Although fruit is rich in vitamins and minerals, eating it incorrectly can put a strain on the pancreas.
Posted on 11.02.2024 16:21 Posted on 11.02.2024 16:21 Modified on 09.02.2024 16:22 Views 4,569
Although fruit is commonly consumed during the Lunar New Year holiday and is good for your health, eating it after a meal puts a strain on the pancreas and worsens blood sugar levels. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]Fruits are rich in various vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, but are surprisingly difficult to eat every day. But the Lunar New Year holiday is a different story. During the Lunar New Year, when fruit is common on ancestral ritual tables and in Lunar New Year gift sets, even people who normally neglect fruit consumption end up eating a piece or two. If you are eating fruit for the first time in a long time, be careful because it can be poisonous to your health if you eat it in excess or after a meal.
Although it is a healthy fruit, eating it after a meal can have a negative effect on your blood sugar health. This puts a strain on the pancreas, making it difficult to control blood sugar. The pancreas secretes insulin, a hormone that lowers blood sugar levels when food enters the body. Insulin absorbs blood glucose into cells, uses it as an energy source, and converts the rest into fat, returning blood sugar levels to their pre-meal state.
It takes about 2 hours for blood sugar levels to return to their pre-meal state after a meal. If you eat fruit immediately after your meal, your pancreas will have to secrete more insulin. If the pancreas is so overactive, the risk of diabetes increases due to overload.
You should also be careful that it can cause obesity. Eating excessive amounts of fruit also promotes the synthesis of fats in the body. There is a high risk that glucose remaining after being used as an energy source will be stored as fat, leading to obesity. The fruits are particularly rich in fructose. Fructose is absorbed faster than glucose, so if you eat more than the body needs, it is easily stored as fat.
To use the nutrients in fruit wisely, it is best to eat it 1-3 hours before or 2-4 hours after a meal. Eating it before the meal increases the absorption of fruit nutrients. The dietary fiber in fruit can make you feel full and reduce your overall meal intake, which can help you lose weight. Fruits eaten a certain time after a meal do not put too much strain on the pancreas. Since the activity of the pancreas has already ended, it is not a problem for the pancreas to secrete insulin again.
In the meantime, it’s a good idea to separate and store fruit received as gifts during the holidays. If you keep multiple fruits such as apples, pears and shiny muskets in one place, their freshness may decrease and they may spoil soon. For example, if apples and pears are stored in the same space, ethylene is produced and released from the apples, causing the pears to spoil. Ethylene is a hormone produced when fruits or vegetables ripen and leads to fruit ripening. Pears, kiwis, persimmons and cucumbers are sensitive to ethylene, so it’s best not to mix them with apples, plums and apricots, which easily produce ethylene.
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✔ Although fruit is commonly consumed during the Lunar New Year holiday and is good for your health, eating it after a meal puts a strain on the pancreas and worsens blood sugar health.
✔ Fruit contains a lot of fructose, which is absorbed faster than glucose, so excessive consumption can cause obesity.
✔ Eating fruit 1-3 hours before and 2-4 hours after the meal is good for your health.
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