As we all know, fruit is not only rich in vitamins, water and minerals, but also higher in fructose and pectin than other foods, which undoubtedly provides sufficient nutrition for our health. But when we buy fruit, we really don't know much about eating fruit. For example, when choosing fruit, it often lacks directionality and randomness. In addition, we sometimes don't know the nature of fruit, and we don't know how to choose fruit according to our health. Let me introduce what I know about fruits:
In summer, people eat a lot of watermelon. Watermelon can't be eaten on an empty stomach, because watermelon is a very good food for heatstroke prevention and cooling. From our Chinese medicine, it is dry and cold. In addition, it also contains a lot of water. After you eat on an empty stomach, you dilute your gastric juice, and after the gastric juice is diluted, the gastric acid will be less, which will easily lead to indigestion, loss of appetite, and easily affect gastrointestinal peristalsis. There is mucophenol in tomatoes, which is easy to form insoluble lumps with gastric acid, affecting gastrointestinal function, so it is not suitable for eating on an empty stomach.
Fruits that should not be eaten on an empty stomach are bananas, persimmons, oranges, lychees, sugar cane and so on.
In the peak season of melons and fruits, people with different constitutions are also very particular about eating fruits. People with deficiency-cold constitution have low basal metabolic rate and less calories in the body, so they should choose warm fruits when eating fruits. These fruits include litchi, longan, pomegranate, cherry, coconut, durian and apricot. On the contrary, people with excess heat tend to have flushing and dry mouth due to their vigorous metabolism, so such people should eat more cool fruits, such as cantaloupe, watermelon, pear, banana, mango, cucumber and tomato. And peaceful fruits, such as grapes, pineapples, apples, pears, oranges, mangoes and plums. People with deficiency cold constitution or excess heat constitution can eat it.
Usually when we visit patients, we always like to bring some fruit, but do you know? Not all fruits are suitable for patients, and buying fruits should consider the patient's situation. People with ulcers and hyperacidity should not eat sour pears, lemons, bayberry, plums and other fruits with high acid content to avoid ulcer healing. Asthmatic patients should not eat jujube and other fruits that are easy to produce phlegm and help heat and hinder the function of spleen and stomach. Patients with constipation and hemorrhoids should not eat persimmons, hawthorn, apples and lotus seeds, because these fruits contain more tannic acid, which will stop diarrhea and aggravate the condition. Anemia patients should not eat citrus, persimmon and other fruits with more tannic acid, because tannic acid is easy to combine with iron, which will hinder the body's absorption of iron. Patients with nephritis, edema and poor renal function should not eat bananas, because bananas contain more sodium salts, which will aggravate edema and increase the burden on the heart and kidneys.
The best time to eat fruit should be one hour before meals and two to three hours after meals.