Do you eat fruit after or before meals?

I used to eat fruits after every meal but now I don't do that anymore.I've changed this eating habit after I read this one article http://healthy-and-evergreenlily.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-to-get-full-health-benefits-from.html, an excerpt says: [b]" Eating fruits on empty stomach guarantees its detoxifying effect in our whole body system, and supplication of enough energy for the day. We should never eat whole meal with the fruits because once the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food just goes to spoil. Eating fruits with empty stomach will totally prevent the production of gas and hence no bloating of stomach at all. Each time we eat fruits after our meal, it is most likely to go burping soon after, or complain of stomach bloating, or even running to the toilet. This is because when the fruit mixes with the other food it results into production of gas that causes all these kind of problems." [/b] I now therefore came to decide that it is better for me to eat just fruits if I like fruits so I'd get the best benefit.So during breakfast I eat just fruits. During snack time I also do. I also do eat either just fruits or veggies at dinner and you know what I really feel light and healthy.

I am one of them because i always like to eat some fruits after lunch and dinner .. There is no specific reason behind it as i always like to eat some sweet after lunch or dinner so i preferred fruits because compare to any sweets fruits are more healthy so eat it .. IN fruits there some specific fruit like banana , applenad chiku and also papaya .. what about your habit .. do you like or not because you didn't mention in your discussion about your habit so just share with me.. what you like and whats your reason behind it ... KEEP MY LOTTING ...

I usually eat fruit after a meal. However, when we went to a restaurant amidst an organie garden at Tagaytay Highlands, while we are waiting for our meal we were given vegetable salad. I was surprised so i ask, why before the meal. And the lady explained that it should be that way, so the stomach could be cleansed before eating the main meal. Hence, after that incident i now would always eat a fruit or two before eating a main meal. I noticed that it made easy my waste disposal.

I tend to eat my fruits after a meal, everyone in my family does it and I kind followed along too. My idea behind it was fruits were the best way to end a meal and it helps the digestion so you can go to the loo after the meal. Having fruit after a meal is quite nice too, it gives me a sense of satisfaction, like a finale after my big meal. I have no idea why I eat it after a meal, it's just a habit now.

If I eat fruit it's a separate meal. I don't eat it after dinner. It takes about 7-8 hours for a dinner (cooked meal) to digest. All that time the fruit is rotten in my stomach. It only takes about 30 min. to digest fruit. So fruit should be eaten alone or if.. before dinner.

Hello yanzalong, I have this habit eating fruit before and after meals. I was influenced by my friend when we both eating meals after having daily long runs and cross training exercises. According to my friend, when eating fiber such as fruit before eating a meal, it helps absorbs retained fats and scrape off clogged waste in our digestive system before replacing it with food to digest. Eating fruits after meal, according to him it helps absorbs unwanted fats from a digested food and helps for good digestion. So everytime, I eat my meal, I eat fruit before and after meal.

hi yanzalong I know there are all sorts of theories on the net each one claiming its the only way you should eat fru t blah blah blah but myself I do not take those crappy stories very seriously as they were not dietitians or scientists who know what the hell they are talking about but lay people out to make a dollar or two. If I have a banana in my room I will eat it at my evening snack time. at our meals we are served fruit as a dessert and so I eat it after my meals. so far I am fine.

I eat fruit after my meals. :)) It's simply because eating fruit after takes away all the bad after-taste (if there is one) or that they seem to neutralize my taste buds. It's a refreshing. Feels healthy too. :)

I tend to eat fruits after meal because they aid in digestion. IT's good to eat fruits before meal as well as it helps to keep us full so that we won't eat too much during actual meal. Both has their benefits, depending on what we want for ourselves. Fruits can be eaten any time of the day as long as we set our limits. After all, whatever vitamins found in meals, are found in fruits as well. That's why i have a fruits diet whenever i don't feel like eating.