Introduction: "Beggars can't be choosers" means that when a person is very hungry, their appetite becomes intense. However, eating whatever you can get your hands on in a hurry to fill your stomach is very harmful to your health, because some foods are not suitable for consumption on an empty stomach, otherwise they will lay hidden dangers for your health.
Milk, Soy Milk
These two foods contain a large amount of protein. When consumed on an empty stomach, the protein will be "forced" to be converted into energy and burned off, failing to provide nutritional benefits. The correct way to consume them is to eat them with foods containing flour, such as pastries or flatbreads, or to drink them two hours after a meal, or before bedtime.
Yogurt
Drinking yogurt on an empty stomach will weaken its health benefits. Drinking it two hours after a meal, or before bedtime, can provide nourishment, promote health, aid digestion, and also help with gas and bowel movements.
Tea
Drinking tea on an empty stomach can dilute gastric juice, reduce digestive function, and also cause "tea intoxication," which is characterized by palpitations, dizziness, headache, fatigue, and unsteady standing.
Sugar
Sugar is a food that is very easily digested and absorbed. Eating a large amount of sugar on an empty stomach can cause the human body to secrete insufficient insulin in a short period to maintain normal blood sugar levels, causing a sharp rise in blood sugar, which can easily lead to eye diseases. Moreover, sugar is an acidic food, and eating it on an empty stomach can also disrupt the body's acid-base balance and the balance of various microorganisms, which is detrimental to health.
Persimmons, Tomatoes
They contain a lot of pectin and tannic acid. These substances undergo chemical reactions with stomach acid to form a gel-like substance that is difficult to dissolve, which can easily lead to stomach stones.
Bananas
Bananas contain a relatively high amount of magnesium. Eating bananas on an empty stomach will cause a sharp increase in magnesium in the human body, disrupting the magnesium-calcium balance in the blood, which can inhibit the cardiovascular system and is not good for your health.
Hawthorn, Oranges
They contain a large amount of organic acids, such as fruit acid, hawthorn acid, and citric acid. Eating them on an empty stomach will cause a sharp increase in stomach acid, adversely irritating the gastric mucosa, leading to a feeling of bloating, belching, and acid regurgitation.
Sweet Potato
Sweet potatoes contain tannins and pectin, which will stimulate the stomach wall to secrete more stomach acid, causing discomfort such as heartburn.
Cold Drinks
Consuming large amounts of frozen foods on an empty stomach can stimulate the gastrointestinal tract to contract. Over time, this will lead to an imbalance in various enzyme-catalyzed chemical reactions, inducing gastrointestinal diseases. It can also cause menstrual irregularity in women during their period.