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

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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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Food order does change the absorption of carbohydrates. Protein or fiber first slows down carbohydrate absorption. Generally this is a good thing of there is any obesity or insulin resistance.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7398578/

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