Eli5: does the order in which you eat food matter?

Question

Regarding digestion if hypothetically you have dessert first before eating dinner (but within the same time frame), does that lead to a different digestion outcome than if you had dinner before dessert?

Let’s say I eat a burger first then fries after, does that affect your stomach and digestion differently than if you were to eat fries first before the burger? Or assuming you have them within minutes of each other it doesn’t really matter?

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Answer 1

I’m not sure, but I’ve been told many Europeans eat their salad after their meal for supposed digestive benefits (as a opposed to before as is common in the US).