So nkesua a wodi no ma srade a ɛwɔ nipadua mu no yɛ kɛse? (Cholesterol) Momma yɛnhwehwɛ nokware no!

Nkwaa yɛ aduan a ahoɔden wom kɛse, ɛnyɛ den sɛ wobenya, na ne bo nyɛ den a protein pii wom. Nanso sɛ ɛba nkesua a wobedi so a, nnipa dodow no ara susuw srade a ɛwɔ nipadua mu ho ntɛm ara, ɛnte saa? Nnipa pii wɔ hɔ a wosuro sɛ "sɛ wudi nkesua a, wubenya srade." Dɛn ne nokware a ɛwɔ saa asɛm yi mu? So nkesua a wodi no ye ma nipadua no anaasɛ enye? Momma yɛnka eyi ho asɛm wɔ ɔkwan a ɛyɛ mmerɛw a obiara betumi ate ase so.

Nea edi kan koraa no, dɛn ne srade a ɛwɔ mogya mu?

Sɛ yɛbɛka no tiawa a, srade yɛ ade a ɛte sɛ wax a ɛwɔ yɛn mogya mu fi awosu mu. Ɛnyɛ ade bɔne ankasa, sɛnea nnipa binom susuw no. Nokwarem no, srade ho hia ma yɛn nipadua mu dwumadi ahorow pii a ɛho hia, te sɛ nkwammoaa a ɛte apɔw a yɛbɛkyekye, vitamin D a yɛyɛ, ne hormone a ɛma yɛyɛ.

Susuw eyi ho: srade a wo nipadua hia no mu 80%, dodow kɛse, na ɛba wo mmerɛbo ne wo dwensɔtwaa mu. Kakraa bi pɛ, bɛyɛ 20%, na wɔde ka wo nipadua ho fi nnuan a yedi mu.

Asɛm a ɛfa srade ‘pa’ ne srade ‘bɔne’ ho

Ebia woate ‘srade pa’ ne ‘srade bɔne’ ho asɛm. Nea ɛba ankasa ni. Cholesterol ntumi nkɔ mogya no mu wɔ n’ankasa mu. Enti ɛnkyinkyin nipadua no mu wɔ nneɛma nketenkete a ɛte sɛ kar (lipoproteins) a protein na ɛyɛ mu. Momma yensua saa kar ahorow atitiriw abien no ho ade.

Asiane bɛn na ɛwɔ srade a ɛdɔɔso mu?

Yɛn asetra kwan ho hia yiye wɔ srade dodow a yɛbɛhyɛ so no mu. Nnipa binom wɔ asiane kɛse mu sɛ wobenya srade a ɛwɔ mogya mu. Ma yɛnhwɛ nea wɔyɛ.

• Asikreyare a Ɛto so Abien: Asikreyare betumi ama mogya mu srade ‘pa’ (HDL) a ɛba fam ne srade foforo a wɔfrɛ no triglycerides a ɛyɛ asiane a ɛde komayare ba no dɔɔso.
• Kɛse mmoroso: Nipadua mu duru a ɛboro so betumi ama srade ‘bɔne’ (LDL) akɔ soro na ama srade ‘papa’ (HDL) so atew. Eyi betumi de ɔhaw ahorow te sɛ komayare ne mogya mmoroso aba.
• Awosu mu tebea horow: Nnipa binom betumi anya tebea bi a wɔfrɛ no Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), a ɛyɛ awosu mu yare a ɛkɔ so wɔ abusua no mu.
• Asetra mu su bɔne: Eyi ne ade a ɛho hia sen biara.
• Mmoa ngo, akutu nufusu, ne nnuan a srade a ɛyɛ dɛ ne trans pii wom a wɔtaa di.
• Apɔw-mu-teɛteɛ biara a wɔnyɛ.
• Sigaretnom.

Saa suban ahorow yi wɔ hokwan kɛse sɛ ɛbɛma wo srade dodow asɛe.

Enti aduannuru a ɛwɔ ɛmo mu no te dɛn?

Ɛmo yɛ aduan a ɛboro so ketewaa bi nanso ahoɔden wom. Susuw ho hwɛ, calories 72 pɛ na ɛwɔ ɛmo kɛse bi mu. Nanso ɛwɔ protein gram 6. Bio nso, lutein ne zeaxanthin a eye ma aniwa, ne choline a eye ma amemene ne ntini, ne vitamin A, B, ne D wɔ nkesua mu.

Nanso, srade bɛyɛ miligram 186 na ɛwɔ ɛmo kɛse bi mu. Nea ɛho hia no, saa srade yi nyinaa wɔ ɛmo a wɔayam no nkutoo mu. Cholesterol biara nni ɛmo fitaa no mu koraa.

Enti nkesua dodow ahe na eye ma nipadua no da biara?

Eyi ne ɔhaw kɛse ma obiara.

Wɔ obi a ɔtaa nya apɔwmuden a onni asiane foforo biara fam no, sɛ wodi ɛmo mũ biako da biara a, asiane biara nni ho. Nhwehwɛmu ada no adi sɛ ɛmma asiane a ɛwɔ hɔ sɛ obi benya komayare anaa akisikuru no nkɔ soro.

Nanso, sɛ woka asiane akuw a yɛaka ho asɛm wɔ atifi hɔ no mu biako ho (i.e., obi a ɔwɔ asikreyare, mogya mmoroso, komayare, anaa kɛseyɛ mmoroso) a, eye sɛ wunni nkesua mũ a ɛboro abiɛsa dapɛn biara.

Dɛn bio na ɛsɛ sɛ wususuw ho bere a woredi nkesua no?

Sɛ w’ani gye nkesua ho nanso srade a ɛwɔ wo mu ho hia wo a, wubetumi ayi nkesua no na woadi fitaa no nkutoo. Fitaa no nni srade biara, nanso ɛda so ara wɔ protein pii.

Ade foforo a ɛho hia ne ɔkwan a yɛfa so di nkesua. Susuw ho hwɛ, ɛnyɛ yɛn nko ara na yedi nkesua. Sɛ yɛde nneɛma te sɛ bɔta, kyiisi, bacon, soseji yɛ omelet, na yɛde ka paanoo ho a, srade pii fi saa nnuan afoforo no mu ka nipadua no ho. Enti, ɛnyɛ nkesua no nko na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛhwɛ yiye, na mmom nea yɛne no di nso. Mpɛn pii no, ɛyɛ papa sɛ wubedi nkesua a wɔanoa sen nea wɔayam wɔ ngo mu.