Bhala isigaba esifushane mayelana nomthelela wokudla okunomsoco empilweni yomuntu.
Nakuba kusobala ukuthi ukudla okunomsoco kufanele kube nethonya empilweni, isimiso sezokwelapha sanamuhla siye senqaba ukucabangela, noma okungenani siye sayinciphisa, indima yokudla okunomsoco empilweni yabantu. Ukudla kubalulekile ukuze umuntu aphile, futhi ukudla okunomsoco kuyisidingo esiyisisekelo sokwakha nokulondoloza umzimba nengqondo yomuntu enempilo. Ukudla izinhlobo ezingalungile zokudla kungonakalisa umzimba womuntu, futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kuholele ekuphazamisekeni kwama-hormone, ukukhuluphala, isifo sikashukela nezifo zenhliziyo. Izwe libona ukwanda kwamacala ezifo ezinjalo kusukela esikhathini sokuthuthukiswa kwezimboni zokudla nezemithi. Ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II, kusukela ngawo-1970, izinga lokutholakala kwezifo okukhulunywe ngazo ngenhla liye landa ngokuphindwe kaningi, lihlobene kakhulu nokwanda kokudla okucutshungulwayo, amafutha embewu, ushukela nama-carbohydrate kuyilapho lihlobene kabi nokudla amafutha agcwele nenyama ebomvu. Ngakho-ke, nakuba isikhathi sokuphila sabantu siye sanda, nakuba siyehluka ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zomhlaba, ngomnikelo owandayo womkhuba wezokwelapha wanamuhla, izinga lokuphila labantu abaningi liye lehla. Kungashiwo ukuthi thina, njengomphakathi, siya ngokuya sicebe ngamakhalori kodwa sibe mpofu ngokudla okunomsoco, kube nemiphumela emibi empilweni yomphakathi.