It is not possible to eat tomatoes on an empty stomach. Because tomatoes are rich in pectin, gossypol and other ingredients, they easily react with gastric acid in the stomach and condense into insoluble blocks. These massive substances are easy to block the stomach, leading to the increase of pressure in the stomach, causing the stomach to expand, which leads to severe stomach pain symptoms. It is best not to eat tomatoes on an empty stomach. After eating tomatoes, because gastric acid has been mixed with many foods, the concentration is not large and it will not react with the colloid of tomatoes, so there is no serious problem. When is a good time to eat tomatoes?
First, eating tomatoes 30 minutes after meals can not only help promote, but also help the body to burn fat, expel toxins and replenish water for the body.
The second is that you can eat tomatoes in meals, because eating tomatoes before meals can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort and abdominal pain, and eating tomatoes in meals can not only help solve greasy. It can also mix tomatoes with gastric acid to avoid stomach discomfort. Taking tomatoes as dinner is also a good choice, which can speed up the basic metabolism of the body, promote the body to actively consume the energy intake, and improve the physical fitness so that the body is not easy to get fat.
Can tomatoes be eaten on an empty stomach?
Many people like to eat tomatoes on an empty stomach, especially those who lose weight. Experts remind that eating tomatoes on an empty stomach does not reduce weight, but it is easy to hurt the stomach and induce gastrointestinal diseases.
Tomatoes contain a lot of gum, fruit, gossypol and other ingredients, which can easily react with gastric acid and condense into insoluble lumps, which may block the outlet of the stomach, increase the pressure in the stomach, cause gastric dilatation and even cause severe pain. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat tomatoes on an empty stomach.
On an empty stomach, eating tomatoes raw with skin will make your stomach "hurt". Tomatoes contain more tannic acid and pectin. When they are on an empty stomach, they will form lumps of different sizes under the action of gastric acid. If these lumps cannot reach the small intestine through pylorus, they will stay in the stomach and form stomach stones. Small stomach stones are as big as apricot stones at first, and then they will accumulate bigger and bigger. If gastric stones cannot be discharged naturally, it will cause digestive tract obstruction, severe pain in the upper abdomen, vomiting, and even hematemesis.
In addition, because most of the tannic acid in tomatoes is concentrated on the skin, it is impossible to remove all the tannic acid when tomatoes are astringent, so it is easier to form stones when they are eaten together with the skin. The speed of the formation of gastric stones is related to factors such as the consumption of tomatoes, the secretion of gastric acid and gastric peristalsis. Therefore, compared with people who eat a little occasionally, those who often eat raw with skin and often eat on an empty stomach are much more likely to get gastric stones than others.
In addition, the human body should eat some liquid foods that are easy to digest and rich in nutrition on an empty stomach, while tomatoes are single-nutrient and only contain vitamins, cellulose and water. Eating on an empty stomach not only hinders the absorption of the stomach, but also cannot meet the physiological needs of the body. Therefore, tomatoes should not be eaten on an empty stomach.