Benefits of Fruits in the Diet
We all think eating fruit means just buying fruits, cutting
them and just popping them into our mouths. It’s not as easy as you think. It’s
important to know how and WHEN to eat the fruits.
So, what is the correct way of eating fruits?
If you eat fruits on empty stomach, it will play a major
role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for
weight loss and other life activities. Let’s say you eat two slices of bread
and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through
the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so due to the
bread taken before the fruit. In the meantime the whole meal of bread &
fruit rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into
contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of
food begins to spoil.
So please eat your fruits on an *empty stomach* or before
your meals. You have at some point heard people complain that every time they
eat watermelon I burp , when they eat durian their stomach bloats up, when they
eat banana they feel like running to the toilet, any many other different
complains.
Actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an
empty stomach. They fruit mixes with the putrefying of other food and produces
gas and hence you will bloat! There is NO such thing as some fruits like;
orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body,
according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter.
If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you
have the SECRET of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal
weight.
Some prefer cooking fruits before consuming them but that
only gives you taste but zero nutrients. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.
Eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the fruit
juice. If you should drink the fresh juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful
slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.
Here are some of the individual fruits with their health benefits;
- APPLE - An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
- STRAWBERRY (protective fruit) - Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer causing, blood vessel-clogging and free radicals.
- ORANGE (sweet medicine) - Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.
- WATERMELON (Coolest thirst quencher) - Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They also key source of lycopene the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & potassium.
- GUAVA & PAPAYA (top awards for vitamin C) - They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which help prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.
You can save a lot by just eating enough fruits and eating
them right. You can share this article to educate many people.
