Article: Is this the correct way of eating fruits?

[Cecil Lee]

The Correct Way Of Eating Fruits - By Devagi Sanmugam
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 seed eaters - 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.