Wonke umuntu unezinkolelo zakhe, kodwa abanye abantu abangaziwa kunabanye. USammee Matthews, umama wezingane ezimbili wase-Las Vegas, kutholakale ukuthi une-sitophilia: ukudla okuvusa inkanuko. Wonke umuntu ojabulelayo (noma ohlushwayo, kuye ngokuthi uyibheka kanjani!) I-sitophilia inokuvula okuhlukile. Ku-Sammee, konke kumayelana namakhekhe, amakhekhe namaswidi.
U-Sammee onamatshe angu-28 ubelokhu ehleka usulu okumenza abe buthakathaka emadolweni, futhi ubekwaziwa nangokudla ama-donuts ngesikhathi socansi. Uphinde wavuma ukuthi ukubona ibhikawozi iyodwa kwanele ukumshiya ephelelwa umoya.
Lokhu kuthatheka okuvusa inkanuko kunomthelela omubi kakhulu esisindweni sikaSammee; useke wafinyelela isikali ku-32-stone, futhi uyaqhubeka nokubhebhethekisa izifiso zakhe ezivusa inkanuko ngamakhekhe, amakhekhe nama-tarts.
Akuwona wonke umuntu onesipiliyoni esisongela ukuphila nge-sitophilia. Kungase kuzwakale kuyinqaba njengendlela yokususa amatshe akho, kodwa i-sitophilia izibonakalisa ngezindlela ezihlukene futhi ungase ujwayele izinguqulo 'zasekhaya'.
Kwabanye, njengo-Sammee, empeleni ukudla ukudla noma ukukubona kuyadingeka ukuze kuthuthukiswe imizwa evusa inkanuko nokuhlangana nayo. Njenge-aphrodisiac, ukudla kuthuthukisa injabulo yethu yocansi. Kukangaki ufaka ama-strawberries embozwe ushokoledi ekamelweni, noma uvale ama-oyster ngaphambi kobusuku obude?
Noma mhlawumbe ujwayelene kakhulu nokudutshulwa komzimba: lapho isibhamu sotshwala siphuma emzimbeni, ngokuvamile sivela endaweni ebukekayo eyonakele njengenkinobho yesisu noma amabele. Izinhlobo ezithile zokudla neziphuzo zijabulisa ama-tastebuds ethu, futhi izenzo zethu zingahlekisa umcabango wethu ngendlela eyenza ukwenza uthando kube ngcono.
Kwabanye, ukudla kufanekisela into abayifisayo futhi kuba inqola yokushaya indlwabu. Lokhu kuyinto engajwayelekile – kodwa kuningi ngakho. Efilimini i-American Pie, umlingisi oyedwa wenza ucansi nophaya we-apula ofudumele. Encwadini ka-Philip Roth ka-1969 ethi, Isikhalazo sika-Portnoy, umlingiswa oyinhloko ushaya indlwabu esebenzisa inyama yesibindi, kanye ne-apula elikhishwe ngensimbi.
Ucabanga ukuthi kuyinqaba kakhulu? Kuthiwani ngabaqondisi abaningi laphaya abeluleka abesifazane ukuthi bashaye indlwabu besebenzisa izinto zasendlini njengemifino yasekhishini? Ukhukhamba, i-zucchini, izaqathe kanye nobhanana sekuyisikhathi eside kudunyiswa ngokubunjwa kwe-phallic kanye nokusetshenziswa okuphindwe kabili okungenzeka.
MS, Lund University, Sweden
Ukudla okunomsoco kunendima ebalulekile ekuphileni komuntu. Imikhuba yokudla ingezinye zezinto ezithinta impilo yethu. Kuvame ukuba nombono oyiphutha phakathi kwabantu wokuthi izazi zokudla okunomsoco ziphoqelela ukudla okunemingcele kakhulu, kodwa lokho akulona iqiniso. Eqinisweni, angivimbi noma yimiphi imikhiqizo, kodwa ngikhomba amaphutha okudla futhi ngisize ukuwashintsha ngokunikeza amathiphu kanye nezindlela zokupheka ezintsha engizizamile ngokwami. Ngeluleka iziguli zami ukuthi zingamelani noshintsho futhi zibe nenjongo. Kuphela ngamandla nokuzimisela umphumela omuhle ungafinyelelwa kunoma iyiphi indawo yokuphila, kuhlanganise nokushintsha imikhuba yokudla. Uma ngingasebenzi, ngiyathanda ukuqwala. NgoLwesihlanu kusihlwa, kungenzeka ungithole ngisesofeni lami, ngigone nenja yami futhi ngibuka iNetflix.
