rātou e haere ana i roto i te whakahou.

Ka āta tirotirohia pea ngā uara taiwhanga pērā i ngā taumata kōreretai, te huka toto, me ngā tohu mumura i ia wā. Ko te whakapai ake i ēnei uara e tohu ana kei te heke tō tūponotanga ngākau, koinei tētahi o ngā whāinga wā-roa o te whakahou ngākau.

Me pēhea te whakanui i ngā hua o tō whakahou ngākau?

Ko te whai hua nui mai i te whakahou ngākau e hiahia ana kia kaha te whai wāhi me te whakapau kaha, engari kāore i te kī me tino tika koe. Ko te kī ko te rite tonu me te haere whakamua i te wā, kaua e ngana ki te mahi i ngā mea katoa i te wā kotahi, ki te akiaki rānei i a koe kia kaha rawa.

He mea nui te haere ki ngā hui mō te angitu. Ngana ki te haere ki ngā hui kua whakaritea katoa, i te mea e hanga ana ia hui i runga i te mea o mua. Ki te kore e taea e koe te haere ki tētahi hui nā te mate, i ētahi atu āhuatanga rānei, kōrero ki tō rōpū hauora kia āwhina rātou i a koe ki te whakatika i te mahi i ngaro. Kia mahara he mea nui te tautoko pāpori me te hihiri ka whiwhi koe mai i te haere auau, he rite tonu te nui ki ngā painga tinana.

Whaia tō mahere whakakori tinana i ngā wā o ngā hui e tirotirohia ana, me te kāinga hoki. Ka hoatu e tō rōpū hauora ngā aratohu motuhake mō te whakakori tinana i te kāinga, tae atu ki ngā mahi e haumaru ana, te auau o te whakakori tinana, me ngā tohu whakatūpato hei mātakitaki. Tīmata mā te pōturi, ka whakanui haere i tō taumata mahi i te mea e tūtohutia ana.

He mea nui te kai mō tō whakaora me te hauora o tō ngākau i te wā roa. Mahi tahi me te kaiwhakarato kai o te hōtaka kia mōhio ki te pēhea te whiriwhiri i ngā kai pai mō te ngākau, ka taea e koe te pupuri i te wā roa. Kāore tēnei e pā ana ki te whai i tētahi kai rāhui, engari ki te ako me pēhea te kai i tētahi ara e tautoko ana i tō hauora ngākau, i te wā e pai ana, e whai hua ana.

He mea nui te whai i ngā rongoā mō ngā hua pai. Tangohia ngā rongoā katoa i whakaritea, kaua e whakaroa ki te kōrero i ngā pānga kino, i ngā āwangawanga rānei ki tō rōpū hauora. E mōhio ana ētahi tāngata ki te whakakori tinana i te wā e tango ana i ngā rongoā ngākau, engari mā tō rōpū e whakarite tō mahere whakakori tinana kia haumaru, kia tika hoki mō tō rongoā.

Me whakangungu ngā tikanga whakahaere i te pēhanga i akohia i te wā o te whakahou, kaua ko te wā o te raru anake. Kei roto pea i tēnei ngā mahi manawa hōhonu, te whakangāwari i ngā uaua, ētahi atu rautaki rānei e pai ana ki a koe. Ko te whakahaere i te pēhanga ka pai ake te hua o tō hauora ngākau.

He maha ngā wā ka pai ake te kounga o te moe i te whakahou ngākau, engari ka taea e koe te tautoko i tēnei mā te pupuri i ngā tikanga moe pai. Kei roto i tēnei te pupuri i tētahi wā moe auau, te waihanga i tētahi taiao moe pai, me te karo i ngā mahi whakahihiri i mua i te moe.

He aha ngā āhuatanga tūpono mō ngā hua whakahou ngākau kino?

Ko te māramatanga ki ngā āhuatanga ka uaua ake te whakahou ngākau ka āwhina i a koe me tō rōpū hauora ki te aro ki ēnei take i mua. He mea nui kia mahara ko te whai i ēnei āhuatanga tūpono kāore i te kī e kore e angitu koe i te whakahou—e kī ana pea me whai tautoko anō, me whakarerekē rānei i tō hōtaka.

Ko ngā āhuatanga tino noa ka pā ki te angitu o te whakaora ko te kore haere, te kore tautoko ā-pāpori, me te pōuri, te āwangawanga rānei. Ki te raru koe i ngā take kawe waka, ngā tautohetohe mahi, ngā kawenga whānau rānei e uaua ai te haere ki ngā hui, kōrerohia ēnei wero ki tō rōpū hauora. Ka āhei pea rātou ki te āwhina i a koe ki te kimi otinga, ki te whakarerekē rānei i te hōtaka.

Ko ētahi āhuatanga hauora ka uaua ake ai te whakaora i te ngākau, engari kāore e kore e taea. Kei roto i ēnei ko te mate huka, te mate tākihi roa, te rūmātiki, ētahi atu āhuatanga roa rānei e pā ana ki tō kaha ki te whakakori tinana. Ka mahi tahi tō rōpū hauora me koe ki te whakarerekē i ngā whakakori tinana me ngā tūmanako kia noho haumaru ai.

I ētahi wā ka kitea te pakeke hei arai i te whakaora, engari e whakaatu ana te rangahau ka whai hua nui ngā pakeke mai i ngā hōtaka whakaora i te ngākau. Heoi anō, tērā pea ka nui ake te wā e hiahiatia ana e ngā kaiuru pakeke ki te kite i ngā whakapainga, tērā pea ka hiahiatia ngā whakarerekētanga ki ngā mahi whakakori tinana kia uru ai ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora, ngā herenga tinana rānei.

Ko te pōhēhē tonu te mea nui e pā ana ki ngā putanga kino. Ki te pōhēhē koe, ko te mutu te pōhēhē tētahi o ngā mea nui ka taea e koe mō tō hauora ngākau. Ka taea e tō rōpū whakaora i te ngākau te whakarato rauemi me te tautoko hei āwhina i a koe ki te mutu te pōhēhē.

Ka pā ano hoki ngā āhuatanga pāpori me te ōhanga ki te angitu o te whakaora. Kei roto i tēnei ko ngā rauemi pūtea iti, te kore tautoko a te whānau, te noho rānei i ngā wāhi he iti te uru ki ngā whare hauora. Ka āwhina tō kaimahi pāpori, kaiwhakahaere take rānei i a koe ki te tautuhi i ngā rauemi me ngā pūnaha tautoko hei whakatika i ēnei wero.

Ko ngā āhuatanga hauora hinengaro, inā koa te pōuri me te āwangawanga, he mea noa i muri i ngā kaupapa ngākau, ā, ka pā nui ki ngā putanga whakaora. Ka taea te rongoā i ēnei āhuatanga, ā, ko te whakatika i a rātou hei wāhanga o tō hōtaka whakaora ka hua te pai ake o ngā hua katoa.

He aha ngā raruraru ka puta mēnā kāore koe e whai wāhi atu ki te whakahou i te ngākau?

Ahakoa te nuinga o te wā he haumaru, he whai hua hoki te whakahou i te ngākau, he mea nui kia mōhio koe ki ngā mea ka pā mai mēnā kāore koe e whai wāhi atu, mēnā rānei kāore e taea e koe te whakaoti i te hōtaka. Kāore tēnei mōhiohio i te whāinga kia mataku koe, engari kia āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau i ngā whakataunga mō tō hauora.

Ko ngā tāngata kāore e whai wāhi atu ki te whakahou i te ngākau i muri i tētahi wāhanga o te ngākau, he nui ake te pānuitanga ki te hōhipera i roto i te tau tuatahi. Ko te nuinga o te wā tēnei nā te raruraru ka taea te ārai, te whakahaere rānei i te pai ake me te mātauranga me te tautoko e whakaratohia ana i roto i ngā hōtaka whakahou. He nui ake hoki te tūponotanga ki te pā mai anō tētahi whakaeke ngākau, ki te hiahia rānei ki ētahi atu tikanga ngākau me te kore whakahou.

Ko te ngoikore o te tinana he hua noa o te karo i te whakahou i te hanganga. I muri i tētahi wāhanga o te ngākau, he maha ngā tāngata ka mataku ki te whakakorikori tinana, ki te whai wāhi rānei ki ngā mahi tinana, e arahi ana ki te heke haere o te oranga me te kaha. Ka hangaia tēnei i tētahi huringa ka uaua ake ngā mahi o ia rā, e arahi ana ki te kore mahi me te heke o te hauora.

Mai i te tirohanga aronganui, ko ngā tāngata kāore e whai wāhi atu ki te whakahou i te ngākau, he nui ake te wheako o te āwangawanga me te pōuri. Ka pōhara rātou, ka mataku mō tō rātou āhua, kāore rānei i te mōhio ki ngā mahi haumaru. Ka pā kino tēnei raruraru aronganui ki te kounga o te ora me te whakaora tinana.

Ko ngā hua hauora ngākau me ngā uaua i te wā roa, he kino ake te nuinga o te wā me te kore whakahou. Kei roto i tēnei ko te nui ake o ngā raruraru ngākau i te wā kei mua, te piki ake o te tūponotanga o te whiu, me te whakaheke i te oranga e tūmanakohia ana. He mea nui kia mōhio ko ngā ia tatauranga tēnei, ā, ka rerekē ngā hua takitahi i runga i te maha o ngā āhuatanga.

He iti iho ngā mehua o te kounga o te oranga, tae atu ki te kaha ki te hoki ki te mahi, te whai wāhi ki ngā mahi pāpori, me te pupuri i te mana motuhake, i roto i ngā tāngata kāore i whakaoti i te whakahou i te ngākau. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e kite ana, ki te kore te tautoko me te mātauranga i whakaritea i roto i ēnei hōtaka, he uaua ki a rātou te mōhio me pēhea te hoki haumaru ki ā rātou mahi noa.

He mea tika kia mōhio, he take tika pea ētahi tāngata mō te kore whai wāhi ki te whakahou i te ngākau tuku iho, pērā i ngā here ā-rohe, ngā here mahi, ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora rānei. I ēnei wā, ka taea e tō rōpū hauora te kōrero i ngā huarahi kē, i ngā hōtaka rānei kua whakarerekētia, ka taea tonu te whai hua o te whakahou.

Āhea au e kite ai i te tākuta i te wā o te whakahou i te ngākau?

Ko te kōrero auau ki tō rōpū hauora he wāhanga noa o te whakahou i te ngākau, engari he wā motuhake ka tika kia rapu tonu koe i te āwhina hauora, kia whakapā atu rānei ki tō tākuta i waho o ngā whakaritenga.

I ngā wā o te whakakori tinana, me mutu tonu te mahi me te whakamōhio ki ngā kaimahi mēnā ka pā mai te mamae o te uma, ina koa ki te rerekē i tō tauira noa, kāore rānei e pai ake i te okiokinga. Ko ētahi atu tohu whakatūpato ko te poto o te manawa, te whanoke, te whakapairuaki, te āhua rānei ka ngaro te mōhio. Kua whakangungua tō rōpū whakahou ki te whakahaere i ēnei āhuatanga, ā, ka mōhio rātou mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te āwhina hauora tonu.

I waenga i ngā wā, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta mēnā ka pā mai ngā tohu hou, e kino haere ana rānei, pērā i te mamae o te uma e puta ana i te iti o te mahi i mua, te poto o te manawa e oho ai koe i te pō, te pūhihi rānei i ō waewae, i ō pūwaha rānei, kāore e pai ake i te hiki. Ka tohu pea ēnei i te huringa o tō āhuatanga ngākau, i te hiahia rānei kia whakatikatikaina ngā rongoā.

Me kōrero hoki ki tō rōpū hauora mō ngā huringa i tō kaha ki te whakakorikori tinana, ki te mahi rānei i ngā mahi o ia rā. Ki te kite koe i ngā mahi i ngā wā o mua i māmā ake, kua uaua anō, ki te pāngia rānei koe e te ngenge e kore e ōrite ki te nui o tō mahi, mā ēnei pārongo e āwhina i tō rōpū ki te whakatika i tō hōtaka kia tika.

Me aro wawe ki ngā āwangawanga e pā ana ki te rongoā. Kei roto i tēnei ko ngā pānga taha e raru ana i tō oranga o ia rā, ngā pātai mō te wā, te horopeta rānei, ngā āwangawanga rānei mō te pānga o ngā rongoā ki a rātou anō. Kaua rawa e whakamutu i te tango i ngā rongoā kua whakaritea me te kore e kōrero tuatahi ki tō rōpū hauora.

He mea nui te āwangawanga aronganui, hinengaro rānei, pērā i ngā tohumate tinana. Ki te pāngia koe e te āwangawanga nui, te pōuri, te mataku rānei e raru ana i tō whai wāhi ki te whakaora, i tō kounga oranga rānei, kaua e whakaroa ki te kōrero i tēnei ki tō rōpū. He wāhanga nui te tautoko hauora hinengaro o te whakaora i te ngākau.

Hei whakamutunga, ki te whai whakaaro koe ki te whara i a koe anō, i ētahi atu rānei, he ohorere tēnei ā-hauora, me rapu wawe koe i te āwhina mā te waea atu ki ngā ratonga ohorere, mā te haere rānei ki te ruma ohorere tata.

Ngā pātai e pātai pinepine ana mō te whakaora i te ngākau

Q.1 He haumaru te whakaora i te ngākau mō te hunga e pā ana ki te ngoikore o te ngākau?

Āe, ehara i te mea haumaru anake te whakaora i te ngākau mō te hunga e pā ana ki te ngoikore o te ngākau, engari e tino taunakitia ana e ngā whakahaere rongoā nui. Kua hangaia te hōtaka kia haumaru mō te hunga e pā ana ki ngā momo mate ngākau, tae atu ki te ngoikore o te ngākau. Ka whakatikahia tō mahere whakakorikori tinana kia ōrite ki tō āhuatanga motuhake me tō kaha mahi o nāianei.

He maha ngā tāngata e mate ana i te ngākau ka kite i te pai ake o te kaha ki te whakakorikori tinana, te kounga o te oranga, me ngā tohumate whānui mā te whakaora i te ngākau. Ko te āhua e tirotirohia ana o te hōtaka, ko te tikanga ka mātakitaki tonu tō reiti ngākau, te pēhanga toto, me ngā tohumate, e mōhio ana koe kei te whakakorikori tinana koe i roto i ngā rohe haumaru. Ka mahi tahi anō tō rōpū hauora ki tō tākuta ngākau kia mōhio ai kei te pai ngā rongoā mō te whakahaere i tō mate ngākau me tō hōtaka whakakorikori tinana.

Q.2 Ka ārai te whakaora i te ngākau i ngā whakaeke ngākau ā muri ake nei?

Ka whakaiti nui te whakaora i te ngākau i tō tūponotanga ki ngā whakaeke ngākau ā muri ake nei, ahakoa e kore e taea te whakakore katoa i te tūponotanga. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau ko ngā tāngata e whakaoti ana i ngā hōtaka whakaora i te ngākau he 35% te iti ake o te tūponotanga ki te whai anō i tētahi whakaeke ngākau i te hunga kāore i uru ki te whakaora.

Ka āwhina te hōtaka ki te ārai i ngā whakaeke ngākau ā muri ake nei mā ngā tikanga maha. Ko te wāhanga whakakorikori tinana e whakakaha ana i tō uaua ngākau me te whakapai ake i te tohanga toto, i te wā e āwhina ana ngā wāhanga mātauranga i a koe ki te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga tūpono pērā i te pēhanga toto tiketike, te cholesterol, me te mate huka. Ka ako anō koe ki te mōhio wawe ki ngā tohu whakatūpato me te mōhio ki te wā ki te rapu āwhina hauora, ka ārai i ngā raruraru iti kia kore e noho hei kaupapa nui.

Q.3 Kia pēhea te roa o ngā painga o te whakaora i te ngākau?

Ka roa ngā painga o te whakaora i te ngākau mō ngā tau, engari ko te pupuri i ēnei painga e hiahia ana kia kaha tonu te whakapau kaha ki ngā huringa o te oranga e ako ana koe i te wā o te hōtaka. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau ko ngā tāngata e whakaoti ana i te whakaora i te ngākau me te haere tonu ki te whai i ngā tikanga oranga ngākau-hauora e pupuri ana i ō rātou whakapainga i roto i te kaha whakakorikori tinana, te whakahaere tohumate, me te kounga o te oranga mō ngā tau maha.

Ko te kī ki ngā painga e roa ana te roa, ko te whakawhiti angitu mai i te hōtaka hanganga ki te tiaki motuhake i ngā tikanga hauora. Kei roto i tēnei ko te haere tonu i ngā mahi whakangungu i ia wā, te whai i tētahi kai e pai ana ki te ngākau, te whakahaere i te pēhanga i runga i te whai hua, me te noho whai wāhi ki tō rōpū hauora mō te aroturuki me te tautoko tonu. He maha ngā hōtaka e tuku ana i ngā kōwhiringa tiaki wā-roa, i ngā rōpū rānei o ngā tauira o mua hei āwhina i a koe kia noho hihiri me te hono.

Q.4 Ka taea e au te mahi whakahou i te ngākau mena he ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora taku?

Ka taea e te nuinga o te tangata whai ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora te whai wāhi tonu ki te whakahou i te ngākau, ahakoa me whakarerekē pea tō hōtaka kia uru ki ō hiahia motuhake. Ko ngā āhuatanga noa pēnei i te mate huka, te rūmātiki, te mate pūkahukahu mau tonu, te mate tākihi rānei, kāore e aukati i te whai wāhi, engari me whai whakaaro motuhake pea i roto i tō mahere whakangungu.

Ka mahi tō rōpū hauora me ō tōtahi tohunga kia mōhio ai he haumaru, he whai hua hoki tō hōtaka whakahou mō ō āhuatanga hauora katoa. Hei tauira, ki te whai mate huka koe, ka āwhina tō rōpū i a koe ki te mārama ki te pānga o te whakangungu ki tō huka toto, ā, ka mahi tahi pea me tō endocrinologist ki te whakatika i ō rongoā mate huka. Ko te huarahi maha-ā-rōpū o te whakahou i te ngākau e tika ana kia pai ai te āwhina i te tangata ki te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga hauora maha i te wā kotahi.

Q.5 He aha te mea ka pā mai ki te kore e taea e au te whakaoti i te hōtaka whakahou i te ngākau katoa?

Mēnā kāore e taea e koe te whakaoti i te hōtaka katoa mō tētahi take, ka whai hua tonu koe mai i te wāhanga e whakaoti ana koe. Ahakoa te whai wāhi wāhanga ki te whakahou i te ngākau e whakarato ana i ngā painga hauora nui ki te kore he whai wāhi. Ka mahi tō rōpū hauora me koe ki te whakatika i ngā arai ki te whakaoti, ā, ka taea pea te whakarerekē i te hōtaka kia pai ake te uru ki ō hiahia.

Ko ngā take noa mō ngā hōtaka kāore i oti ko ngā take waka, ngā tautohe mahi, ngā kawenga whānau, ētahi atu raruraru hauora rānei. Ka āhei pea tō rōpū ki te āwhina i a koe ki te kimi otinga pēnei i te whakarite wā ngāwari, ngā whakakōkiri i te kāinga, te hono rānei i a koe ki ngā rauemi hapori. Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakamutu i te hōtaka mō tētahi wā, ka āhei tō rōpū ki te āwhina i a koe ki te tīmata anō ina taea e koe te whai wāhi anō.

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