What fruits should not be eaten on an empty stomach? Read and find out.
8 fruits to avoid on an empty stomach
1. Tomatoes
Tomatoes contain a lot of pectin, phenolic compounds, soluble astringents, and other components, which react easily with stomach acid and coagulate into insoluble lumps. These lumps block the exit pylorus of the stomach, causing the pressure in the stomach to rise, causing acute gastric dilatation and making people feel bloated and painful.
2. Persimmons
It is better not to eat unripe persimmons, as eating too many will cause abdominal pain or regurgitation of discomfort.
A fasting stomach contains a lot of gastric acid, which can lead to persimmon pectin phenol, pectin, and soluble astringents when reacting with persimmon stone disease. This disease causes heartburn, nausea, vomiting, gastric dilatation, gastric ulceration, and even gastric perforation, gastric bleeding, and other disorders.
3. Bananas
Bananas contain a lot of magnesium. If you eat bananas on an empty stomach, the magnesium content in the blood will rise suddenly, resulting in an imbalance in the ratio of magnesium and calcium in the body’s blood. This imbalance will have an inhibitory effect on the cardiovascular system, which is not conducive to health.
4. Black dates
Black dates contain a lot of pectin and tannic acid, which combine with the body’s stomach acid, and easily combine with the body’s stomach acid, forming hard lumps in the stomach. You should not eat too many black dates before bedtime, and those suffering from chronic gastrointestinal diseases should not eat them.
5. Oranges
Oranges contain a lot of sugar and organic acids. Eating oranges on an empty stomach will stimulate the gastric mucosa, increasing gastric acid so the spleen and stomach feel full.
6. Lychees
Lychees contain high sugar content, and eating them on an empty stomach will stimulate the gastric mucosa, resulting in stomach pain and bloating. Moreover, if you eat too many lychees on an empty stomach, you will experience a hypertonic coma due to the sudden penetration of too much sugar into your body.
7. Pineapples
Pineapples contain strong proteolytic enzymes, which can easily damage the stomach lining if eaten before a meal. It is best to soak pineapples in light salt water. Overeating will cause itchy lips and tongue and this will produce too much stomach acid and make people feel nauseous.
8. Hawthorn fruit
Hawthorn is acidic in flavor and promotes qi and digestion. However, if eaten on an empty stomach, it will not only consume qi, but also increase hunger and aggravate gastric problems.
Why is it not good to eat fruit on an empty stomach?
Because most fruits contain more acid, if eaten on an empty stomach, they will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and, in the long term, cause stomach pain, which is not conducive to health. Some will even cause more serious consequences. For people with gastrointestinal disease and stomach acid, eating some fruits containing ellagic acid or other organic acids on an empty stomach, such as persimmons, oranges, hawthorn, etc., is likely to induce gastric episodes.
Eating fruit in the morning is recommended because it is the most effective for the human body. It can contribute nutritional value and produce substances that are beneficial to human health. The gastrointestinal function is still active in the morning, and digestion is not strong, but it also needs to be supplemented with enough nutrients; eating easily digested and absorbed fruits can cope with the nutritional needs of the morning’s work or learning activities.
Translated by Eva and edited by Amanda
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