Healthy gut: 10 types of fruit to avoid

Healthy gut: 10 types of fruit to avoid

The abdomen is tense and bloated – an uncomfortable situation for most people. But also one that can be avoided with the right foods.

bowl of apples
1/10You should be careful with fruit in particular if you tend to have a bloated stomach. The more fructose it contains, the less digestible it is. On average, there are around six grams of fructose per 100 grams of an apple – too much for sensitive stomachs. © Lili Basic/Imago
Watermelons in a crate
2 / 10according to dr Jacqueline Wolf should only eat watermelon in moderation if you don’t want to do without it completely. According to Onmeda.de, it provides around 2.9 grams of fructose per 100 grams. © Baloncici/Imago
Raisins on a stone slab.
3/10Raisins, like many other dried fruits, contain concentrated sugars. With nearly 33 grams of fructose per 100 grams, they should be removed from the diet. © Eva Gruendemann/Zoonar.com/Imago
Fresh plums on a board.
4/10Plums or damsons (see photo) should also be avoided if you have a bloated stomach. They contain about two grams of fructose (per 100 g). © karin010759/Imago
Blue grapes on a vine
5/10Grapes, like cherries, are quickly eaten away. With around eight grams of fructose per 100 grams, however, the fruit can quickly trigger a bloated stomach. © Chris Boswell/Zoonar.com/Imago
Close-up of ripe bananas at a stand
6 / 10Anyone who frequently suffers from bloating should eliminate ripe bananas (3.4 g fructose per 100 g) from their diet. © Baloncici/Imago
Nectarine sliced ​​open and looking juicy
7/10Juicy, sweet – and a summer favorite. Nevertheless, nectarines should only be eaten in moderation, as their sugar content is relatively high at around twelve per 100 grams. © Torsten Schon/Imago
Hundreds of plate or flat peaches
8/10Just like with nectarines, quantity matters with peaches. With about 1.2 g (per 100 g) of sugar, you can promote bloating. Incidentally, this applies to the flat peaches (see photo) as well as to the classic round ones. © Hans-Roland Mueller/McPHOTO/Imago
Fresh cherries in a bowl
9/10With sour and sweet cherries, the quantity plays the main role again. A fructose content of almost 4.3 and 6.1 grams (sweet cherry) is measured for these fruits per 100 grams. © Galina Sharapova/Imago
Whole and sliced ​​grapefruit fruits
10/10Although grapefruits are citrus fruits and are not necessarily classically sweet, they have a comparatively high fructose content (2.5 g/100 g). © CSH/Imago

The stomach is rumbling, flatulence is just as omnipresent as a feeling of fullness – about seven out of ten Germans suffer loudly Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists e. V. (ABDA) regularly with gastrointestinal complaints. Bloating is just as common as constipation or stomach pain. There can be numerous reasons for a bloated stomach and thus a stressed intestine, just like with other stomach problems. These include, for example, taking certain medications, stress, hormonal fluctuations or food intolerances.

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Jaqueline Wolf, a gastroenterologist at Harvard University in America, knows this too. In an article on make itthe online financial portal of the news channel CNBC, She writes, “Finding out what causes bloating is not easy because there are many factors that affect our digestion.” However, according to her article, it is also known that it is often related to diet, especially foods that poorly absorbed by the intestine.

If you have a sensitive stomach and intestines, it is best to avoid sweetened or fermented foods or dairy products, for example. Certain types of fruit with a lot of fructose should also rarely or never be on the menu.

This article only contains general information on the respective health topic and is therefore not intended for self-diagnosis, treatment or medication. In no way does it replace a visit to the doctor. Unfortunately, our editorial team cannot answer individual questions about clinical pictures.

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