Many people have a big misunderstanding when eating fruit: treat fruit as a dessert, and the organic acids in it will combine with minerals in other foods, which will affect the digestion and absorption of the human body; Pectin in fruit can absorb water and increase the water content of food in the gastrointestinal tract, so eating fruit after meals will also increase the burden on the stomach.

Experts point out that the correct time to eat fruit is before meals 1 hour, and about 2 hours after meals (except persimmons). First of all, many ingredients in fruit are water-soluble, so eating before meals is beneficial to the absorption of essential nutrients. Secondly, fruit is a low-calorie food, and its average calorie is only 1/4 of that of pasta with the same weight, and that of pork with the same weight is about110. Eating low-calorie food first makes it easier to grasp the total calorie intake of a meal. Third, many fruits themselves are easily oxidized and corrupted. Eating fruit first can shorten its residence time in the stomach, reduce its oxidative corruption and reduce the possible adverse effects on the body.

In addition, be careful not to eat fruit before going to bed at night, or your stomach will affect your sleep. Never think that eating fruit is a trivial matter. Only by eliminating these misunderstandings can we cultivate truly healthy living habits.

(1) One hour before and one hour after meals for ordinary people.

People usually think that eating fruit after meals is the best, but a professor from Taiwan Province Province put forward a new viewpoint, emphasizing that eating fruit one hour before meals is the most beneficial. The reason is that fruit is raw. After eating cooked food raw, the body will not produce leukocytosis and other reactions, which is conducive to protecting the human immune system and thus enhancing the ability to prevent diseases and cancers. Eating fruit after meals has no such protective effect. In addition, if you eat fruit after a full meal, the fructose contained in it cannot enter the intestine in time, which will ferment in the stomach and produce organic acids, causing abdominal distension and diarrhea. Therefore, you need to wait for an hour after dinner before eating fruit.

(2) Diabetic patients eat between meals or before going to bed.

1. Premise: Under the premise of ideal diabetes control, fasting blood glucose

2. The best time to eat fruit: Generally, fruit is used as a complementary food, that is, it is eaten between meals or before going to bed. The best time to eat fruit is from 3 pm to 4 pm, and you should exercise moderately after eating. It is worth noting that there is no need for extra insulin injection or oral hypoglycemic drugs for meals.

3. The calories of fruit should be included in the total daily intake. Each 1 serving of fruit listed below is equivalent to the calories provided by half a grain: watermelon 1 kg, strawberry 6, pear, peach, apple, orange, orange and kiwi 4. Eat no more than 1 serving of fruit every day, and reduce the staple food by half.

4. Type: Different kinds of fruits have different sugar contents, and watermelons, apples, pears, oranges and kiwis have lower sugar contents; Banana, jujube, litchi and red fruit have higher sugar content; Although the shape of cherry tomatoes (some people call them small tomatoes) is like tomatoes, their sugar content is high. Patients should try to choose fruits with low sugar content and eat less fruits with high sugar content.

5. Pay attention to blood sugar monitoring: Due to the differences between people, everyone may have their own suitable or unsuitable fruit, and the measure is blood sugar. If you can measure your blood sugar before eating fruit and 2 hours after eating fruit, it will be helpful to know whether you are suitable for eating a certain fruit and whether you eat too much.