Thailand ta ba da lambar yabo ta WHO don yaƙar trans fats

Kwanan nan Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) ta amince da kasar Thailand saboda gagarumin kokarin da take yi na yaki da mai.

Wannan mashahurin shirin ba da takardar shaida na WHO ya sanya sunan Thailand, tare da Denmark, Lithuania, Saudi Arabia da Poland, a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙasashe biyar da ke taka rawar gani na musamman wajen kawar da ɗayan manyan abubuwan da ke haifar da cututtukan da ba sa yaduwa. An baiwa Dr. Narong Aphikulwanit, wakilin Hukumar Abinci da Magunguna ta Thai (FDA).

Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya WHO ta danganta kitse mai yawa zuwa cututtukan zuciya da kuma karuwar adadin masu mutuwa. Ana samun waɗannan sinadarai masu fatty acid (TFA) da aka kera a masana'antu a cikin abinci daban-daban kamar gasa da soyayyen kayan abinci, kayan ciye-ciye da aka riga aka shirya, da wasu nau'ikan mai da kitse da ake amfani da su a gida, a gidajen cin abinci da abincin titi.

Tun daga 2017, FDA ta Thai ta himmatu don ragewa da kuma kawar da mai mai a cikin samfuran abinci. An bullo da tsauraran matakai da dama, wadanda suka hada da dakatar da samarwa da siyar da mai, da kuma tsauraran ka'idojin shigo da kayayyaki. Bugu da kari, akwai ci gaba da kamfen na ilimi don sanar da masu amfani game da haɗarin kiwon lafiya na mai mai.

Wadannan yunƙurin da Thailand ke yi misali ne na yadda shirye-shiryen kiwon lafiyar ƙasa za su taimaka wajen inganta lafiyar jama'a da walwala. Amincewa da hukumar ta WHO ya nuna muhimmancin irin wadannan matakan da kuma nasarar da Thailand ta samu a kokarinta na samar da al'umma mai koshin lafiya, daga illar da ke tattare da kitse.

Game da trans fats

Fat-fat wani nau'in fatty acid ne da farko ana samunsa a cikin abincin masana'antu. Akwai nau'o'in nau'i biyu na trans fats: na halitta da na wucin gadi. Fat-fat na halitta suna faruwa da ɗan ƙaramin abu a wasu samfuran dabbobi, kamar nama da kiwo. Fat ɗin wucin gadi, wanda kuma aka sani da trans fatty acids, ana ƙirƙira su ta hanyar wani tsari da ake kira hydrogenation, wanda ake ƙara hydrogen a cikin man kayan lambu don inganta rayuwar rayuwa da kwanciyar hankali na abinci.

Fat ɗin trans na wucin gadi yana da illa ga lafiya saboda dalilai da yawa:

• Ƙara LDL cholesterol: Fat-fat na kara yawan 'mummunan' LDL cholesterol a cikin jini, wanda zai haifar da toshewar hanyoyin jini.
• Rage HDL cholesterol: Suna rage cholesterol 'mai kyau' HDL, wanda ke taimakawa cire cholesterol daga arteries.
• Ciwon zuciya: Wadannan canje-canje a matakan cholesterol suna kara haɗarin cututtukan zuciya da bugun zuciya.
• Kumburi: Fat-fat na iya kara tsananta matakan kumburi a cikin jiki, wanda shine haɗari ga yawancin cututtuka na yau da kullum, ciki har da cututtukan zuciya.
• Juriya na insulin: Akwai kuma shaidar da ke nuna cewa kitse mai yaduwa na iya kara juriya ga insulin, wanda zai iya haifar da ciwon sukari na 2.

Saboda irin wadannan hadurran lafiya, kasashe da dama sun dauki matakan takaita ko hana yawan kitse a abinci. Rage kitsen mai a cikin abinci shine muhimmin mataki na inganta lafiyar jama'a da rage haɗarin cututtuka masu tsanani.