Do you eat your fruits first or last?

Hi, yes i have also heard and read that fruits eaten first and beofre the meal, do the most good to us, but its sad that somehow very few of us follow this. Reasons can be many, for me i dont have them first no matter how much i want to, as if i do that, then my kids will follow suit ,and once they eat fruits then they wouldnt like to eat normal food. So, i also have to avoid this, and eat them after the meal, the kids also do that, but they have it as their mid-snack time meal too, so they are alright and yet hungry for their meal too.

hmmm.. yeah, i've heard about this also. fruits are suppose to be eaten first before you eat the main dish. what ther pupose of this is actually it can help your food disgestion. it also could avoid you from eating too much, which is bad for health.. =) for me, i would love to eat sweet fruits first before i eat.

I like fruits also, but eat them whenever I finish eating lunch. I never knew much about that, because there are fruits that can make our stomach ache. So I thank you for providing this good information, I know can enjoy eating fruits even before the main dish was served!;)

I eat them at no particular order actually. he he he! Sometimes I eat them first or in the middle of the meal or at the last. I like to play with my food and has the tendency to turn my food around in my plate that whatever I feel like eating I just eat.

Most fruits are digested in half an hour to 2 hours, as compared to 8 to 14 hours taken for regular food. So, fruits should ideally be eaten 1 hour to half hour before eating your lunch/dinner. What it does is, it helps better digestion of the fruits and since they are digested quickly, the regular food after that is accepted easily by the stomach. Where as if you eat fruits after lunch/dinner, since the food takes 8-14 hours to digest, the fruits just stay and keep rotting and emit gases. So we feel our stomach is bloated and we have a lot of burps. Its not healthy to do that. Ever since I read this information 3 years ago, I've been practicing this. It makes me feel more healthy.

i usually eat fruits after the meal, but i dont know that its better when eat fruits first.nice idea.

I'm eating a bowl of strawberries right now after finishing my lunch. I think it's a little strange to eat them before a meal, here in the UK we would usually consider them as deserts. Unless the meal is breakfast or lunch.

i generally have them after my dinner.

I had never thought of or heard of that until now. I have never ate fruit before I eat my meals. I like to eat watermelon after I eat my full course meal. I think eating any kind of fruit or dessert may spoil your appetitie for the main dish. I'm sure it does curb your appetite though when you get ready to eat your meals.

i always eat my fruit after my meal as i like to eat my meal first and be full. if i eat fruit before my meal i will be too full

I like to eat fruits in between meals as a snack so I avoid eating too many other things..the fruit sugasr keeps my sugar levels even so I don't crave too many sweet things..I have chocolate a couple of times a week as a treat rather than every single day as I used to lol. I am a chocaholic and so have to be very very careful..lol..

I usually eat my fruits last, after my meals.

I eat fruits after food, I don't need to lose weight so I just eat it as desert not as a way to feel full, also i read you can drink two glasses of water before you eat to feel full if you need to lose weight.

Yes, wee supose to eat fruits before meal.It's not only helps for better digestion it also contains high fiber which helps to improve our bowel movement as well.I usually will eat fruits before my meal.

yes,it is true that fruits are to be eaten first and not after a meal not for the main reason of initially getting filled up but for the reason of digestion.you have to work up your digestive system so by the time you go to your main meal ,it would be digested well.