Emma Miller
Abazali kufuneka baqaphele ingozi ehambelana nokutya kwe-vegan. Olunye uphononongo lubonise ukuba ukubeka abantwana kwi-vegan yokutya okuqhelekileyo kuya kubenza bakhule babe mfutshane kwaye babe namathambo abuthathaka. Abaphandi bafumanise ukuba abantwana abaneminyaka emihlanu ukuya kwelishumi ubudala kukutya okusekelwe kwisityalo kumyinge weesentimitha ezintathu mfutshane kunabo batya inyama.
Amathambo abo nawo ayemancinane yaye engenamandla, nto leyo eyayibeka abantwana esichengeni sokwaphuka okanye isifo samathambo kamva ebomini. Uphononongo, olwenziwa yi-Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health kwiYunivesithi yaseLondon, ithi abazali kufuneka baqaphele ingozi ehambelana nokutya kwe-vegan.
Ababhali bakholelwa ukuba abantwana be-vegan kufuneka banikwe i-vitamin B12 kunye ne-vitamin D izongezelelo zokunciphisa imiphumo yempilo yexesha elide yokukhula kwizityalo zodwa. Iivegan azibandakanyi zonke iimveliso zezilwanyana, kubandakanya ubisi, amaqanda, kunye nobusi. Kodwa kukho ubungqina obuncinane bokuba oku kungonakalisa impilo yabantwana.
Unjingalwazi ophambili ongunjingalwazi uJonathan Wells weYunivesithi yaseKhalifoniya, eLos Angeles, wathi: “Siyazi ukuba abantu baya besamkela ngakumbi ukutya okusekelwe kwizityalo ngenxa yezizathu eziliqela, kuquka ukunceda ukukhusela izilwanyana nokunciphisa imozulu yethu.
“Ewe, utshintsho lwehlabathi kukutya okusekelwe kwizityalo ngoku lubonwa njengento ebalulekileyo ekuthinteleni ukuphazamiseka kwemozulu, kwaye siyazixhasa ngamandla ezi nzame. Siyazi kwakhona ukuba kude kube ngoku, uphando malunga nemiphumo yempilo yolu tyalo kubantwana luye lwakhawulelwa kakhulu kwiimvavanyo zobude kunye nobunzima kwaye luqhutywe kuphela phakathi kwabantwana bemifuno.
"Uphononongo lwethu lunika ukuqonda okubalulekileyo kwiziphumo zempilo zabantwana abalandela ukutya kwemifuno kunye ne-vegan."
Uphononongo olutsha lubandakanya abantwana abasempilweni abali-187 abaneminyaka emihlanu ukuya kwelishumi ePoland. Kwaba, abangama-63 yayingabo batya imifuno, abangama-52 yayizii vegans kwaye abangama-72 yayizizilwanyana ezidla inyama. Abantwana abakwisidlo se-vegan bebekwi-avareji yeesentimitha ezintathu mfutshane. Kwakhona babene-4-6% yeeminerali zamathambo ezimbalwa kwaye babengaphezu kwamaxesha amathathu okuba ne-vitamin B-12 yokunqongophala kune-omnivores.
Unjingalwazi onguNjingalwazi uMary Futrell wongezelela wathi: “Ukwandisa impilo yamathambo ebantwaneni kucetyiswa ukunciphisa umngcipheko we-osteoporosis kunye nokwaphuka kwixa elizayo. Sifumene ukuba abantwana be-vegan babenobunzima bamathambo obuphantsi nangona bethathela ingqalelo imizimba yabo emincinci kunye nobukhulu bamathambo. Oku kuthetha ukuba banokungena ebusheni, isigaba xa iimfuno zezondlo zethambo ziphezulu kwaye ukusilela kwamathambo sele kusungulwe.
"Ukuba le ntsilelo ibangelwa kukutya okuqhubekayo ngexesha lokufikisa, kunokunyusa umngcipheko weziphumo ezibi zamathambo kamva ebomini," utsho. Nangona kunjalo, kwelinye icala, abantwana be-vegan banama-25 ekhulwini asezantsi amanqanaba e-cholesterol "embi" ye-LDL kunye namanqanaba aphantsi omzimba.
Umbhali-mbhali uGqr. Malgorzata Desmond wathi: “Sifumanise ukuba imifuno isitya izondlo ezininzi, nto leyo ebonisa uhlobo ‘olungalungiswanga’ lokutya okusekelwe kwizityalo, nto leyo enxulunyaniswa namafutha asezantsi kunye nokuphuculwa kwemeko yentliziyo.
Kwelinye icala, ukutya okuncinci kweprotheyini, icalcium, kunye neevithamin B12 kunye noD kusenokuchaza ubungakanani beminerali bamathambo kunye neserum yevithamini enokuba luncedo.
“Ekuqaleni sothuswa kukungaphucuki kwempilo yentliziyo yabantwana abatya imifuno, kodwa idatha yabo yokutya ibonise ukuba batya uhlobo lokutya olusekwe kwisityalo olunamanqanaba asempilweni efayibha kunye neswekile xa kuthelekiswa nezilwanyana.
