When is the best time for children to eat fruit?

Now is the season when a large number of fresh fruits are on the market. However, you should also pay attention to the time when eating fruit. The best time to eat fresh fruit is in the morning. The same is eating fruit. If you choose to eat fruit in the morning, it will have the greatest effect on the human body, give full play to its nutritional value and produce substances beneficial to human health. This is because, after a night's sleep, the gastrointestinal function is still activated, and the digestive function is not strong, but it needs to be supplemented with enough nutrition. At this time, eating easily digestible fruits can meet the nutritional needs of work or study activities in the morning.

There is an English proverb that "the fruit in the morning is gold and silver from noon to 3 pm, copper from 3 pm to 6 pm, and lead after 6 pm". Eating fruit in the morning can help digestion and absorption, which is conducive to laxative. Moreover, the sweet and sour taste of fruit can make people refreshed and contribute to a good mood all day. On the contrary, eating fruits before going to bed is not conducive to digestion, especially fruits with high fiber content, which is even more harmful to health for people with poor gastrointestinal function. Eat less cool melons before going to bed.

People are generally used to eating some fruits after meals, which is actually very unscientific. After a full meal, food enters the stomach 1~2 hours before it can be slowly discharged from the stomach. If you eat a lot of fruit immediately after a meal, you will be blocked by food. If you stay in the stomach for too long, it will cause symptoms such as bloating, diarrhea or constipation, which will lead to digestive dysfunction in the long run.

If you eat some fruits rich in calcium for dinner and fruits after meals, especially persimmon, pomegranate, hawthorn, grapes, black dates and other fruits with more tannic acid, the calcium in fish and shrimp will combine with tannic acid in fruits to form a hard substance-calcium tannic acid. This not only reduces the nutritional value of fish and shrimp, but also affects the digestive ability of gastrointestinal tract, and even causes abdominal distension, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, constipation and other discomfort.

It is also unscientific to eat fruit on an empty stomach before meals. This is because apples, oranges, grapes, peaches, pears and other fruits contain a large number of organic acids (such as malic acid, citric acid, sarcophagic acid, etc. ), this will stimulate the mucosa of the stomach wall, which is very unfavorable to the health of the stomach, especially for children. Eating fruit on an empty stomach before meals will also affect the quality of dinner, and long-term habits will lead to malnutrition due to lack of nutrition, which is extremely unfavorable to children's growth and development.

Therefore, it is best not to eat fruit on an empty stomach before and immediately after meals. The best time to eat fruit is about two hours after meals or before meals 1 hour. It is best to eat fish, shrimp and fruit separately, and eat fruit at least two hours after eating fish and shrimp.

As for the season, it depends on whether you are in the south or the north, and now fruits are available all year round, no longer restricted by climate and region, so you can eat whatever you like. However, considering that some fruits are cool and some are hot, it is not appropriate to overdo them according to your own constitution.