Deadly mistakes to avoid when eating fruit

Mistakes in eating fruit can lead to some dangerous diseases. Although fruit is a healthy food, eating too much, too often will be counterproductive.

Fruit is always good for health, however, not all eating methods bring high efficiency. Below are some mistakes that many people make.

Peel before eating.

Many people worry that fruit peels contain many toxic substances such as pesticides, so they need to be peeled off to be safe to eat. In fact, pesticides can be sprayed from the root or injected directly into the fruit. Therefore, peeling is redundant and ineffective. Moreover, many fruits have a large amount of nutrients concentrated in the peel. Therefore, just washing them, soaking them in salt water, and then eating them is the most scientific.

Eat a lot to lose weight

Fruit is not a low-calorie food because most fruits are rich in sugar. This sugar is easily absorbed while the color and flavor of the fruit are very attractive, making it easy for people to eat without getting bored.

One of the mistakes when eating fruit is eating a lot to lose weight.

Can replace green vegetables

Fruits and vegetables have different nutritional characteristics and cannot be substituted for each other. The vitamin and inorganic salt content of fruits cannot be compared to that of vegetables. Common vegetables such as cabbage, carrots, and radishes have 10 times more vitamin content than fruits such as pears, apples, and peaches; while the vitamin content of sweet peppers and cauliflower is 2-3 times higher than that of strawberries and tangerines.

Therefore, eating only fruit can never meet the body's nutritional needs. Adults need at least 500g of green vegetables every day to provide enough nutrition for the body, so people need to regulate the amount of fruit they "take" reasonably. For example, they should only eat a maximum of 3 medium-sized tangerines every day, and no more than 250g of lychee or longan.

Eat instead of rice

The human body needs about 50 types of nutrients every day, especially about 65g of protein, over 20g of fat/day to maintain life, renew and regenerate organs and cells. Fruits contain over 85% water, less than 1% protein, almost no fat. Therefore, although fruits are delicious, they can only be used as supplementary nutrition, should not be eaten too much.

Consider fruit as 'dry food'

Most fruits are cold in nature, if you eat too much, it can easily cause diarrhea. In addition, this type of food does not contain energy-producing substances such as starch and protein. Eating too much will cause the brain to continuously send out false signals when warning the body that it is not full.

The more expensive the fruit, the more nutritious it is.

Many people think that the more expensive the fruit, the higher the nutritional value, especially imported fruit. In fact, the nutrition in imported fruit has been changed during transportation. In addition, they are often picked when they are not ripe and preservatives are used. Therefore, imported fruit does not necessarily have high nutritional value.

Peeled fruit can be eaten anytime.

Many people simply think that even if they peel the fruit long before eating or squeeze the juice long before drinking, the vitamins, minerals, and micronutrients will not be lost. The truth is completely opposite. Peeled fruit, cut into small pieces, or squeezed fruit juice will lose more vitamins and nutrients the longer they are left, and the body will not be able to absorb much from eating fruit or juice that has been processed for too long.

Therefore, after processing, fruit should be eaten immediately. Instead of cutting fruit in advance and storing it in the refrigerator, wait until you need to use it to peel or make juice. If you have to cut fruit long before using it, you should soak it in a light salt water solution (1%) to preserve the vitamin C in the fruit. Canned fruit juice should also be consumed soon after opening. It has been proven that canned orange juice loses 100% of its vitamin C after 4 weeks of opening.

According to Alobacsi.vn