Ukutya okunempilo kuthetha okufanayo kuyo yonke iminyaka: ukubheja kwiziqhamo, imifuno, ukutya okuziinkozo kunye neeproteni ezibhityileyo kunokunye ukutya. Nangona kunjalo, ngelixa singazidibanisa ngokuthanda ngexesha lethu lamashumi amabini anamashumi amathathu, xa 40 iminyaka utshintsho luyenzeka olufuna ukutya okungqongqo.
I-40-50 iminyaka
Ukusukela kwiminyaka yobudala engama-40, utshintsho lwehomoni luhlala lusenzeka, kunye nokucothiswa kwe- imetabolism eyenza ukuba abantu bathambekele ngakumbi ekuzuzeni ubunzima. Ke abantu abakule minyaka yobudala kufuneka batye iziqhamo kunye nemifuno eninzi, egcwele iifayibha kunye nezondlo kunye neekhalori eziphantsi.
Kananjalo akufuneki silibale ukuba zingumthombo omkhulu we antioxidants, ezithintela ukonakala kweseli okubangela izifo ezininzi, kubandakanya nomhlaza. Xa ukuvalelwa kwafikelelwa, umzimba kufuneka ubonwe njengebhanki yehagu apho isiqhamo ngasinye sesiqhamo kunye nemifuno iba yimali eyongezwa kwezinye ukuze onwabele ubomi obungcono ebudaleni.
60 +
Ukusukela kwiminyaka engama-60, kufuneka siqhubeke nokutya iziqhamo kunye nemifuno rhoqo, kodwa kufuneka sazise nokutya okunceda ukulibazisa ukonakala kwamathambo kunye nezihlunu kwaye ugcine amanqanaba amandla ephezulu. Iprotheyini ecekeceke (intlanzi, iimbotyi, isoya…) inceda ukubethelela omabini amacala. Kubalulekile ukuba uqiniseke ukuba ufumana i-calcium eyaneleyo, i-vitamin D, i-H2O, kwaye uhlale usebenza.