How much is an apple digested?
Everyone knows that the digestion time of each product is different. Apple is the favorite fruit of all, accessible to everyone. About how much time is required for its assimilation, we will talk in this article.
What determines the time of digestion?
The time in which an apple is digested in the stomach, may vary depending on some factors.
- Mixing with other products. It takes not much time to digest an apple, if you have not used anything other than him. For example, a previously eaten dish of pork or beef can stretch this period right up to 6 hours.
- The degree of hot processing. Fresh apples are digested faster than baked fruit or apple jam.
- Diseases of the stomach. With low acidity of the stomach, it is generally better to give up apples, especially green ones. The consequence of low acidity of the stomach is gastritis. In the presence of this disease, the period of digestion may increase.
- Time. It is best to eat fruit in the morning or in the morning. That's when they digest faster.
How long does digestion take?
As a rule, an adult person is digested an apple for 30 minutes. Such a fast assimilation time is due to the fact that almost all fruits contain a lot of carbohydrates. Usually they do not linger in the stomach for more than an hour. Next, the partially digested mass moves into the intestine, where the nutrients are absorbed completely. In the intestine, the process of absorption lasts about 40 minutes.
The child's digestive tract functions faster. Accordingly, the digestion time occurs in a shorter period of time - after 30 minutes, the digested food can already begin its way through the intestines.
How and when is it best to eat?
It is best to use these fruits together with similar fruits, the absorption of which does not take much time. These are all fruits, except bananas, mangoes and grapes.
It is not recommended to mix fast and long-lasting food.
Some gastroenterologists recommend sticking to a separate diet.
Apples will help people who are hard to digest meat.
Do not attach great importance to the mode of absorption of apples. The most delicious fruit is the one you wanted. Eat apples when you want. The main thing in this business is not to overeat.
On the peculiarities of food digestion, see the following video.