Wataƙila sunan Dokta David Jenkins (Kanada) bai gaya muku komai ba, amma shi ne ya bincika tasirin abinci daban-daban akan matakan sukari na jini kuma ya gabatar da manufar "glycemic index". Mafi yawan abincin zamani, shawarwarin ƙungiyoyin kiwon lafiya na ƙasa a Amurka da ƙasashen Turai, da kuma shawarwari ga masu ciwon sukari, sun dogara ne akan sakamakon bincikensa.
Binciken nasa ya yi tasiri mafi girma ga miliyoyin mutane a duniya waɗanda ke ƙoƙarin samun lafiya da rage kiba. A halin yanzu, Dr. Jenkins ya ba da sababbin ra'ayoyi game da lafiya tare da al'ummar duniya - yanzu shi mai cin ganyayyaki ne kuma yana wa'azin irin wannan salon.
David Jenkins a wannan shekara ya zama ɗan ƙasar Kanada na farko da ya karɓi lambar yabo ta Bloomberg Manulife don gudummawar da ya bayar don haɓaka rayuwa mai lafiya da aiki. A jawabin da ya yi, likitan ya ce gaba daya ya koma cin abincin da bai hada da nama, kifi da kayayyakin kiwo ba, domin kare lafiya da muhalli.
Yawancin karatu sun tabbatar da cewa daidaitaccen abinci mai cin ganyayyaki da ganyayyaki yana haifar da manyan canje-canje masu kyau a cikin lafiya. Vegans gabaɗaya sun fi sauran masu cin nama, suna da ƙananan matakan cholesterol, hawan jini na al'ada, da ƙananan haɗarin ciwon daji da ciwon sukari. Har ila yau, masu cin ganyayyaki suna cinye fiber mai lafiya, magnesium, folic acid, bitamin C da E, baƙin ƙarfe, yayin da abincin su ya fi ƙasa da adadin kuzari, kitsen mai da cholesterol.
Dokta Jenkins ya canza zuwa cin ganyayyaki na farko don dalilai na kiwon lafiya, amma kuma ya jaddada cewa wannan salon rayuwa yana da tasiri mai amfani ga muhalli.
“Lafiyar ’yan Adam tana da alaƙa da lafiyar duniyarmu, kuma abin da muke ci yana da tasiri sosai a kanta,” in ji David Jenkins.
A mahaifar likitan, Kanada, ana kashe dabbobi kusan miliyan 700 kowace shekara don abinci. Samar da nama na ɗaya daga cikin manyan tushen iskar gas a cikin Kanada da Amurka. Wadannan dalilai, da kuma gaskiyar cewa dabbobin da ake kiwo don kisa suna jure wahalhalu mai tsanani a tsawon rayuwarsu, sun isa dalilin da ya sa Dr. Jenkins ya kira cin abinci mai cin ganyayyaki da mafi kyawun zabi ga mutane.