How to eat jack fruit without inviting tummy troubles? Learn the nutrition, health benefits, and Indian recipes with jackfruit
Many complain of severe stomach pain or stomach ache, bloating, and flatulence after eating jackfruit. According to the principles of Ayurveda, jack fruit is heavy to digest and stays in the stomach for a long time due to its sticky nature. This causes digestion problems. How to eat jackfruit without inviting tummy troubles? Ayurveda Acharyas suggest many easy ways to solve this problem. Here is a guide to eating jack fruit without experiencing stomach ache or pain
Table of Content
Ayurveda Health Benefits of Jackfruit
What you should not eat with jackfruit?
What you should eat with jackfruit?
What do you have to eat after consuming jackfruit?
Best Ayurvedic Medicines for Stomach pain after Eating Jack Fruit
Jackfruit in Ayurveda
Jackfruit is a very popular fruit in tropical regions. According to the principles of Ayurveda it is sweet in taste and heavy to digest. Unripe jackfruit or green jackfruit has a sweet (madhura rasa ) and astringent taste (kashaya rasa ).
Jackfruit Season
Summer is the season of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus). This fruit has flooded the market with its intoxicating fragrance and color. We witness people crowded in front of jackfruit stalls to purchase the best one. People love to enjoy the taste of this fruit, although it is a herculean task to cut open this fruit to reach for bright yellow fleshes which are hidden between sticky fibers.
Ayurveda Health Benefits of Jackfruit
Jackfruits have immense health benefits. The benefits are delivered to our body when it is well digested. It helps to gain weight (Brimhana Therapy an Ayurveda Way to Gain Weight) and strengthens the body. This fruit is rich in antioxidants and prevents aging. It boosts immunity, helps to reduce blood pressure (Relationship Between High Blood Pressure and Erectile Dysfunction), prevents cancer, and maintains the health of the eyes. Indian and Chinese medicines recommend administering this to persons who suffer from erectile dysfunction (Ayurvedic Medicines and Treatment for Erectile dysfunction). Ayurveda acharyas also eulogize this fruit as shukrala or shukra dhatu booster as it helps to improve sperm count and motility.
Ayurveda Properties of Jackfruit
Jackfruit increases the strength of the body and body weight. It also helps in klaibya or erectile dysfunction and increases sperm count. As it is heavy to digest, eating jack fruit may cause indigestion, bloating, make you feel gassy (formation of gas), diarrhea, or constipation. This article explains how to eat jack fruit in a healthy way without troubling our digestion and digestive system.
When to Eat Fresh Jackfruit?
The best time to eat jack fruit is when you are hungry and preferably before starting your meal. This aids in the proper digestion of the fruit. This is because the digestive enzymes or Agni are more powerful when you are hungry.
If you consume this after a meal it may hinder the digestion of both food and fruit as digestive agni is less intense after a meal. Do not consume jackfruit at night. It will trouble your sleep and can cause indigestion. Drinking iced water or refrigerated drinks, after eating this fruit is a strict NO.
What you should not eat with jackfruit?
Avoid consuming oily foods, heavy meaty meals, pulses, and protein-laid foods when you decide to consume jack fruit. This causes indigestion and symptoms of indigestion like gassy stomach, flatulence, belching, etc may surface.
What you should eat with jackfruit?
Jackfruit and honey is a heavenly combination. Honey is praised as the best thinning agent and a quick carrier of beneficial biomolecules. Hence adding honey to jackfruit makes it easy for the stomach to digest Jackfruit. Always use pure honey.
Dr.Savitha Suri suggests using Raw Organic Honey which is Unprocessed Unfiltered Natural and Original Honey
What do you have to eat after consuming jackfruit?
Prefer a mildly spiced, light, and warm meal after eating jackfruit. Add spices like cumin seeds (jeera), pepper, and turmeric to your recipe. These spices increase Agni or digestive power and help in the trouble-free digestion of this fruit.
Drink warm water throughout the day to aid the good digestion of this fruit and prevent uneasiness. Warm water keeps digestion optimum and also relieves bloating, stomach pain, and other disturbances.
Is too much jackfruit bad for health?
Never overeat this fruit. This leads to more harm than good. Overeating of jackfruit may cause stomach aches, constipation ( Natural Ayurvedic Remedies for Constipation ), or diarrhea.
How to select good jackfruit?
Always purchase hygienically cut fruits. Never purchase fruits that are open to dust and exposed to microbes. Buy the whole fruit and skin it to get clean and tasty fleshes.
Best Ayurvedic Medicines for Stomach Pain after Eating Jack Fruit
Dr.Savitha Suri consultant Ayurvedic physician says
“As said earlier spices like ajwain, cumin , cardamom etc help to relieve stomach pain caused due to jackfruit. They also help to ease bowel movement and give a relief from constipation. Here are few ayurvedic medicines which contain these spices and help in reducing stomach pain, gas and bloating after eating jackfruit. These also help in indigestion, acidity and bloating which happen regularly. These can be kept at home for a regular home remedies for simple digestive problems. “
Who should not eat jackfruit?
Pregnant women, persons with ascites, IBS (Ayurvedic Home Remedies for IBS), and other problems of the digestive system are strictly barred from eating this fruit. In pregnancy, it may cause increased motility and contraction of the intestines which in turn may initiate contraction of the womb. Hence jackfruit has to be avoided during pregnancy. Even raw jackfruit curry is not advised in pregnancy.
Author – Dr.Savitha Suri. Consultant ayurvedic physician.
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