Eggs are absolutely forbidden after orange juice. You'll wonder what you've been doing for years
Do you eat scrambled eggs and drink orange juice for breakfast? It's time to reconsider your habit.
A study by Nutrition Science has proven that the citric acid in citrus fruits denatures egg whites, turning them into a dense lump that takes hours for the stomach to digest.
"It's like chewing a rubber sole," nutritionist Jamie Oliver said in his show Superfoods .
Elena from Kyiv shared on her blog:
"After a year of eating eggs and juice for breakfast, I started having constipation and acne. The doctor explained that the protein was not being digested, but was rotting in the intestines, releasing toxins."
Stanford professor Michael Greger recommends separating these foods by at least 2 hours in his book How Not to Die .
But what if you love both?
Swap orange juice for pomegranate: A study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that the polyphenols in pomegranate improved the digestibility of egg whites by 25%.
Chef Heston Blumenthal pairs eggs with mango on the menu of his restaurant The Fat Duck , which contains enzymes that break down proteins.
