Fresh fruits are available year-round now, so people can eat their favorite fruits anytime and anywhere. Fruits contain various nutrients essential to the human body, such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, crude fiber, protein, and fat, which can promote physical health, prevent and treat diseases, and achieve beauty and skincare effects, making them the most popular natural and healthy food for modern people. However, fruits cannot be eaten indiscriminately, because eating them randomly will greatly reduce their nutritional value. Eating different fruits at different times can double the nutritional benefits.
Best for the morning: Apples, pears, grapes
Eating fruit in the morning can aid digestion and absorption, promote bowel movements, and the sweet and sour taste of fruit can make people feel refreshed all day. After a night of rest, the human stomach and intestines are still activating, and their digestive function is not strong. Therefore, fruits that are not too acidic and not too astringent, such as apples, pears, and grapes, are very suitable.
Avoid before meals: Cherry tomatoes, oranges, hawthorn, bananas, persimmons
Some fruits should not be eaten on an empty stomach before a meal, such as cherry tomatoes, oranges, hawthorn, and bananas. Cherry tomatoes contain soluble tannins, which, when eaten on an empty stomach, will combine with gastric acid, increasing pressure in the stomach and causing pain and bloating. Oranges contain a large amount of organic acids, which can easily cause bloating and acid reflux when eaten on an empty stomach. Hawthorn is sour and can cause stomach pain when eaten on an empty stomach.
Bananas are high in potassium and magnesium. Eating them on an empty stomach can increase the amount of magnesium in the blood, which has an inhibitory effect on the cardiovascular system. So, friends who want to lose weight by eating bananas must pay attention; don't harm your health in the pursuit of slimming.
Persimmons have an astringent effect. When they encounter gastric acid, they can form bezoars, which cannot be digested or excreted. After eating a large amount on an empty stomach, symptoms such as nausea and vomiting may appear.
Best after meals: Pineapple, papaya, kiwi, oranges, hawthorn
The bromelain in pineapple can help digest protein, supplement the lack of digestive enzymes in the human body, and enhance digestive function. Li Shizhen also affirmed in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that pineapple can strengthen the spleen and stomach and consolidate vital energy. Eating pineapple after a meal can whet the appetite, relieve greasiness, and aid digestion.
The papain in papaya can help the human body break down meat protein. Eating a small amount of papaya after a meal has certain effects on preventing gastric ulcers, gastroenteritis, and indigestion. Kiwis, oranges, hawthorn, etc., are rich in organic acids, which can increase the activity of digestive enzymes, promote fat decomposition, and aid digestion.