How to eat fruit

[aquaphase]

Got this gem of an email today and couldn't resist sharing.

EATING FRUITS .......
It's long but very informative


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


What is the correct way of eating fruits?


IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON 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 on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!


Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on 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 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.


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. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.


But 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. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!


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


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 free radicals.


ORANGE : Sweetest 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 are also a 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 helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.


Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can you believe this? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the 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,warm water or warm beer after a meal.
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Read this...It could save your life!!

[Irock]

Psuedo-science is fun! Til you realize how many people can't tell the difference between it and real science - and then it makes sense why so many people don't believe in evolution.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer!

I'm going to change my Email sig to this and save a life.

I knew a woman who wouldn't drink any liquid when she ate because she said it interfered with digestion and prevented you from getting all the nutrients out of your food. I guess soup was out for her.

[monet2u]

I just a few small kiwis...sadly they've done me no good as I ate them after my tuna salad and crackers.

also, a chinese friend told me not to cold drink water after eating or with a meal because it's prevents the fat breakdown of your food. he said that's why chinese people drink only hot tea. that many people can't be wrong I suppose.

[mere1975]

I got this from a 60-something I used to work with, along with a note that went like --

"Too late for me, but maybe you can save yourself!"

- Mere "I laughed, but I tihnk twice about getting ice with my drink now" 1975

[Dalya]

Well supposedly drinking cold water makes your stomach contract (that part makes sense) and then digest the food faster, which means you get hungry again sooner (more wary of this part).

"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."

I didn't know that a) food turns into acid in your stomach, b) fermentation can take place in your stomach (especially in the presence of food-acid), or c) your body digests food by allowing it to "spoil" (grow mold??)

[Phyllis]

this is crap. i'll eat whatever i want when i please.