Eating Fruit Correctly

Fruit can play a great role in helping you to maintain your health. Fruits, in general, help to detoxify the body, are useful in the process of weight loss, and they can supply you with a great deal of energy. However there is an optimum way of eating fruits which many people are not aware of, and because of this they may not get all the possible benefits of fruit eating.

According to most experts of naturopathy, fruits should be eaten on an empty stomach and not at the end of the meal as is the custom in many places where fruits are eaten as a dessert. Suppose you eat two slices of bread and then a piece of fruit. The piece of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach and into the intestines, but is prevented from doing so, by the slower-digesting bread which has preceded it.

The food eaten before the fruit may ferment in the stomach and turn to acid when it combines with the fruit, so it is better to eat the fruits on an empty stomach or before the main meal. You may have heard people complaining about burping when eating a watermelon, or having to run to the toilet when eating oranges. This is caused by fruit mixing with undigested food of the main meal, producing gas, bloating and other unpleasant effects.

Another important thing to consider is that fruits which are commonly thought to be acidic, such as lemons or oranges, are actually alkaline when they are digested in the body. In other words, for most people these fruits are relatively easy to digest, and so the stomach produces only a small amount of hydrochloric and other acids to digest them. Thus, inside the body such food produces less acid, and is therefore called alkaline. The exception to this may arise in the case of those with hyperacidity or ulcer. If on an empty stomach when eating these fruits some pain results, then we have a case of hyperacidity. Temporarily the quantity or concentration or intensity of such very cleansing fruits should be minimized while the individual is slowly healing him/herself in other ways.

If you master the correct way of eating fruit you may even be able to avoid graying hair, balding, nervous outbreaks and dark circles under the eyes. Mastery of the correct way of eating fruit is a secret of beauty, longevity, health, happiness and weight control.

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