We all know that fruit is good for digestion, so we usually have an apple or pear after dinner. How about eating fruit after dinner? When is it good to eat fruit? Next, let's have a detailed introduction!
(1) Fruit is easy to block in the stomach with food, causing flatulence, constipation, etc.
(2) Fruits contain more sugars, such as glucose and fructose. Eating fruits immediately after meals will increase the burden on the stomach and pancreas, especially some fruits with high starch content, which is not easy to digest.
(3) Fruit is rich in cellulose and hemicellulose, which have strong water absorption. After water absorption, expansion will increase the guarantee of dryness. When there is too much cellulose, it will also affect the absorption of vitamins and trace elements.
(4) People who need to lose weight, if they eat a lot of fruit after meals, will be obese because of too much energy.
On the contrary, eating a certain amount of fruit before meals has many benefits
First of all, many components in fruit are water-soluble, including vitamin C and soluble plant fiber pectin, which can reduce cholesterol level in blood. Its digestion and absorption do not need the mixture of complex digestive fluid, but can be quickly absorbed into the small intestine through the stomach. The absorption rate on an empty stomach is much higher than that on a full stomach.
Secondly, eating fruits before meals is conducive to the assurance of "eight points full" of healthy diet. Fruit is a low calorie food. Its average calories are only one quarter of the same weight of pasta, and about one tenth of the same weight of pork and other meat. It is easier to grasp the total intake of advanced low calorie food.
Third, many fruits are easy to be oxidized and putrefactive. Eating fruits first can shorten their stay time in the stomach, reduce their degree of oxidative putrefaction, and reduce the possible adverse effects on the body.
Finally, do "four don't eat"
(1) Do not eat immature fruit, because this kind of fruit contains more tannins, taste astringent and bad taste.
(2) Don't pick wild fruits you don't know, because some of them are harmful to people.
(3) Do not eat rotten fruit, because there are a lot of bacteria in such fruit, which is easy to cause disease after eating.
(4) Don't peel and eat nuts casually, because some nuts contain toxic substances (such as apricot kernel, loquat kernel, etc.), which will cause poisoning after eating.
Fruit is a very healthy and beautiful food, so we should pay more attention to its eating method. We should try our best to eat fruit before meals, so that we can play the real effect of fruit.