What to eat before or after a meal to help with digestion? What's good to eat after a hot pot or barbecue? Is it better to eat fruit before or after a meal? Let's answer these questions together.
1. Eat pineapple after a meal
If you often experience indigestion, you can eat some pineapple after a meal. Pineapple contains a special protease that breaks down proteins in the stomach, supplementing the body's lack of digestive enzymes and aiding digestion. However, it should not be eaten on an empty stomach because its protein-splitting enzymes can damage the stomach wall, and a small number of people may also have allergic reactions. Additionally, pineapple also contains fiber, which has a certain effect on constipation.
2. Eat persimmons in the evening
Persimmons are best eaten in the evening. Because persimmons contain a large amount of persimmon gum and tannins, eating them on an empty stomach in the morning will cause the stomach acid to react with them, forming clumps, known as "bezoars," which seriously affect digestive function. It is advisable to eat them after a meal or in the evening.
In addition, persimmons have the effects of clearing heat, moistening dryness, reducing phlegm, and relieving cough, making them one of the more ideal health fruits for patients with chronic bronchitis. If you can eat a persimmon after a meal, it will have a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on cough.
3. Eat bananas and red dates before a meal
Bananas are high in potassium, which is beneficial to the function of the heart and muscles. At the same time, bananas can help treat constipation, infantile diarrhea, etc., and are suitable for eating before a meal. Red dates contain a large amount of vitamin C, so they are known as "natural vitamin C pills," and it is best to eat them before a meal. However, people with stomach pain, bloating, and indigestion should avoid them.
4. Eat grapefruit after breakfast
Grapefruit is the fruit of choice for pregnant women. The pulp contains natural folic acid, which is not only very important in early pregnancy but also essential throughout the entire pregnancy period. Moreover, grapefruit is rich in pectin, which can lower the content of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, reduce damage to the arterial wall, maintain vascular function, and prevent heart disease. However, because it contains more acidic substances, it is best to eat it after a meal, especially after breakfast, to quickly refresh the brain and help with refreshing.
5. It is not advisable to eat hawthorn in the morning.
Whether fresh or in processed form, hawthorn has the effects of dispelling stasis and eliminating stagnation, resolving phlegm and detoxifying, preventing heatstroke and lowering temperature, and increasing appetite. However, it should not be eaten on an empty stomach or by people with weak spleen and stomach, especially in the early morning. Those with gastritis and excessive stomach acid should eat less.
6. Eat a pear after barbecue
Studies have found that eating a pear after consuming grilled food is a healthy eating habit. Grilled foods produce more carcinogens such as benzopyrene after being smoked and grilled, while pears, especially pear juice, are rich in anti-cancer substances that can eliminate or expel carcinogens, protecting the gastrointestinal tract from cancer to a certain extent.
7. Drink ginger brown sugar water after eating crab
From a traditional Chinese medicine perspective, crab meat may cause symptoms such as stomach pain, diarrhea, and vomiting in people with a weak spleen and stomach, especially patients with chronic gastritis. The solution is to drink a cup of ginger brown sugar water after eating crab meat. Ginger is warm in nature and can enhance and accelerate blood circulation, stimulate gastric juice secretion, which complements the cold nature of crab meat. Brown sugar, like ginger, has the effect of warming the stomach and dispelling cold. The two together have a better effect of warming the stomach.
8. Don't forget to eat walnuts when you eat a lot of greasy food
If there are many greasy foods on the dining table, eating a walnut after the meal is very beneficial. With the help of the special amino acids in walnuts, it can reduce the damage of high fat to the arterial blood vessels, keep the arteries soft and lively, and prevent hardening. What is especially valuable is that walnuts are superior to olive oil. No matter how high your cholesterol level is, walnut kernels can help keep the arteries soft and elastic.
9. Eat fruit after instant noodles
First of all, we recommend cooking instant noodles, which can better absorb water and is beneficial to the digestion of the stomach and intestines. In addition, eating some fruit after eating instant noodles, such as apples, strawberries, oranges, kiwis, etc., to make up for the lack of vitamins and minerals.
10. Drink some yogurt after hot pot
The temperature of hot pot soup is high, especially for spicy hot pot, which is more irritating to the gastrointestinal tract and can easily damage the gastrointestinal mucosa. The solution is to drink some yogurt after eating hot pot to protect the gastrointestinal mucosa. Yogurt contains lactic acid bacteria, which can acidify the intestinal cavity, inhibit the growth of spoilage bacteria, and weaken their role in producing toxins in the intestine, thus preventing symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain.