Should you eat fruit when you are hungry or full?

Ask:

Dear doctor, recently on social networks there is information that we should eat fruit when hungry. So doctor, can you tell me if it is better to eat fruit before or after meals?

Nguyen Huong Anh ( Hanoi )

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MSc. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Phu, Deputy Head of Nutrition Department, 108 Central Military Hospital answered:

Ripe fruit is a source of vitamins and minerals necessary for the life and development of the body, helping to protect the body and strengthen health against disease.

Although ripe fruit contains many nutrients, the time to eat it depends on the state of the body and accompanying diseases.

With the view of using natural enzymes in ripe fruit (enzyme factor), we should eat ripe fruit about 30 minutes before meals.

For people with accompanying diseases such as diabetes, you should choose ripe fruits with low glycemic index, you can test by tasting. If it is sweet, it means high glycemic index, you should not eat. And the time to eat is between two meals, for example: Breakfast at 7am, lunch at 11am, then eat ripe fruit at 9am, to avoid hypoglycemia when hungry and hyperglycemia after eating.

In addition, when choosing ripe fruit, you should choose a variety of types and colors, because each color has a different use.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/nen-an-hoa-qua-luc-doi-hay-luc-no-192241021221154985.htm