Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- Eating vegetables and protein before carbohydrates may help people feel fuller and better manage blood sugar levels, but experts say the practice alone is unlikely to lead to significant weight loss.

Known as meal sequencing or food sequencing, the approach involves eating fibre-rich foods such as vegetables first, followed by protein and then carbohydrate-rich foods such as rice, flatbread or other grains, India Today reports.

Dr Prudwiraj Sanamandra, a consultant endocrinologist and diabetologist at KIMS-Arete Hospital in Hyderabad, says the approach may slow the rise in blood sugar after meals and improve satiety and glucose control in some people.

Health and fitness coach Manisha Chopra says fibre and protein can ...