I roto i te hapori hauora, kua puta mai ngā ngongo kohikohi waikura hei tikanga rongonui, whai hua hoki mō te aroturuki hauora. Ka taea te kohikohi i ngā tauira remu mā te whakamahi i ēnei ngongo, ā, ka taea te whakamahi i ngā tauira hei whakatau i ngā taumata o te homoni, hei whakahaere i ngā whakamātautau iranga, hei tātaritanga mate rānei. I roto i tēnei rangitaki, ka kōrero mātou mō ā mātou ngongo kohikohi waikura, ngā painga o te whakamātautau waikura, me te āhua o te huri i ēnei pūrere i te huarahi e whakahaere ai ngā tūroro me ngā tākuta i te aroturuki hauora.
I te tau o te tau 2020, he maha nga tangata i timata ki te tirotiro i a raatau ano me te korero ki a raatau ano. Na reira, ka tīmata te whakaaro o te rongoā whaiaro ki te piki ake i te hiahia. He kōwhiringa pai ngā ngongo kohikohi rehu mō ngā tūroro e rapu ana i te whakamātau ā-roto i te kāinga. He iti ake te whakamātautau i te whakamātautau toto, ā, he maha ngā tāngata e pai ake ana ki tēnei kōwhiringa. Mā tēnei pūrere ngāwari ki te whakamahi e āhei ai te nuinga o te iwi ki te tirotiro i ō rātou tinana i te wā tonu, e whakatairanga ana i te hauora pai ake.
Ko te ariā i muri i te whakamātautau i te waikura ko te waikura tangata e tuku ana i ngā tohu mōhiohio e pā ana ki te hauora o te tangata. Ka whakatoia te rehu ki ngā matū motuhake e mōhiotia ana ko ngā tohu koiora, e mahi ana hei tohu mō ngā momo mahi o te tinana. Kei roto i ēnei tohu koiora ko ngā homoni, ngā antibody, tae noa ki te DNA. Ka taea e ngā kaimahi hauora te aromatawai me te whakatau i ngā taumata o te tangata, te pūnaha ārai mate, me ngā momo mōrearea hauora mā te ako i ngā tauira remu i tangohia i roto i ngā ngongo motuhake. He iti ake hoki te whakawehi o tēnei tikanga nā te mea ka whakakorea te wehi o te nuinga o te iwi ki ngā ngira, ā, ka wātea noa iho ngā whakamātautau.
Ko tētahi o ngā painga nui rawa o ngā ngongo kohikohi waikura kei roto i tō rātou whakamahinga i runga i te whānuitanga o ngā whakamātautau. Ka taea te whakamahi i ēnei i roto i ngā whakamātautau e hāngai ana ki ngā homoni, me ngā āhuatanga iranga i roto i ētahi atu. Hei tauira, ka taea e te tangata te aroturuki i ōna taumata cortisol hei tirotiro mēnā kei te pēhi rātau, hei aromatawai rānei i ōna taumata testosterone mō ngā take hauora. I tua atu, mā te tātari i te waikura, ka taea te kimi i te mōrearea iranga pea o te whakawhanake i ētahi mate kia pai ake ai te whakahaere i te hauora. I te mea e pai ake ana te hangarau, ka nui haere ngā tūponotanga e taea ai te whakamahi i ngā whakamātautau, e whai hua ai mō te hauora i tēnei wā.
I tua atu, ehara i te mea ko ngā painga o ngā ngongo kohikohi waikura anake ki ngā tūroro. Kua māmā ake te kohikohi tauira me te kawe mō ngā kaiwhakarato hauora. I te mea he pūmau ngā tauira remu, ā, ka taea te tuku atu ki ngā taiwhanga hei whakamātautau, ka tino whakakorea ngā wero o te rerenga toto. Na reira ka māmā ake te tukanga whakamātautau, e kore anake e whakaiti i te wā, engari ka whakapai ake hoki i te whai hua o te pūnaha hauora.
I te hurihanga o ngā mahi, ka nui ake pea te whakamahi i te kohikohi i te waiu mō te aroturuki hauora auau i roto i ngā tau e haere ake nei. Kei te piki haere te mōhio o ngā miriona tāngata ki te tango i ngā mahi ārahi, kia kore ai e mate, kia whai rongoā ā-tangata ā, ka ara ake te tokomaha o te hunga e mahi ana i ngā whakamātautau rewharewha hei whai i te hauora. I te mea ka whakawhānui te hangarau, ka pai ake te tika o te whakamātautau rewharewha, hei tāpiritanga i tōna whakamahinga i roto i ngā aromatawai hauora. I a tātou e neke atu ana ki te whakamahi i te waikura hei utu mo te toto mō ngā rangahau taiwhanga, ka waiho ngā ngongo kohikohi waikura hei taputapu nui mō te heke mai.
Hei whakarāpopoto, ka tautokohia e ngā ngongo kohikohi waeroa te whanaketanga o te aroturuki whaiaro i te hauora e ngā tūroro me ngā kaiwhakarato tiaki i runga i te huarahi māmā, kore-whakapahāhā hoki. Ko te whānuitanga o ngā mahi, te ngāwari o te whakamahi me te nui o ngā raraunga whai hua e hanga ana i a rātou he mea nui i ēnei rā ki te aromatawai i te hauora o te tūroro. Kaore he feaa ko ngā ngongo kohikohi waikura mō te whakamātautau waikura ka noho hei tētahi o ngā hangarau tino matatau ka whakawhanakehia mō te heke mai.