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The correct way of eating fruits
We all think eating fruits means just buying
fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not so easy as you
think. It's important to know how and when to eat fruits. Do you know of anyone
who hates fruits? Most likely no. Everyone will immediately tell you about the fruits they like very much. The
reason why everyone likes fruits is because our bodies crave for it instinctively. The
colour, the texture, the aromas and the sweetness all make it very attractive.
But I find that most of us tend to think of fruits as a treat e.g. on a hot day
- water melon!
But do you know that fruit is an important
food to the human being? Remember our ancestors were not meat eaters or
seedeaters – they were all fruit eaters. Fruits have the highest water content
of any food. In addition, the vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, amino acids
and fatty acids that a human requires can be derived from fruits. When fruit is consumed correctly, nothing can
surpass it.
Even for those who want to lose a little
weight, the proper consumption of fruit will help. A survey was made and it was
found that those who eat fruits more at every meal tend to want to eat less in
the next meal. The reason, being the sugar in the fruit. It was also found that
a particular substance in some fruits could cut the risk of heart disease or
heart attack. The substance protects the heart by preventing the blood from
becoming too thick and plugging up the arteries. So fruit is
cleansing!
Fruit requires less energy to be digested
than any other food. Everything consumed by the human body eventually breaks
down in the system and is transformed into glucose, fructose, amino acids etc.
The brain cannot function on anything except glucose. Fruit is glucose in the body. Its digestion,
absorption and assimilation requires only a short time, rather than to break
down food like chicken, mutton etc. Other foods spend about 1-4 hours in the
stomach! Fruits do not digest in the stomach. Most fruits are predigested
except for bananas, dates and dried fruits. They pass through the stomach in
twenty to thirty minutes as if going through a tunnel. They break down and
release their life giving nutrients in the intestines.
What is correct eating of fruits?
IT MEANS NOT
EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN IN AN EMPTY STOMACH. If
you eat fruit like that, 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. Fruit is the most important food. 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. In the meantime the whole meal 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 in an empty stomach or before your meals!
You have heard people complaining - every
time I eat water melon I burp, when I eat durians my stomach bloats up, when I
eat bananas I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not
arise if you eat the fruit in an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces
gas and hence you will bloat! Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, dark
circles under the eyes - all these will not happen if you take fruits in an
empty stomach. 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 Sehlton who did a 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.
When you need to drink fruit juice - drink
only fresh fruit juice. Not from the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been
heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. So
stop making 'goreng pisang' or 'durian porridge' if you want nutrients. Cooking
destroys all the vitamins.
But eating a whole fruit is better than
drinking the juice. But if you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by
mouthful slowly. Because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing
it.
You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse
your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you
will be surprise when your friends tell you how radiant you look! During the
fruit fast you can eat fruits, prepared in salad forms and make it more
interesting.
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