We have been lied to, salads DO fill you up

This week I decided I wanted to eat more salads because I saw a study where it says it’s better to eat fiber rich foods first and then move on to the carbs and protein part of your meal. It supposedly helps with sugar spikes as far as I understood.

Is this 100% true? I don’t know. But this is what I did. I made huge salads that would fill a bowl. Put half a cucumber, 2 small tomatoes, green onions, olives, arugula. Nothing filling. I also went light on the dressing, some olive oil balsamic vinaigrette and salt. I would also prepare something for afterwards. Maybe a sandwich or rice with meat. What I didn’t anticipate, is that I would not be able to move on to the next course. I would be stuffed. I guess this is what people call volume eating? After the salad I wouldn’t be fully satisfied but I would be too full to continue eating. 15 minutes later, probably after digestion, everything would be alright and I would feel satiated. The effect is not as immediate as with other meals.

Now I don’t see how this would work for every meal, since we need protein and carbs but maybe once a day would be good.