What foods are not allowed, even if you want to eat, and what to replace them with so that your stomach does not hurt.
Dishes with lots of spices
When an empty stomach is already rumbling, you want to pounce on aromatic dishes with hot spices. But the spices can make your stomach more unpleasant, says Lisa Ganjhu, M.D., a gastroenterologist at the Langone Medical Center at the University of New York.
The stomach is empty and nothing softens the effect of the spices when they come into contact with the stomach lining.
Lisa Ganji
It is better to leave food with hot peppers or sauce for the second course until you put something in the stomach.
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What to eat
Dairy products do an excellent job of extinguishing spicy food fires and gently covering the stomach walls. Therefor wallscoveringe, Indian food is often served with yogurt-based sauces. Therefore, if you are hungry and there is spicy food in front of you, take a few sips of milk or eat a couple of tablespoons of unsweetened yogurt. Spices are allowed, but quieter; cumin or coriander does not irritate the digestive system.
Fruit, if that's the only dish
An apple or pear alone won't kill hunger, says Tamara Melton, a nutritionist, and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in Atlanta. The sugar in fruits enters the bloodstream more slowly than sugar from candy, thanks to the fiber, but the desire to eat will not go away.
High protein foods should be added to fruits. They are digested more slowly, and research shows they suppress the production of ghrelin, a hormone responsible for hunger. It is ghrelin that signals hunger to the brain.
What to eat
Seize the fruit with nuts or cheese braids. Fruit and cottage cheese go well with Greek yogurt dressing.
Snacks, chips, and cookies
Five crackers can store up to 100 calories, which will not help you cope with hunger. This is the main problem with fast food snacks because of the large amount of easily available carbohydrates, they dramatically increase blood sugar levels, which then quickly drop and you are hungry again.
What to eat
For a snack on the run, it's best to stock up on a chicken or turkey sandwich for a snack on the runIt's.
Oranges, mint, coffee, ketchup
These are all foods that stimulate the production of acid in the stomach. If eaten on an empty stomach, the consequences will manifest itself in the form of heartburn and pain, says Dr. Lisa Ganji. There is already a lot of acid in an empty stomach, and there is little food to neutralize its effect on the lining. Coffee and caffeine are irritating to gastritis patients.
What to eat
Most vegetables do not cause rapid acid production, and they also have a lot of fiber, which helps with gastritis. Vegetables, mashed peas, or mashed potatoes are great options for satisfying hunger.
Sushi
The combination of white rice and soy sauce is harmful when you eat it on an empty stomach, says Maria Bella, nutritionist and founder of Top Balance Nutrition in New York. Rice is low in fiber, but our brain confuses thirst and hunger. Trying to fill an empty stomach and seize thirst at the same time, you will eat more. You will pay with a feeling of heaviness.
What to eat
The same rolls wrapped not only in rice but also in a cucumber (or only in a cucumber). Better yet start with a regular salad.
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Alcohol
Alcohol, of course, is not eaten but drunk. But on an empty stomach, it is better not to do this - you will get drunk faster, and then you'll urge to eat even more. A hungry and drunk person risks eating everything; chips, spicy pizza, and everything else, from which it is better to refrain. This is a result of alcohol's impact on the level of leptin, a hormone that signals the brain to satiety.
What to eat
It's simple; first, the snack, then everything else. Don't start with salted nuts, but with grilled vegetables or chicken dishes - light enough and nutritious at the same time.
Adapted and translated by The Cop Cart Staff
Sources: Life hacker
