Should fruits and vegetables be mixed together?

Question: Should fruits and vegetables be mixed together?

There is no evidence to support this food-combining rule, however digestion of fruits and vegetables begins in the mouth, where the enzymes in your saliva begin to break down the carbohydrates.

The chewed food moves on to the stomach, where everything is mixed together and the acid and protein enzymes begin to break down the protein in the vegetables.

Once in the small intestines, other enzymes break down the carbohydrates from your fruits and vegetables into glucose and vegetable protein into peptides and amino acids.

It is then absorbed, along with the vitamins and minerals, into the bloodstream.

Your body can handle the digestion of a variety of nutrients from all different types of foods at the same time.

It does not digest the carbs from fruit any differently than the carbs from vegetables.