Which is the Right One, Eat Fruit or Rice First

There are different opinions related to the 'ritual' of eating fruit. Some think the fruit should be eaten before the rice or vice versa, eating the fruit into "dessert" after a big meal.

According to Professor of Community Nutrition Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) Professor Ali Khomsan, when the best time to eat fruit was dependent on weight.

"Fruits or vegetables matter first if we are experiencing obesity or overweight, so we are not greedy to eat carbohydrates and fats," said Prof. Ali to Compass Lifestyle in Journalist Goes To Campus event at Faculty of Human Ecology (FEMA) IPB, Bogor, West Java, Wednesday (23/8/2017).

Meanwhile, for people with normal weight and no body weight problem, then there is no rule should eat fruit or rice first.

Prof.Ali reminded that the body can digest according to whatever food goes into the body. When the carbohydrate in advance, it will be digested first by the mouth. Meanwhile, if the incoming protein, it will not be digested in the mouth, but in the body.

"So our body enzymes come out to digest according to the incoming food," he said.