How To Eat Fruit

It may seem so elementary. Yes, we cut it up and pop it in our mouths. But believe it or not, there is actually a way to eat fruit that benefits your health.

1. Eat fruit raw. It is easier to digest, and cooking the fruit destroys the nutrients the body needs for energy from it. You don't get the nutrients, just the taste.

2. Eat fruit early in the day. As mentioned in the previous blog entry, fruit contains fructose, and fructose is turned into energy. By eating fruit early in the day, your body will have the energy it needs.

3. Eat fruit on an empty stomach, not as a dessert after a meal. Well, fruit as a dessert sure beats a brownie (or two... or three, let's be honest)! Okay, let's say you have toast and fruit for breakfast. As your body digests your food, the fruit is digested quicker than the bread. Now the fruit is ready to go into the intestines, BUT WAIT... that stubborn bread is still hanging out waiting to be digested, so the fruit's exit door is blocked off. As the body breaks down that bread, the fruit, shall we say, gets bored, and it ferments and turns into acid. So, it is better to eat fruit alone or before meals. Do you ever feel like you burp a lot after eating fruit? Or have to run to the bathroom? WELL that is why you should eat fruit alone! Your acids are mixing in your stomach and you bloat! Besides bloating, what other things can happen if you don't eat fruit alone? Gray hair, balding, anxiety, dark circles under your eyes... need I go on?

4. All fruits become alkaline in your body. Yes, lemons and oranges are just a few of the commonly assumed "most acidic" fruits. It is a myth that more acidic fruits will enhance the acidity of your stomach. Research shows that all fruits become alkaline in your body.

5. Do not cook your fruit. I know I already went over this, but cooking fruit destroys the nutrients in that fruit, and the only thing your body gets is the flavor. Cooking fruit destroys all of the vitamins. So apples vs. apple sauce? Apples are healthier because they are raw, and apple sauce is made from cooked apples.