9 truths about fasting

When people feel hungry, the food is usually digested, which is often called "no food in the stomach", which is also called an empty stomach

Can not drink milk on an empty stomach, easy to have diarrhea

Bananas cannot be eaten on an empty stomach, which is not good for the heart

Do not eat persimmons on an empty stomach, be careful of stones

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Is there really a lot of things you can't eat on an empty stomach? Today we will talk about it

These three foods can be eaten on an empty stomach

Misunderstanding: Drinking milk on an empty stomach can cause diarrhea

Rumor: If you drink milk on an empty stomach and have symptoms such as flatulence, farting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, etc.

Misunderstanding 2 Eating persimmons on an empty stomach will get stomach stones

Rumor: The tannic acid, pectin and gastric acid in the persimmon will form clumps, and the dietary fiber eaten afterwards will condense on the clumps to form stomach stones

Misunderstanding 3: Eating bananas on an empty stomach will increase heart load

Rumor: Bananas are indeed high in magnesium and potassium, but even on an empty stomach, magnesium and potassium are slowly absorbed by the body and will not enter the blood quickly to increase the burden on the heart

You should not eat these if you are hungry

Don't drink alcohol on an empty stomach.

Of course not drinking is the healthiest

Do not eat empty stomach irritation, spicy food acid, hot, cold food not recommend fasting to eat

Find out what is meant by "fasting" before doing the test

Many of the checkups we go to the hospital require you to keep an empty stomach, so what exactly is an empty stomach? Regarding the definition of an empty stomach, there are two ways to sum it up: In life, what we call an empty stomach generally refers to 4 to 5 hours after a meal

What time is the best time for the fasting check? The fasting time is not as long as possible.

Can I drink water before the fasting examination? Generally, an empty stomach check requires water-free for 6 to 8 hours, but "water-free" means that you cannot drink a lot of water

Not all examinations must be "strictly fasted"

Which tests need to be "fasting"? In medical examinations, fasting is also divided into "strict fasting" and "small fasting"

Strictly fasting means not eating 8 to 12 hours before the check-up as we mentioned above
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Strict fasting examinations are required: blood sugar, blood lipids, renal function (mainly blood urea and blood uric acid), liver function (mainly bilirubin, transaminase), blood viscosity
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"Small fasting" refers to the absence of high-protein and high-fat foods for breakfast, but only low-fat foods such as porridge.
This type of inspection can be done 4 hours after breakfast
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"Small fasting" examination: coagulation function, glycosylated hemoglobin, blood routine, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, immune test items such as hepatitis B, a full set of hepatitis, various hormones, myocardial markers, thyroid function, tumor markers, autoantibodies, class Rheumatism factor and so on
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Text/Zhao Runshuan (Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital)