Kudin Abinci yana Shafar Ra'ayin ku game da koshin lafiya

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Abincin lafiya na iya zama tsada. Ka yi tunani kawai game da duk waɗannan $ 8 (ko fiye!) Juices da smoothies da kuka siya a cikin shekarar da ta gabata-waɗanda ke ƙarawa. Amma bisa ga sabon binciken da aka buga a cikin Jaridar Binciken Masu Amfani, wani abu mai ban sha'awa da gaske yana gudana tare da yadda masu amfani ke kallon matakin lafiyar abinci dangane da farashin sa. Ainihin, masu binciken sun gano cewa mafi girman farashin abinci, mafi kusantar mutane su yi tunanin yana da lafiya. Menene ƙari, su wani lokacin ya ƙi yi imani cewa abinci yana da lafiya lokacin da ba shi da tsada. Da kyau, ba duk za ku so abinci mafi koshin lafiya ya zama mafi arha ba? Sau da yawa, aƙalla a Amurka, an ba mutane sharadi don yin imani cewa abinci mai sauri, marar lafiya yakamata ya zama mai arha, kuma na gaske, abinci mai lafiya yakamata ya zo akan farashi mai tsada. (FYI, waɗannan sune biranen abinci mafi tsada a ƙasar.)

To ta yaya masu binciken suka gano wannan kuskuren hanyar sayayya tsakanin masu amfani? An nemi mutane su sanya kiyasin farashin samfuran bisa ga ƙimar lafiyar da aka bayar kuma su zaɓi abinci mafi koshin lafiya tsakanin zaɓuɓɓuka biyu tare da farashin da aka haɗa a cikin bayanin. Masu binciken sun yi mamakin ganin cewa samfuran da suka fi tsada ana la'akari da su sun fi koshin lafiya, kuma tsammanin cewa samfurin lafiya zai fi tsada shima ya ci gaba da wanzuwa. Wani bangare na binciken ya gano cewa samfuran abinci wanda ke inganta lafiyar ido a zahiri ya sa mutane su ɗauki lafiyar ido wani lamari mafi mahimmanci lokacin da farashin wannan samfurin ya fi na gaske.

Masu binciken ba kawai sun yi mamakin sakamakon binciken ba amma kuma sun damu. Rebecca Reczek, marubucin binciken kuma farfesa na talla a Fisher na Jami'ar Jihar Ohio Kwalejin Kasuwanci, a cikin sanarwar manema labarai. A bayyane yake, waɗannan binciken suna ɗan damuwa idan aka yi la’akari da shi sosai mai yiwuwa a ci abinci mai lafiya akan kasafin kuɗi kuma akwai yawa abubuwan da za a yi la’akari da su ban da farashi lokacin kimanta ingancin abinci gaba ɗaya.

Wataƙila bambancin da mutane ke yin kuskure gabaɗaya shine bambanci tsakanin "abincin lafiya" da abinci mai lafiya na yau da kullun-kamar, ka sani, kayan lambu. Bugu da ƙari, yawancin manyan rashin fahimta game da abin da ke sa abinci lafiya ya shafi yin lakabi. Dokta Jaime Schehr, kwararre kan kula da nauyi da abinci mai gina jiki ya ce "Lakabin kwayoyin halitta yana da mahimmanci kuma yawancin abinci sun fi koshin lafiya idan kwayoyin halitta, amma wannan ba yana nufin cewa duk abinci yana buƙatar wannan lakabin ba." "A zahiri, yawancin abinci waɗanda ba su da lafiya a cikin bayanan abubuwan gina jiki ana yi musu lakabi da kwayoyin halitta kuma suna iya ɓatar da mai siye." Ka yi tunani game da shi. Shin kuna iya siyan barkonon kararrawa na yau da kullun ko wanda ke da kalmar "organic" akan lakabin sa? Hakanan yana cikin kunshin abincin "lafiya" kamar cakuda sawu. (Shin alamun abincin abinci na yaudarar ku?) "Mutane suna ɗauka cewa duk wani abu da aka yiwa lakabi da vegan, Organic, Paleo, ko lafiya yana da lafiya," in ji Monica Auslander, MS, RD, LDN, wanda ya kafa Essence Nutrition a Miami, Florida."A zahirin gaskiya, bai kamata mu ma duba lakabin da aka yi talla ba, amma a maimakon haka yakamata mu kimanta kayan abinci ta amfani da hankalinmu da ilimin abinci mai gina jiki." A takaice dai, babu wani dalili da za a zaɓi hidimar guda ɗaya na fakitin abincin Paleo marar lahani wanda ke kashe daloli biyar akan fakitin karas na jarirai da kwantena na hummus wanda zai ba ku tsawon sati ɗaya don farashin guda. Samu shi yanzu: Don kawai kuna biyan ƙarin ba yana nufin lallai ya fi muku kyau ba.

Tabbas, akwai lokutan da ake kashe ɗan ƙaramin kuɗi da sunan kiwon lafiya shine darajanta. Misali, an yarda da yawa akan cewa yakamata ku sayi alayyahu na halitta, kamar yadda koren ganye yana shan magungunan kashe qwari kamar ku. (Duba waɗanne irin 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari ne mafi munin masu laifi.) Misali, “ayaba ta banza sharar gida ce,” in ji Auslander. "Babu wani abu da ke shiga wannan bawon mai kauri." Ta kuma ba da shawarar zaɓar 'ya'yan itacen daskararre idan kuna kan kasafin kuɗi tunda yana riƙe da ƙima mai ƙima a yayin daskarewa. (Ƙara waɗannan sauran abinci masu daskararre masu lafiya a cikin jerin kayan masarufi na gaba.)

Yana da ainihin wani babban kuskuren cewa duka Abincin daskararre ko kunshe yana da kyau a gare ku, in ji Schehr. "Mutane sun yi imanin cewa duk abincin da aka daskare, daskararre, ko kunshe-kunshe ba su da lafiya. Duk da haka, akwai wasu takamaiman abinci da aka tattara waɗanda har yanzu suna cikin abinci mai kyau," in ji ta. "Kayan lambu da aka daskare, alal misali, babbar hanya ce ta adana kayan lambu a gida don koyaushe ku sami damar samun kayan lambu waɗanda ba sa lalata cikin sauƙi." Don haka, lokaci na gaba da kuka nufi kantin kayan miya, ku lura da abin da ke bayan shawarar ku kan abin da ke sanya shi a cikin keken ku: Shin abincin ne da kansa, ko kwalin farashin?

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