When is it better to eat apples?

Everyone knows about the benefits of fruits such as apples. It is a reliable source of vitamins and minerals. To get the best of them, you need to know when and how to use them.

Apples are among the most affordable fruits.On the shelves you can choose the fruits of different varieties, differing in taste, color, size, and so on. They contain:

• a whole set of vitamins from A to PP;
• trace elements;
• organic acids.

Due to the rich vitamin and mineral composition of apples, you can:

• strengthen the vessels and the heart;
• increase the stability of the endocrine system;
• prevent anemia;
• improve bowel function and prevent constipation;
• remove excess cholesterol from the body;
• reduce the likelihood of developing many diseases (oncology, Alzheimer's disease);
• make bones and teeth stronger;
• improve skin condition;
• strengthen the immune system;
• improve vision

At the same time, it must be borne in mind that during colitis, a large number of apples can aggravate unpleasant symptoms. To avoid this, it is recommended to peel the fruit before eating. It is in its skin that contains the greatest amount of fiber that can cause discomfort in the stomach.

It should be avoided that when eating apples for food, their bones get into the stomach. On the one hand, they contain iodine useful for the body, on the other hand, hydrocyanic acid is also located there. If you eat five grains and more, symptoms of poisoning may appear.

It should be borne in mind that the most beautiful, brilliant apples that lie in the store in anticipation of their customers are the most harmful for them, since they are subjected to special treatment during ripening for better preservation of these fruits. In addition, they are coated with wax so that they appear more elegant on the shelf. Getting into the gastrointestinal tract, it causes gastritis.

You can remove the wax, if you wash the apple with soap and hot water. It's easier to pick fruits that don't have the perfect look. Let them not prepared for sale in a special way, but more likely not to cause harm to health when eating.

If we consider the BZH product, one hundred grams in it accounts for only 0.4 grams of protein and fat, while carbohydrates make up 9.8 grams. This is an approximate figure, since it is known that fruits whose skin color is green contain less carbohydrates than those with red or yellow colors. Fructose in an apple nourishes the muscles is absorbed slowly, but is removed rather soon. This avoids an excess of sugar in the body.

The calculations of experts show that apples contain about 47 kilocalories per hundred grams of product. In a medium-sized fruit there is about ten grams of sugar, and a person needs to eat only about fifty grams per day, so without bad consequences for the body, no more than five apples can be eaten per day. Since the diet of people there are many other products containing sugar, nutritionists advise not to use every day more than two or three fruits.

If a person focuses on a balanced diet, experts advise to eat apples in the morning.

In this case, it is believed that eating such fruits on an empty stomach is quite acceptable. Eating them thirty minutes before a meal will improve the absorption of vitamins that get into the body with breakfast.

At the same time, it is necessary to take into account that an apple eaten immediately after the main dishes can cause disorder in the gastrointestinal tract, since it will start the fermentation process.

The question of whether there are such fruits in the evening, or still to wait for the morning, does not have a definite answer.

• The carbohydrates received with such food will not have time to be spent, as the person will not begin to move and think actively, and in a short time will go to sleep.
• The apple itself will increase the appetite, because gastric juice is secreted with fruit intake.
• People who have gastritis or gastric ulcer, increased acidity, will experience discomfort from eating it in the evening.
• Cellulose derived from an apple, with a slowdown of metabolic processes during sleep, including digestive, causes colic, bloating, flatulence.
• Problems with the stomach lead to poor sleep.

The argument in favor of eating apples in the evening is also quite weighty.

• If a person is hungry in the evening, then eating an apple is much better than sausage or bread.
• When there is no way to brush your teeth with a brush, you can solve this issue with an apple. Acids contained in the fruit, contribute to the bleaching and cleansing of enamel.
• An apple, eaten two hours before bedtime, promotes quick bowel cleansing in the morning.

Arguments for or against are more substantial. The question of eating apples in the evening, everyone decides for himself, taking into account personal circumstances. If you need an apple bite, it is important to remember that it should be about one or two fruits, and not about a heap of a kilogram.

When eating apples, you need to keep in mind that the fruits themselves are primarily beneficial. In all sorts of foods such as jams and jams made from such fruits, very few useful substances remain.

On the use of apples, it is necessary to focus on those who have a low acidity. People with opposite problems can only eat them baked.

Pregnant women are advised by doctors to eat apples that darken quickly after they have been bitten. Such a reaction on the surface of the fruit indicates a high iron content in it. In the "special position" woman, it is desirable to focus on the fruits grown in his garden. Practice shows that apples from ordinary suburban areas darken faster store.

Apples are useful for people with thin blood vessels, which are easily damaged (quickly emerging bruises on the skin may indicate this).

For people who have had hepatitis or suffer from diseases of the intestinal tract, it is advisable to use baked fruit. They are better absorbed.

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