[Food] Are you / your kids fussy eaters?

[Lush]

My wife only eats burger (plain, no cheese, salad or pickles), pizza (margherita only) and pasta (plain sauce, no extras) on the whole (her three main food groups) as she's insanely fussy. If it ain't bland, she ain't interested...

That's a shame. As the original article shows, there will be consequences further down the line. The cells in your body get the nutrients they need to work through the food you put in your mouth, so you can imagine how they're struggling right now. You can get away with it to an extent when you're young but there will come a point when some of them will stop working efficiently.

 

[schmunk]

This is incredibly normal, Olives are the devils food!

Olives can vary significantly - I really dislike the small black ones in jars/cans, as I find they have a weird metallic taste, but I could eat handfuls of the green and brown ones from the deli (or tubs in the supermarket).

 

[mwrpoole]

My 8 year old is fussy.

Just before his 1st birthday he was quite ill, would be ok during the day but at night would just be sick continually. He also had a rather nice habit of exploding his nappy, quite literally.

Saw the GP couple of times but no real help, suggested dairy free, gluten free etc but as he’d been ok on those previously more a long shot. It was only when he started losing weight quite drastically they took it seriously. We ended up seeing a specialist in Harley St who knew what it was straight away. The illness had wiped out all the food weaning he’d done and consequently his body was rejecting all food. Food which did get through was just sitting in his intestines until a build up of gas caused it to explode out!

Simple solution, treat him like baby again for a month and milk only then gently start the weaning process again. Only problem was he refused to eat anything he’d previously tasted and still does now. Will not touch fruit or much veg. The smell of apples or bananas make him reach. He basically eats bread, pasta, potatoes. He does like meat of most sorts & fish. He will eat baked beans & small amounts of peas/sweetcorn.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

That's a shame. As the original article shows, there will be consequences further down the line. The cells in your body get the nutrients they need to work through the food you put in your mouth, so you can imagine how they're struggling right now. You can get away with it to an extent when you're young but there will come a point when some of them will stop working efficiently.

Yet... she's a size 10, runs Marathons, goes to the gym 4 times a week and rarely gets ill....

 

[Megazone]

I can't stand celery especially its crunchiness, but love it blended into a drink

 

[Klaas]

That OP is very sad.

Generally though, the British are the fussiest of eaters I've ever come across. I see a few, you ate what you were given when I were a lad/lass, but all ages turn their noses up at all sorts here. Much better these days but there's still a lot of reverse snobbery about eating good (as in quality) food in the UK.

 

[Megazone]

That OP is very sad.

Generally though, the British are the fussiest of eaters I've ever come across. I see a few, you ate what you were given when I were a lad/lass, but all ages turn their noses up at all sorts here. Much better these days but there's still a lot of reverse snobbery about eating good (as in quality) food in the UK.

What the British love is salt. I watched a programme on our intake on salt. One of the examples was how we use Soy sauce which is very high in salt. In Japan when they eat sushi, they put a tiny amount of Soy sauce on it whereas in the UK we (including myself) soak our sushi in the stuff.

 

[marcos3263]

My kid will eat anything if you promise him an ice cream afterwards.

Que the pedo jokes..........

 

[Meade's Ball]

For my 2 year old whippersnapper i have to either puree a few different vegetables as he'll have them in combined slop mode or conceal them in rice or pasta. His mother bemoans the fact daily, but if i tempt him with a slight scraping of avocado he's spitting that out with venom, scratching his tongue. He's happy with fruit though, so vitamin c finds its way in him.
For the last year or more i have resorted to pre-made meals, quite often, for me. Well, Quorn things with a bit of bean mixed in. Of an evening i cook 3 meals. One for Meade Jr, then one for me put on just when he's finishing eating. And then one for his mother when she takes him off to napland. I'm the veggie of the 3, but stomach-bulgingly-wise i don't seem it. Need to start steaming some stuff for me, and keeping on fighting little Albi's spewing of broccoli chunks.

 

[Meade's Ball]

What the British love is salt. I watched a programme on our intake on salt. One of the examples was how we use Soy sauce which is very high in salt. In Japan when they eat sushi, they put a tiny amount of Soy sauce on it whereas in the UK we (including myself) soak our sushi in the stuff.

We are a salty lot, yes, but when the Spanish grandma comes to town and is in charge of the cooking for all but me, half the canister is empty in a week, as well as a litre of olive oil lavished in every meal. I think she's of an age where tastebuds have diminished though, so maybe doesn't know if there is 30 granules in there or 19 thousand.

 

[schmunk]

We are a salty lot, yes, but when the Spanish grandma comes to town and is in charge of the cooking for all but me, half the canister is empty in a week, as well as a litre of olive oil lavished in every meal. I think she's of an age where tastebuds have diminished though, so maybe doesn't know if there is 30 granules in there or 19 thousand.

I was in Copenhagen for work recently and all of the food was massively salty, even when giving consideration to hotel/restaurant food generally being more seasoned.

 

[Questions]

I can remember telling one of my daughters when she was quite young that she was not to leave the table until she had finished her meal which you obviously was not enjoying one bit. She ended up vomiting across the table and although I eat everything I realised then that you just can’t force a child to eat what they don’t like.

 

[Durlston]

Go vegetarian! There are still some really nice and tasty things. Even spinach, cabbage, broccoli and carrots (seriously!) with an excellent cheese and tomato pizza if cooked well being a favourite. There's many different, superb meals available. Since giving up meat I've felt so much fitter in myself which I needed to.

Chips (or french fries) are mostly disgusting unless they're the thick-cut versions that are served in good pubs and restaurants.

It's so easy to have a good and varied diet.

 

[seagully]

I eat absolutely anything. My eldest (4) did eat absolutely anything until he went to nursery and got sat next to fussy eaters to try and encourage them to eat and instead he learnt a new attention seeking strategy. Still eats anything if he's in a particularly good mood and forgets about this.
The twins (1) eat pretty much anything, and absolutely anything if I'm eating it and they can snatch it out my mouth.

I also have 1 year old twins and can confirm that this is the same experience I have!

 

[Chicken Run]

Beat me to it. My previous dog ate anything you put in front of her.

This one is a proper fussy little bugger!

More interested in what my be on my plate than hers [emoji35][emoji35]

 

[Live by the sea]

My kids who are not even secondary school age now turn their nose up at fish fingers and want fresh cooked salmon or sea bass ! They also have gone off chicken dippers \ nuggets and only want properly cooked roast chicken .fresh orange juice not squash.

Think maybe overindulged !

 

[mothy]

Just had sushi at moshimo with my 9 & 7 yr old

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Not a fussy eater, but I do like a chopped banana and 12 red grapes halved and scattered over my breakfast cereal of the day. The grapes thing has become a daily ritual since I did a AITC Health and Wellbeing course and learned that 12 grapes counts as one of my 5 a Day. Is that fussy?

 

[zefarelly]

My kids who are not even secondary school age now turn their nose up at fish fingers and want fresh cooked salmon or sea bass ! They also have gone off chicken dippers \ nuggets and only want properly cooked roast chicken .fresh orange juice not squash.

Think maybe overindulged !

likewise here, has to be home made cheese sauce or bolognese.

I bloody love fish fingers

 

[Muzzy]

Cannot eat mussels due to allergy. Don’t eat baked beans because they are the food of the devil.
I will try pretty much anything else that could be considered normal in our society.

My son is the nightmare eater in our family because his mum allowed him to be.