To your health

[Marigold2]

This is informative!

We all think eating fruit means just buying fruit, cutting it up and popping it into our mouths. It's not that easy. It's important to know how and when to eat fruit.

What's the correct way to eat fruit?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUIT AFTER A MEAL! FRUIT SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

Eating fruit like that plays a major role in detoxifying 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, then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it's 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.

Eat your fruit on an empty stomach, or before your meal! You've heard people complain: Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc. This will not happen if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. Fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas. Hence, you bloat!


There's no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruit becomes alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruit, 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 the concentrated juice from the cans. Don't drink juice that has been heated. Don't eat cooked fruit; you don't get the nutrients at all. You get only the taste. Cooking destroys all of the vitamins.

Eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. 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. Eat fruit and drink fruit juice for just 3 days, and you will be surprised when your friends say how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty, and a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E and fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange!

AN APPLE a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants and flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C, thereby helping to lower the risk of colon cancer, heart attack and stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits and protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

EATING 2 - 4 ORANGESa day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent and dissolve kidney stones, and reduce 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. Also a key source of lycopene, the cancer-fighting oxidant. Also found in watermelon: Vitamin C and 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 helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer!

Can you believe this? For those who like to drink cold water, this applies to you. It's nice to have a cold drink after a meal, however, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you've just consumed, which slows digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks.

HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE

Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they're asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Be careful, and be aware. The more we know, the better our chance to survive.

[Karen]

Where did you find this? It sounds like junk science, most of it, to be honest.

And for me, I am allergic to many of the fruits mentioned anyway - doesn't matter in what order i eat them, my body will react!

[Marigold2]

The e-mail I got said it was from Dr. Oz. A friend sent it to me.

[cassiesmom]

There's research suggesting that if you take an iron supplement, you can improve its absorption if you take it with citrus. (Hint, though- since grapefruit can interact with many medications, check with your pharmacist before you swallow iron with grapefruit juice.)

[pomtzu]

Where did you find this? It sounds like junk science, most of it, to be honest.

I agree. Most of it sounds like hokey to me.

[lvpets2002]

I will have to aggee.. It sounds like hockey poo to me too.. I in fact just ate some fresh grown peaches after my lunch today & followed with a glass of cold water.. I am sure maybe some of it is true; but not all of it.. Not everyone's body will react the same to food/fruits & water..

Where did you find this? It sounds like junk science, most of it, to be honest.

And for me, I am allergic to many of the fruits mentioned anyway - doesn't matter in what order i eat them, my body will react!

[lizbud]

Some of the facts may be suspect, but the fruit ideas have merit.
As least for me, they do. I was on a long distance flight not to long ago
and found myself starving from missed meals. I ordered a fruit & cheese
dish for a in flight snack instead of a heavy sandwich & was amazed how
refreshed I felt afterward. I felt great for hours till supper later that evening.

[snakemama]

Snopes says not true.

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/fruit.asp

[caseysmom]

This is debunked by basic Biology principles...such as stomach acid.

[Asiel]

I agree. Most of it sounds like hokey to me.

It is hokey, I got that from my cousin last week so checked it out on snopes and it's junk. Wanted to be real sure so I asked my doctor...he thought I flipped, said whenever you eat a fruit , any fruit, it knows exactly where to go and when....lol. And all fruit are excellent for your health no matter when you eat them.

[Sonia59]

No, this is not informative.

Of course fruits contain several types of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. But the rest of the reasoning (in particular about digestion) is just bla-bla that seems to be scientific but is not. Until it is not scientifically proven, no one can say it is true. Anyone can argue anything and sign "Dr x", so what?

[Lady's Human]

There's no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruit becomes alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter.

BUNK!

Foods are broken down into simpler compounds in the digestive system.

By what?

Acids.

Chemical impossibility for an acid to become alkili all by itself (especially when reacting with other acids)

[pomtzu]

The "cold water after meals=cancer", is the one that got me laughing. It will solidify the oily food that was just eaten??? Think about it....just how long would that cold liquid have to stay cold for something even remotely close to this to happen, even if it were at all possible??? Obviously, cold liquid starts to warm as soon as it's consumed.


ETA - oranges or grapefruit on an empty stomach???? Don't try to convince an ulcer patient of that. High acid anything is the worst thing possible to consume if you have/had an ulcer, and for most (ulcer) people who consumed acid foods of any kind on an empty stomach - well, they would more than likely be in terrible pain. Might as well drink battery acid or Drano.......

[dab_20]

Although some of that is obviously not true, it is true that you should eat fruit!! Its gotta be one of best foods to eat without feeling tired... you feel so refreshed and energetic afterwards. Luckily I LOVE fruit... now, vegetables, that's a different story....

[krazyaboutkatz]

When I read this yesterday morning, I thought that the info sounded way off. I've never had any problems with eating fruit after my meal and I'll continue to do it too.