Introduction: What should you avoid on an empty stomach? Many people, when hungry, tend to grab snacks or fruits to fill up, but eating the wrong things can be most harmful to digestive health. What should you pay attention to when eating on an empty stomach?
1. Avoid highly stimulating foods.
Eating highly stimulating foods on an empty stomach, such as overly spicy, sour, salty, or frozen items, can damage the gastric mucosa or intestinal walls, causing gastrointestinal spasms, colic, and triggering gastrointestinal diseases.
For women during their menstrual period, eating highly stimulating foods on an empty stomach can also lead to irregular menstruation and menstrual cramps.
2. Avoid foods high in protein.
Eating excessive amounts of high-protein foods like milk, soy milk, eggs, and meat on an empty stomach forces the protein to be "converted" into energy for consumption, negating its nutritional and nourishing effects.
Furthermore, an excessive accumulation of protein in a short period can produce a large amount of harmful substances, such as urea and ammonia, during the protein breakdown process, which is detrimental to health.
3. Avoid high-sugar foods.
Since the human body cannot secrete enough insulin in a short time to maintain normal blood sugar levels, consuming excessive amounts of sugar foods like white sugar, brown sugar, pastries, or sweet potatoes on an empty stomach can easily cause a sharp spike in blood sugar.
Consuming excessive amounts of sugar foods on an empty stomach can also disrupt the body's acid-base balance, leading to stomach discomfort, symptoms like heartburn, and acid reflux.