Eating Fruits on an Empty Stomach Helps Digestion
Fruits such as apples, oranges, grapes, peaches, and pears contain large amounts of organic acids (such as malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, etc.) that can irritate the stomach wall's mucous membrane, which is very detrimental to stomach health. Especially for children, eating fruits before meals on an empty stomach can also affect the quality of their main meals. Over time, this can lead to deficiencies in various nutrients, easily causing indigestion, which is extremely detrimental to a child's growth and development.
Fruits Can Be Used as a Meal
Many office ladies believe that eating only fruits for meals can not only help with weight loss but also has a beautifying effect, killing two birds with one stone. In fact, this view is wrong. Over time, it can lead to dry and brittle hair, loss of skin luster, and frequent colds, as well as anemia, zinc deficiency, and work or study disorders. Eating only fruits for meals, whether excessively or insufficiently, cannot provide enough protein, fat, and micronutrients such as calcium, iron, and zinc, because fruits either do not contain these nutrients or contain them in very small amounts. Fruits are 80% water and 10% sugar, primarily glucose, fructose, and sucrose. Therefore, fruits should not be used as a meal; main meals should be the primary food source, with fruits as a supplement.
The More Fruits You Eat, the Better
In nutrition, regardless of the nutrient or food, one must pay attention to the concept of "moderation." Foreign studies have shown that excessive consumption of fructose can lead to copper deficiency in the human body, causing an increase in blood cholesterol and leading to coronary heart disease. Fruits with high sugar content include apples, pears, citrus, persimmons, watermelon, and peaches. Therefore, eating too many fruits is also harmful to health. This is also the case from the perspective of Chinese food therapy: for example, apples are cool in nature and contain a lot of potassium; eating too many can cause bloating. Therefore, people with a weak spleen and stomach or ulcers should not eat them. Grapes are sweet and sour in taste; excessive consumption can easily lead to internal heat and diarrhea, and those with a weak spleen and stomach should especially avoid eating them. Peaches and oranges are warm, pungent, sour, and sweet; eating too many can cause heat and "internal fire," especially unripe peaches, which should not be eaten in excess as they can cause abdominal bloating and carbuncles. Bananas are cold in nature; those with a weak spleen and stomach, stomach pain, diarrhea, or excessive stomach acid should not eat them.