Is eating an apple at night a poisonous apple?

The nutritional value of apples is relatively high. As the saying goes, one apple a day keeps diseases away. Eating apples regularly can supplement some vitamins and improve our body's ability to move. However, when eating apples, we should try to eat them before meals. Eating fruits after meals is very harmful to the body. So, are apples poisonous when eaten at night?

Eating fruit in the morning can help digestion and absorption, and is beneficial for bowel movements. The sweet and sour taste of fruit can make people feel refreshed and help to improve their mood for the day. On the contrary, eating fruits before going to bed is not good for digestion, especially fruits with high fiber content, which is even more harmful to health for people with poor gastrointestinal function. Cool melons should be eaten in moderation before going to bed.

In the UK, there is a saying that 'fruit in the morning is gold, from noon to 3pm is silver, from 3pm to 6pm is copper, and after 6pm is lead'. In fact, the human body's digestion and absorption capacity has little to do with the time of eating. The ability to digest and absorb is mainly related to the secretion of digestive juice and the ability of gastrointestinal motility. After eating, the digestive system of a healthy person will secrete digestive juices and enhance peristalsis to promote digestion and absorption. These are not directly related to the time of eating, but are related to age. Usually, the secretion of digestive juices in the elderly will decrease and the digestive function will decline. In other words, there is actually no difference in the digestive system's absorption of fruit whether it is morning or evening.

For healthy people, there is no time limit for eating fruit. On the basis that the total energy of food does not exceed the standard, as long as your stomach feels comfortable and there is no discomfort, you can eat fruit if you want, in the morning, at noon or in the evening.

Additional information:

1. In some dietary recommendations, there is a saying of "eat fruit in the morning". The starting point is often because the nutritional composition of breakfast for most residents in my country is too single, usually only staple food, meat, eggs and milk, and the proportion of fruits and vegetables is too small. If it is paired with some fruits, it can provide vitamins and dietary fiber, which is more conducive to balanced nutrition. From this perspective, promoting eating fruit in the morning is beneficial for enriching the breakfast of Chinese residents and improving the quality of breakfast.

2. Fruits have so many benefits to our health that nutritional recommendations from all over the world recommend eating more fruits. The latest U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend that adult men eat 2 cups of fruit per day, and adult women eat 1.5 cups of fruit per day (1 cup is approximately 237 ml).