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In recent years, people have started eating fruit before meals, believing it to be healthier. However, some people experience adverse reactions after eating fruit on an empty stomach.Severe abdominal painWhich fruits, if eaten on an empty stomach, are not only not healthy but may even be harmful?

Sour fruits: citrus fruits, hawthorn berries

According to Tu Tiya, a nutritionist at Zhenxing Hospital, eating acidic fruits on an empty stomach can easily stimulate gastric acid secretion, which is not suitable for people with stomach problems.

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners share this view. Yang Shumei, a TCM physician at the Beigang Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University and author of health books such as "Vegetable Therapy" and "Fruit Therapy," explains that highly acidic fruits like oranges and hawthorns contain large amounts of fruit acids or hawthorn acid, which can easily cause acid reflux. Even for healthy individuals, eating oranges on an empty stomach can irritate the stomach lining; for those with pre-existing digestive conditions, it can worsen gastritis or gastric ulcers.

Fruits with too much sugar: Lychee

Yang Shumei believes that fruits with high sugar content, such as lychees, can not only stimulate gastric acid secretion, but also cause a sudden spike in blood sugar levels when eaten on an empty stomach because the liver's enzymes cannot convert the fructose in the fruit into glucose in time, which may cause dizziness.

Fruits high in tannins: persimmons, tomatoes

Both persimmons and tomatoes are high in tannins and are not suitable for consumption on an empty stomach. Yang Shumei explained that tannins can interact with stomach acid, forming lumps in the stomach that cause indigestion and, in severe cases, stomach pain.

Starchy fruits: Unripe bananas

A study published in *The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition* points out that foods high in starch are difficult to digest and can easily cause bloating. Bananas are one such fruit, which explains why some people experience stomach discomfort when eating bananas on an empty stomach. The study also notes that unripe bananas contain up to 12 times more starch than fully ripe ones.

Rongxin Clinic nutritionist Li Wanping explained that the starch in bananas mentioned in foreign studies is resistant starch. This type of starch has properties similar to fiber and is not easily absorbed by the body. Therefore, some people now regard it as a weight-loss fruit, but...Poor gastrointestinal functionHowever, it may cause indigestion.

Li Wanping believes that choosing to eat fruit instead of dessert when you are not yet hungry but your blood sugar has begun to drop helps stabilize blood sugar and does not hinder the absorption of nutrients in fruit, thus maximizing health benefits.