January 27, 2024
Pramod Pathak
Breakfast
Sugar in fruits is natural and body absorption is simple. Refined sugar is broken down by body in two or more processes into sugar which can be useful. Natural sugar is absorbed in a controlled manner by the body whereas the refined sugar goes uncontrolled into blood. Refined sugar is hidden in numerous processed foods and ready-made beverages, whereas fruits are visible and thus enable us to control sugar easily.
Person on diabetes medication will have to eat more fruits to satiate in the beginning because of diabetic medicines. Naturally eating one kilogram of fruit in one sitting is not possible. To start with make two bowls of fruits. Eat the first bowl at about 8 AM and eat the second at 11 AM. Point to note here is to give three hours gap between these two helpings. Second important point to note is - the total quantity of fruits that an individual consumes must be up to one kilogram or less than one kilogram only. When I started eating fruits for Breakfast I used to eat about 900 grams of fruits. Since I was on diabetic medication I had to eat more to satisfy my hunger. Today I can make do with just two bananas and an apple or orange with increased energy levels.
- Drink your fruits. While eating fruits for breakfast chew them to the extent that they become liquid in your mouth. A medium bowl of fruits must be consumed in 20-25 minutes. By doing so we assist stomach in digesting the fruits faster.
- Cut small pieces and use a fork to pick each piece - one at a time.
- Soak 15 to 20 raisins in water for 4 to 5 hours in water. Strain the water and store them in a handy container. Eat one raisin at a time whenever you feel hungry and chew it till it becomes liquid in your mouth. One can have up to 20 raisins in a day.
- Split your fruits in two helpings. Have one helping around 7-8 AM and second helping after three hours around 10-11 AM.
- Drink 1-2 glass of water after one hour of having fruits.
- Almonds - six (soaked in water overnight).
- Walnuts - two (soaked in water overnight).
- Dates/Prunes - three.
- Coconut Meat/Giri. Add a piece of coconut meat/giri about two inches. This acts like catalyst for all breakdown of food in our body.
- All nuts and seeds must only be consumed after having soaked in water.
- Hard nuts like almonds and walnuts - 10 to 12 hours overnight.
- Soft variety like cashews and seeds - 4 to 5 hours.
If you start fruits only for breakfast, within a week you will notice a wonderful change. However there is someone within you shouting - Is this my life? Don't listen to that voice. Just carry on, remember it takes 21 days to change habits. Best healthy food stays for lesser time in stomach. Fruits remain in our stomach for one hour and eight hours in our body. Animal protein being complex remains in our stomach for 4 to 6 hours and in our body up to 72 hours.
All and any fruit can be eaten. As mentioned earlier natural sugar never interferes with body functions, it's the refined sugar which causes problems. The selection of acidic or alkaline food matters only when a deficiency or excess of a nutrient exist in the body. For diabetes ideal fruit is citrus fruits. The problem occurs when you consume even one spoon of sugar. The body is lazy and consumes refined sugar first. So remember refined sugar is poison for a diabetic patient.
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat the fruits. What is the correct way of eating fruits?
- It Means Not Eating Fruits After Your Meals.
- Fruits Should Be Eaten On An Empty Stomach.
If you eat fruits on empty stomach, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities. Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so due to the bread taken before the fruit. In the meantime the whole meal of bread & fruit rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil. So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach.
You have heard people complaining - Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet. Actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying of other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat. Graying hair, loss of hair, balding, nervous outbursts and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach. There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans, packs or bottles. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get its taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.
But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the fresh fruit juice, drink it sip by sip slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. Best is to eat your fresh fruit juices and not to drink them.
