Has sequential eating worked for anyone?

My girlfriend eats her meals sequentially, not for any health reasons but out of some oddly formed habit, and it has started to drive me insane. She will usually eat the main course first and then eat each side respectfully of one another. In looking this up, I've noticed a number of suggestions saying that this is actually a healthier way of eating and aiding digestion, though not in the way she does it.

Basically what I've read is that you need to eat the least dense food first and the most dense last. Has this worked for anyone? This would be a serious commitment for me, as I love to mix foods.

I was looking for a way to show her that she was crazy and it turned out that I may find a new, free way to deal with indigestion!

It all ends up mushed in the stomach at the same time anyway...it seems personal preference. I have a friend who does this. She's not OCD about it, but maybe it's the taste or texture she doesn't like to mix.

Regarding showing her she's crazy....it's counterproductive possibly causing distress that would only create her comfort in food eating preferences to be stronger rather than bending to YOUR way of convincing.

Telling her it's a better way to eat based on digestion is also an extreme. It's personal preference...if she's not shovelling it into her mouth and eating like a pig then I think she's OK.

Now, if she throws a fit if one food touches another then it's obviously an OCD thing...different issue.

Bon appetit!

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I do it. I don't have a particular order, I have to see the plate of food first. But usually I eat my favorite thing last. I agree it's prolly an OCD thing, because I have to choose the exact piece of food I want. Like my pizza... each bite should end up having equal pepperoni, not too much sauce, etc... lol

I usually save some of the thing I like best on my plate for the last bites as well... unless I start getting full, then I switch up and ensure I eat all of the best thing first! Who knew so much planning went into eating meals, eh?

subdued said...
It could have to do with the way she was brought up. Some cultures don't mix foods. I was initially brought up that way--to not mix my foods. Then I married a Chinese guy, and I have been mixing my foods every since

She was brought up in a different culture. That culture, however, does not encourage eating this way. She spoke with her parents to ask if they'd ever noticed while she was growing up and they had, but didn't say anything because she still eats healthy overall. She said her brother does this too.

I think it's more of a pet peeve of mine, more than anything. I can't imagine eating this way, personally. To each his or her own, I suppose.

If i eat some things, like chex mix, i seperate it and save the ones i like best for last.

But i have a friend who will not let her food touch, and she eats it one at a time, because she thinks (no idea why, and she is a grown woman very intelligent, but actually belives this) that her food layers in her stomach. So if she eats a hamburger, fries and icecream, the hamburger lays on the bottom, then the fries then the icecream!
Just a bit of OCD weirdness, lol.

I don't know why it bothers people. They can eat how they want.

I don't like my food to touch but if they're solids and can't mix I don't care. If there's a sauce and it leaks on my veggies or something I only eat the top ones lol