Wetin mek i impɔtant fɔ it tin dɛn we fit yu kɔlchɔ? (Nutrition & Dietetics) Lɛ wi tɔk

Imajin if yu go si dɔktɔ ɔ nyutrishɔnist ɛn dɛn tɛl yu se, "Nɔ it dis it, nɔ it da it de." Bɔt wetin yu go du if dɛn it dɛn de na di it dɛn we yu dɔn de it frɔm we yu smɔl, di it dɛn we yu mama ɛn grani bin de kuk, ɛn di it dɛn we de na yu kɔlchɔ? Dɔn i kin sɔri smɔl ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ fala dɛn instrɔkshɔn ya, nɔto so? Na di rili impɔtant tɔpik we wi de tɔk bɔt tide. Lɛ wi ɔndastand dis dip kɔnekshɔn bitwin wetin wi de it ɛn wi kɔlchɔ.

Wetin mek kɔlchɔ impɔtant fɔ it?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wi nɔ jɔs de it fɔ mek wi gɛt tin dɛn we de mek wi bɔdi gɛt tin fɔ it. Fɔ it na big pat pan wi layf. I rili gɛt sɔntin fɔ du wit wi kɔlchɔ, wi ɛritij, ɛn wi famili rilayshɔnship.

Jɔs tink... Nyu Ia de we nɔ gɛt milk rays ɛn fayn fayn kuki? Krismas nɔ pɔsibul if yu nɔ gɛt Krismas kek. Vatalappan ɛn Biryani na rili spɛshal it dɛn insay Ramadan. Dosa, Sambar, ɛn Idli na pat pan ɛvride layf fɔ pɔsin na Jafna. Wan stori, filin, ɛn tradishɔn de biɛn ɛni wan pan dɛn it ya.

Di wan dɛn we sabi bɔt it se pɔsin kin pik it fɔs bay wetin i lɛk . Dɔn dɛn kin luk fɔ di prayz ɛn di say we dɛn de . Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin tink bɔt it na di las wan pan dis list. So, wi teist de fom wit di it dem we wi don de it sins pikin, wit di fud dem we nativ to wi kolcha. So, wi nɔ go ebul fɔ fɔgɛt dis kɔlchɔ kɔnekshɔn ɛn tɔk bɔt it nɔmɔ.

Wetin kin apin if difrɛns nɔ de pan di advays bɔt it?

Dis na di rial prɔblɛm. Imajin if ɔl di advays dɛn we dɛn kin gi na wi kɔntri bɔt it, di buk dɛn we dɛn kin rayt, ɛn di program dɛn we dɛn kin mek na tɛlivishɔn, na pipul dɛn we kɔmɔt na di sem kɔlchɔ mek am. Wetin go apin da tɛm de? Dɛn kin mɔs lɛbul di it dɛn we dɛn no ɛn yus to se ‘hɛlth’, ɛn it dɛn frɔm ɔda kɔlchɔ, we dɛn nɔ so sabi, as ‘nɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi’. Dɛn kɔl dis ‘unconscious bias’.

Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔntɛm we dɛn de aylayt tin dɛn lɛk ɔts ɛn quinoa as Wɛstinian stayl ‘hɛlth’ it dɛn, supamakit lɛk kurakkan, malet, grɛn lentil pɔrij, pɔlɔk, ɛn halmasso we na wi kɔntri in yon kin lɔs dɛn ples.

Wetin na di valyu fɔ dis frɔm di we aw pɔsin we sik de si am?

Dis rili impɔtant. Stɔdi dɔn ivin sho se di wan dɛn we sik kin fala di tritmɛnt instrɔkshɔn dɛn ɛn gɛt bɛtɛ wɛlbɔdi autkam we dɛn gɛt tritmɛnt frɔm dɔktɔ ɔ advaysa we ɔndastand dɛn kɔlchɔ.

Imajin se pɔsin we gɛt dayabitis de go to pɔsin we sabi bɔt it. If di kɔnsaltant nɔ no di pɔsin in rilijɔn ɔ di spɛshal it dɛn we i de it insay ɔlide, di advays we i de gi nɔ go wok. Bɔt we yu tɔk to pɔsin we ɔndastand yu bakgrɔn, dɛn kin gi yu prɛktikal advays, lɛk, "Okay, lɛ wi kɔntrol yu it insay Ramadan lɛk dis," ɔ "I nɔ bad fɔ gɛt wan pis kek na Krismas, bɔt lɛ wi kɔntrol am lɛk dis."

Wetin wi go du fɔ mek difrɛns de bɔku pan dis wok?

Dis na sɔntin we de apin to wi kɔntri bak. Wi ɔl kin ɛp fɔ du dis.

• As kɔstɔma, wi: We wi de gi yu wɛlbɔdi advays, nɔ fred fɔ tɔk bɔt yu tradishɔnal it dɛn. Aks kweshon lek, "Dokta, i okay fo mi fo it sourdough bred? Aw a go mek am helti?" Aks fɔ advays we de rɛspɛkt yu kɔlchɔ fɔ it. Di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs gɛt maynd fɔ gi wetin yu aks fɔ.
• fil fɔ stɔdi:I impɔtant fɔ mek yunivasiti ɛn ɔda edyukeshɔn institiushɔn dɛn tich bɔt di it kɔlchɔ fɔ ɔl di etnik grup dɛn na Sri Lanka we dɛn de tich nyutrishɔn. Bifo dɛn tich se na wan kayn it nɔmɔ ‘kɔrɛkt’, dɛn fɔ tich bɔt di bɛnifit dɛn we difrɛn it dɛn gɛt ɛn aw fɔ mek dɛn kɔntinyu fɔ it dɛn fayn fayn wan.
• Fɔ ɛnkɔrej pipul dɛn we sabi du di wok: I nid fɔ ɛnkɔrej yɔŋ pipul dɛn we kɔmɔt na difrɛn say dɛn na wi kɔntri ɛn we kɔmɔt na difrɛn kɔlchɔ fɔ du wok dɛn lɛk it. Na da tɛm de nɔmɔ wi go ebul fɔ gi savis we fit di pipul dɛn na di wan ol kɔntri.