Babban abin da masana kimiyya suka yi shine kamar haka:
- A cikin matan da suka bi abincin Bahar Rum, an sami "alamar halitta" a cikin jiki, wanda ke nuna raguwa a cikin tsarin tsufa;
- An tabbatar da abinci na Bahar Rum don rage haɗarin cututtukan zuciya a cikin mata;
- Na gaba kuma wani bincike ne wanda zai ba mu damar gano yadda irin wannan abincin ke shafar maza.
Abincin na Bahar Rum yana da wadata a cikin kayan lambu, 'ya'yan itatuwa, kwayoyi, cin abinci na yau da kullum na legumes da wake, kuma ya hada da hatsi, man zaitun da kifi. Wannan abincin yana da ƙarancin kiwo, nama, da kitse mai yawa. Amfani da busassun giya, a cikin ƙananan ƙananan, ba a haramta shi ba.
An tabbatar da shi ta hanyar binciken kimiyya akai-akai cewa abinci na Rum yana da tasiri mai kyau ga lafiya. Alal misali, yana taimakawa wajen yaki da kiba mai yawa kuma yana rage haɗarin cututtuka na kullum, ciki har da cututtukan zuciya.
Sabuwar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiyar Ma'aikatan jinya, wacce ta tabbatar da hakan, ta dogara ne akan tambayoyi da gwaje-gwajen jini daga mata 4,676 masu lafiya masu matsakaicin shekaru (bayan abincin Bahar Rum). An tattara bayanai don wannan binciken akai-akai tun 1976 (- Mai cin ganyayyaki).
Binciken, musamman, ya ba da sababbin bayanai - duk waɗannan mata an gano cewa suna da tsayin "telomeres" - hadadden tsari a cikin chromosomes - sifofi masu kama da zaren da ke dauke da DNA. Telomere yana samuwa a ƙarshen chromosome kuma yana wakiltar wani nau'i na "mafi kariya" wanda ke hana lalacewa ga dukan tsarin gaba ɗaya. Za mu iya cewa telomeres suna kare bayanan kwayoyin halitta na mutum.
Hatta a cikin mutane masu lafiya, telomeres yana raguwa da shekaru, wanda ke ba da gudummawa ga tsarin tsufa, yana haifar da ɗan gajeren tsawon rayuwa, yana buɗe kofa ga cututtuka irin su sclerosis da wasu nau'in ciwon daji, kuma yana yin mummunan tasiri ga lafiyar hanta.
Masana kimiyya sun lura cewa salon rayuwa mara kyau - ciki har da shan taba, da kiba da kiba, da kuma yawan shan abubuwan sha mai zaki - na iya haifar da raguwar telomeres da wuri. Har ila yau, masana kimiyya sun yi imanin cewa danniya da kumburi na iya rage telomeres da wuri.
A lokaci guda, 'ya'yan itatuwa, kayan lambu, man zaitun da kwayoyi - mahimman kayan abinci na abinci na Rum - an san su don maganin antioxidant da anti-inflammatory. Kungiyar masu bincike na Amurka karkashin jagorancin De Vivo sun nuna cewa matan da ke bin irin wannan abincin na iya samun tsawon telomeres, kuma an tabbatar da wannan hasashe.
"Har yau, wannan shine mafi girman binciken da aka gudanar don gano ƙungiyar cin abinci na Bahar Rum tare da tsayin telomere a cikin mata masu tsaka-tsaki masu lafiya," masana kimiyya sun lura a cikin taƙaitaccen rahoton sakamakon sakamakon aikin.
Binciken ya haɗa da kammalawa akai-akai na cikakkun bayanan tambayoyin abinci da gwajin jini (don sanin tsawon telomeres).
An tambayi kowane ɗan takara don kimanta abincinta don bin ka'idodin Bahar Rum, a kan sikelin daga sifili zuwa tara, kuma sakamakon gwajin ya iya tabbatar da cewa kowane abu a kan sikelin ya dace da shekaru 1.5 na raguwa na telomere. (- Mai cin ganyayyaki).
Gajartawar telomeres sannu a hankali tsari ne da ba za a iya jurewa ba, amma “Salon lafiya zai iya taimakawa wajen hana raguwarsu,” in ji Dokta De Vivo. Tun da abincin Bahar Rum yana da tasirin antioxidant da anti-mai kumburi a jiki, bin sa "na iya kashe mummunan tasirin shan taba da kiba," likitan ya kammala.
Shaidun kimiyya sun tabbatar da cewa "akwai fa'idodin kiwon lafiya da kuma karuwar tsawon rai sakamakon bin abinci na Bahar Rum. An samu raguwar haɗarin mace-mace da kuma yiwuwar kamuwa da cututtuka masu tsanani, gami da cututtukan zuciya.”
Ya zuwa yanzu, abinci na mutum ɗaya a cikin abincin Bahar Rum ba a haɗa shi da irin wannan tasirin ba. Masana kimiyya sun yi imanin cewa watakila dukan abincin gaba ɗaya shine babban mahimmanci (a halin yanzu, cire abun ciki na mutum "superfoods" a cikin wannan abincin). Ko yaya lamarin yake, De Vivo da ƙungiyar bincikenta suna fatan, ta hanyar ƙarin bincike, don gano abubuwan da ke cikin abinci na Bahar Rum sun fi tasiri akan tsayin telomere.
Dokta Peter Nilson, Farfesa a Sashen Bincike don Cututtukan Zuciya a Jami'ar Lund (Sweden), ya rubuta labarin da ke tare da sakamakon wannan binciken. Ya ba da shawarar cewa duka tsayin telomere da halaye na cin abinci na iya samun dalilai na asali. Nilson ya yi imanin cewa ko da yake waɗannan karatun suna da ban sha'awa, amma ci gaba "yiwuwar dangantaka tsakanin kwayoyin halitta, abinci da jinsi" (- mai cin ganyayyaki) ya kamata a yi la'akari. Bincike game da illar abincin Bahar Rum akan maza don haka lamari ne na gaba.