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Selenium ni imyunyungugu y'ingenzi umubiri wawe ukeneye mu bwinshi buke kugira ngo ukore neza. Iyi ntungamubiri ikora nk'umuti urwanya uburozi, ifasha kurengera uturemangingo twawe ku kwangirika mu gihe ishyigikira urwego rwawe rw'ubudahangarwa n'imikorere ya tiroyide.
Ushobora kubona selenium mu buryo bwa kamere mu biribwa nk'imizabibu ya Berezile, ibiryo byo mu nyanja, n'ingano zose. Ariko, abantu bamwe bashobora gukenera imiti yongerera imbaraga niba imirire yabo itatanga bihagije cyangwa niba batuye ahantu hari urwego rwa selenium ruto mu butaka.
Imiti yongerera imbaraga ya Selenium ni imiti yo kunywa itanga iyi myunyungugu y'ingenzi mu buryo bwikubiye. Ziza mu buryo butandukanye, harimo selenomethionine na sodium selenite, zo ni zo zikunze kuboneka mu maduka.
Umubiri wawe ukeneye gusa selenium nto kugira ngo ugume mu buzima bwiza. Tekereza nk'imwe muri izo ntungamubiri aho gake bigera kure. Abantu bakuru benshi bakeneye hafi mikrogramu 55 ku munsi, ni ukuvuga umubare uri muri imwe mu mizabibu ya Berezile.
Iyi miti yongerera imbaraga iboneka ku isoko kandi iza mu buryo bw'ibibumbe, ibinini, n'amazi. Akenshi zishyirwa mu mavitamini menshi cyangwa zigurishwa nk'ibicuruzwa byigenga.
Imiti yongerera imbaraga ya Selenium ikoreshwa cyane cyane mu gukumira cyangwa kuvura kubura kwa selenium, bishobora kubaho mu bice bimwe na bimwe by'isi cyangwa ku bantu bafite ibibazo by'ubuzima byihariye. Muganga wawe ashobora kubagusaba niba ibizamini by'amaraso byerekana ko urwego rwawe rwa selenium ruri hasi cyane.
Usibye kuvura kubura, imiti yongerera imbaraga ya selenium ishobora gufasha gushyigikira ibice byinshi by'ubuzima bwawe. Abantu bamwe babafata bafite icyizere cyo kongera urwego rwabo rw'ubudahangarwa, gushyigikira imikorere ya tiroyide, cyangwa gutanga ubwirinzi bw'uburozi ku kwangirika kw'uturemangingo.
Seleni ikora igihe iba igice cya poroteyine zidasanzwe zifite izina rya selenoporoteyine mu mubiri wawe. Izi poroteyine zikora nk'abarinda bato, barinda selile zawe molekile zangiza zifite izina rya radikali z'ubuntu zishobora guteza ibibazo uko igihe kigenda.
Akazi kamwe ka seleni k'ingenzi ni ugushyigikira umusemburo wa tiroyide. Tiroyide yawe ikeneye seleni kugira ngo ikore kandi igenzure imisemburo igenzura imikorere y'umubiri wawe, urwego rw'imbaraga, ndetse n'imikurire n'iterambere muri rusange.
Seleni kandi ifasha imikorere y'ubudahangarwa bwawe neza binyuze mu gushyigikira ikorwa n'ibikorwa bya selile zera z'amaraso. Iyi minele ifatwa nk'ifite imbaraga ziringaniye, bivuze ko ishobora kugira akamaro ariko ntabwo ikora cyane mu bikorwa byayo.
Fata seleni yongerwa mu mubiri nk'uko byategetswe kuri paki cyangwa nk'uko umuganga wawe abitegeka. Urashobora kuyifata hamwe cyangwa utayifatanije n'ibiryo, nubwo abantu bamwe basanga kuyifata hamwe n'ifunguro bifasha kwirinda kuribwa mu gifu.
Amazi niyo mahitamo meza yo kumira seleni yongerwa mu mubiri. Ntabwo ukeneye amata cyangwa ibindi byinyobwa bidasanzwe. Niba ufata ifishi y'amazi, upime neza ukoresheje igikoresho cyo gupima cyatanzwe.
Igihe nticy'ingenzi hamwe na seleni yongerwa mu mubiri, ariko kuyifata ku gihe kimwe buri munsi birashobora kugufasha kwibuka. Abantu benshi bakunda kuyifata hamwe na saftu cyangwa irindi funguro risanzwe.
Igihe cyo kongerwa kwa seleni biterwa n'impamvu uyifata. Niba uvura ikibazo cyo kubura seleni, muganga wawe ashobora gukurikirana urwego rwa seleni mu maraso binyuze mu bizami by'amaraso no guhindura igihe hakurikijwe ibyo.
Mu rwego rwo gufasha ubuzima muri rusange, abantu bamwe bafata imiti yongera selenium igihe kirekire nk'igice cy'ibikorwa byabo bya buri munsi. Ariko, ibi bikwiye gukorwa hakurikijwe ubujyanama bw'abaganga kuko selenium ishobora kwiyongera mu mubiri wawe uko igihe kigenda.
Niba ufata selenium kubera ikibazo runaka cy'ubuzima, umuganga wawe azagena igihe cyiza cyo kuvurwa. Ntukigere ufata imiti yongera selenium itagira iherezo udafashijwe n'abaganga.
Abantu benshi bafata neza imiti yongera selenium iyo ifashwe mu bipimo bikwiye. Ariko, nk'indi miti yose, selenium ishobora gutera ibikorwa bigaragara, cyane cyane niba ufata nyinshi.
Ibikorwa bisanzwe bishobora kugaragara harimo kubabara mu nda, isesemi, cyangwa uburyohe bw'icyuma mu kanwa kawe. Ibi bimenyetso mubisanzwe ni iby'igihe gito kandi akenshi birashira uko umubiri wawe umenyera iyo miti.
Dore ibikorwa bisanzwe ugomba kumenya:
Ibi bimenyetso mubisanzwe bibaho iyo utangiye gufata selenium cyangwa niba ufata nyinshi kuruta urugero rwategetswe. Abantu benshi basanga ibi bikorwa bishobora gucungwa kandi ari iby'igihe gito.
Ibikorwa bikomeye bishobora kubaho iyo ufata doze nyinshi cyangwa ukoresha cyane igihe kirekire. Nubwo bitabaho kenshi, ibi bisaba ubufasha bw'abaganga ako kanya niba bigaragaye.
Ibikorwa bidasanzwe ariko bikomeye birimo:
Ibi bintu bikomeye bikunze guhuzwa n'uburozi bwa seleni, bibaho iyo umuntu afashe seleni nyinshi mu gihe kirekire. Niba wumva ibi bimenyetso, reka gufata iyo nyunganirabuzima kandi uvugishe umuganga wawe ako kanya.
Inyongera ya seleni ntibereye buri wese. Abantu bafite indwara zimwe na zimwe cyangwa abafata imiti imwe na imwe bagomba kwirinda seleni cyangwa bakayikoresha bayobowe n'abaganga.
Niba ufite indwara y'ubwirinzi nk'uko Hashimoto, ugomba kwitonda cyane. Nubwo seleni ishobora gufasha abantu bamwe bafite ibibazo bya tiroyide, ishobora kongera ibibazo bya tiroyide y'ubwirinzi mu bandi.
Dore amatsinda y'ingenzi agomba kwirinda cyangwa kwitonda ku nyunganirabuzima ya seleni:
Abagore batwite kandi bonka bagomba kubaza abaganga babo mbere yo gufata inyongera ya seleni. Nubwo seleni ari ingenzi mugihe cyo gutwita, urugero rugomba gukurikiranwa neza.
Inyongera ya seleni iboneka munsi y'amazina y'ubwoko butandukanye n'ubwoko rusange. Muri ubwo bwoko harimo Nature Made, NOW Foods, na Solgar, nubwo abandi bakora inyongera ya seleni nziza.
Uzabona seleni yanditswe ku byapa nka selenomethionine, sodium selenite, cyangwa seleni y'umusemburo. Selenomethionine akenshi ikundwa kuko ifatwa neza kandi ikagereranya neza uburyo seleni iboneka mu biryo.
Igihe uhitamo ubwoko bw'ibicuruzwa, shakisha ibicuruzwa byageragerejwe n'abandi kugira ngo barebe isuku n'imbaraga. Ibi bifasha kumenya neza ko urimo kubona ibiyongera bifite ubuziranenge kandi bikubiyemo ibiri ku rwandiko.
Isoko ry'ibiribwa akenshi ni uburyo bwiza bwo gusimbura ibiyongera bya seleni. Imbuto za Brazil zikungahaye cyane kuri seleni, aho imbuto imwe cyangwa ebyiri zitanga ibyo ukeneye buri munsi.
Izindi soko nziza z'ibiribwa zirimo amafi yo mu nyanja nka tuna, samoni, na sardine, kimwe n'inyama z'imbere mu mubiri, amagi, n'ibinyampeke byuzuye. Izi soko zisanzwe zitanga seleni hamwe n'izindi ntungamubiri zifitiye akamaro.
Niba ukunda izindi miterere y'ibiyongera, ushobora gusanga seleni irimo muri formula ya multivitamin cyangwa ibice bya antioxidant. Izi zirashobora kuba uburyo bwiza niba ushaka seleni hamwe n'izindi ntungamubiri zifasha.
Seleni na zinc byombi ni imyunyu ngugu y'ingenzi, ariko bikora imirimo itandukanye mu mubiri wawe. Kubigereranya ntibisa no kugereranya pome na pome kuko bikora mu buryo butandukanye kandi bishyigikira ibice bitandukanye by'ubuzima bwawe.
Seleni ikora cyane nka antioxidant kandi igashyigikira imikorere ya tiroyide, mu gihe zinc igira uruhare rwinshi mu mikorere y'ubudahangarwa, gukira kw'ibikomere, no gukora poroteyine. Abantu benshi mu by'ukuri bungukirwa n'iyo myunyu yombi aho guhitamo kimwe kuruta ikindi.
Gu hitamo hagati ya seleni na zinc biterwa n'ibyo ukeneye ku giti cyawe n'icyo umuganga wawe agushyiriraho ashingiye ku buzima bwawe n'ubwo buke ushobora kuba ufite.
Ibiyongera bya seleni muri rusange birakwiriye ku bantu barwaye diyabete iyo bafashwe mu bipimo bikwiye. Ubushakashatsi bumwe buvuga ko seleni ishobora no gufasha mu kugenzura isukari mu maraso, nubwo hakiri ngombwa ko hakorwa izindi nyigo kugira ngo bemeze iyi nyungu.
Ariko, niba urwaye diyabete, ni ngombwa gukurikirana urugero rw'isukari mu maraso yawe neza igihe utangiye ikindi kintu cyose cyongera mu mubiri. Buri gihe jya inama n'umuganga wawe mbere yo kongera seleni mu byo ukora, cyane cyane niba ufata imiti ya diyabete.
Niba ufata seleni nyinshi ku buryo butunguranye, ntugire ubwoba. Gufata doze imwe nyinshi ntibishoboka ko byagutera ibibazo bikomeye, ariko ugomba kwigenzura niba hari ibimenyetso nk'isuka, kuruka, cyangwa kuribwa mu nda.
Nywa amazi menshi kandi wirinde kongera gufata seleni uwo munsi. Niba ubonye ibimenyetso bikomeye nk'uguhumeka bigoranye, kuribwa mu gituza, cyangwa kuruka bidahagarara, genda kwa muganga ako kanya. Vugana n'abashinzwe kugenzura uburozi cyangwa umuganga wawe niba ufite impungenge ku kintu wafashe.
Niba wirengagije doze ya seleni, yifate ako kanya wibuka, keretse igihe kigeze cyo gufata doze yawe ikurikira. Muri icyo gihe, reka doze wirengagije ukomeze gahunda yawe isanzwe.
Ntufate doze ebyiri kugira ngo wuzuze iyo wirengagije. Kubera ko seleni yiyongera mu mubiri wawe uko igihe kigenda, kurengagiza doze rimwe na rimwe ntizagira ingaruka zikomeye ku rugero rwa seleni yawe cyangwa inyungu ku buzima.
Ushobora kureka gufata seleni yongera mu mubiri igihe umuganga wawe yemeje ko utakiyikeneye, cyangwa niba uyifata ku buzima rusange ukaba wiyemeje kubihagarika.
Niba uvura kubura kwa seleni, muganga wawe ashobora gushaka kureba urugero rwa seleni yawe binyuze mu igeragezwa ry'amaraso mbere yo kugusaba kubihagarika. Ku buzima rusange, ushobora guhagarika gufata seleni yongera mu mubiri nta gikorwa cyo kugabanya cyangwa ingamba zidasanzwe.
Yego, ibiyobyabwenge bya seleni buri gihe birashobora gufatwa hamwe na vitamine n'imyunyungugu. Mubyukuri, seleni ikora neza hamwe n'izindi ntungamubiri zirwanya uburozi nka vitamine E na vitamine C, bishobora kongera ingaruka zabo zirinda.
Ariko, imyunyungugu imwe irashobora kubuza seleni gukururwa niba ifashwe mu bwinshi cyane. Nibyiza gutandukanya ibiyobyabwenge bya minerali byinshi cyangwa kubifata mu bihe bitandukanye byumunsi. Buri gihe menyesha umuganga wawe ibijyanye n'ibiyobyabwenge byose urimo gufata kugirango wirinde guhura bishoboka.
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