Currently, it is okay to eat fruit at any time. The benefits of eating fruit at different times vary. People can eat fruit according to their own habits and convenience – as long as there is no discomfort in the gastrointestinal tract.
Eating fruit before meals can control calories and help lose weight.
Fruits are large in size but contain few calories. Eating fruits before meals to fill your appetite reduces the intake of other foods (which contain far more calories than fruits), thus reducing the total calorie intake. In addition, eating fruit before meals can also be well digested and absorbed. Since being overweight has become a common problem, eating fruit before meals has become a mainstream recommendation.
Of course, for people who are not obese and have no pressure to be overweight, the above-mentioned benefits of eating fruit before meals do not exist and can be eaten after meals. If you are emaciated, it is better to eat fruit after meals. Some patients with stomach problems may experience discomfort if they eat fruit before meals (on an empty stomach), so do not eat before meals.
To control calorie intake, eating fruit during meals is also effective. Westerners regard fruits as vegetables. Whether they are made into salads or desserts, they are always eaten during meals. There is no problem in eating foods containing fruits during meals, using fruits as ingredients in dishes, or directly cutting the fruits into pieces and serving them on the table. No one stipulates that fruits must be separated from meals.
Since you can drink juice during meals, eat fruit salad, and use small tomatoes for stir-fry, there is no reason why you cannot eat fruit. In addition to reducing calorie intake, eating fruit during meals can also reduce salt intake, help digestion, and enrich the content of the table.
Eating fruit after meals is good for digestion.
It is perfectly fine to eat fruit after a meal as long as you don’t feel full, that is, you have not eaten too much before. Although the fruit is raw, hard, and unheated, it has a high water content and its main components are water-soluble, so it can be digested well when eaten after a meal.
Some people worry that the fruit eaten after a meal will be blocked in the stomach by the food that arrived earlier, so that it cannot be digested normally, but will ferment in the stomach, causing bloating and diarrhea. Usually, this only happens when you eat a lot of fruit after a very filling meal. If you eat fruit after a meal and don\’t experience bloating, diarrhea, or discomfort, there\’s nothing wrong.
What you really need to worry about is that eating fruit after a meal may bring extra calories, which is not good for weight control, so you can also choose to eat fruit between meals.
In short, there are no special taboos on when to eat fruits. As long as you don’t feel gastrointestinal discomfort, you can eat them at any time. sometimes for special purposes(such as weight loss), it is best to choose to eat fruit at a specific time (such as before meals). People with gastrointestinal problems can also choose to eat fruit at any time without aggravating gastrointestinal symptoms.
