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What is the ideal time for eating fruits?

More than just eating fruits, it is very important to know how and when to eat them. Fruits should be eaten empty stomach and not after meals or after deserts.

BENEFITS OF EATING FRUITS

- Best source of natural sugars.
- Best sources of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, amino acids and fatty acids that a human requires.
- Good sources of anti-oxidants.
- Easy to digest.
- Fruits are alkaline forming.
- Abundance of pure water.
- Healthy body and skin.
- Good source of fiber.

TIMING AND BENEFITS OF EATING FRUITS EMPTY STOMACH

- Eating fruits empty stomach will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
- Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.
- After eating fruit, leave a time gap of 30 minutes before you eat any other food.
- After meal, take a gap of three hours and then eat.
- Try to eat fruit mostly before noon. This helps to raise blood sugar in a slow and unhurried manner.
- Try eating bananas and avocados in mid-day.
- Avoid canned, frozen and processed fruit.
- Go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days.
- Eating 5 servings of fruit a day is beneficial to weight loss and maintaining sugar balance and so on, but it is all about timing.

Some Fruits :
- KIWI: good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E, fiber and vitamin C.
- APPLE: antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
- STRAWBERRY: highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.
- ORANGE: reduces cholesterol, keep away from colds, prevents and dissolves kidney stones.
- WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher.
- GUAVA & PAPAYA: Highest vitamin C content. Guava is rich in fiber and prevents constipation. P

Diabetic person should be selective in eating fruits and the time for eating should be always in between the regular meals and definitely not after the meals. Timing regularity and punctuality in eating fruit is definitely important to get the desired result of eating fruit. Grape is good for health but preferably in limited quantity.

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Eating moderate amount of bananas in your diet improves your health.

Creamy, rich, and sweet, bananas are a favorite food for everyone from infants to elders. Bananas contains three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fibre, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. There are different types of bananas available like : Red bananas, Apple bananas, Fruit bananas, Baby bananas, Baking bananas. Fresh, ripe bananas are a very good source of fruit sugars and can give a quick energy boost.

- Bananas contain potassium which is an essential ingredient to keep your heart and nervous system in good shape. It helps in normal rhythmic pumping of the heart, digestion, muscular movements, etc.
- Bananas boost our memory because of their high potassium content.
- A normal intake of potassium suppresses calcium excretion in the urine and minimizes the risk of kidney stones.
- Bananas are the first solid food that is given to infants.
- Bananas are one of the highest sources of naturally available vitamin B6. It helps the body to make hemoglobin. Vitamin B6 is also essential for antibody production and to maintain a healthy immune response.
- Bananas are good source of dietary fiber. Fiber improves smooth bowel movements and improves constipation.
- To cure hangover is to make a banana milkshake , sweetened with honey.
- Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body if you suffer from heart-burn.
- Bananas are great for your cardiovascular health.
- Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
- Bananas as a ‘cooling’fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers.
- This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect food for helping to beat blood pressure.

Is banana good for diabetes ?

Banana when eaten in recommended amounts is good for a person with diabetes. As bananas are loaded with simple carbohydrates they tend to increase your blood sugar levels in a very short period of time. Thus the serving size of banana is important and should be lower than any other fruit low in carbohydrates like a pear or an apple.
If you eat bananas and other fruits high in carbohydrates like mango, custard apple, sapota, jackfruit and grapes in moderation or in the recommended allowance, keeping in mind your carbohydrate intake per meal, then they are definitely good for a person with diabetes.