Could having your pudding FIRST stop you from overeating? That's just one example of the theories about what order you should eat in that are now taking social media by storm By Caroline Jones Published: 16:51, 30 September 2024 | Updated: 16:53, 30 September 2024 e-mail 9 View comments Could the order in which you eat certain foods – rather than the amount – be the key to staying slim and healthy? That’s the claim behind the latest TikTok diet craze, known as ‘food sequencing’, with wellness influencers sharing videos of themselves eating a bowl of salad or veg before their dinner, or nibbling a handful of protein-rich nuts before a meal containing carbohydrates (eg rice or pasta). They claim that separating food groups and eating them in a particular order can help you stop unnecessary snacking, lose weight – and even reduce symptoms of conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, where hormonal disruption triggers weight gain, irregular periods, excess hair and poor control of blood sugar levels. But is there any science to back these claims? Researchers at Imperial College London found that eating a sugary dessert first resulted in people eating less at their next meal Dietitian Clare Thornton-Woodome studies have found that food sequencing can reduce overall calorie intake There’s actually nothing new about the idea that eating foods in a certain order could be beneficial.
In fact, sequencing formed the basis of the Hay diet – invented by US doc.
