Chat : Re: Food textures - question for Hillary - hope it makes sense

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I'm barging in too. I've had food aversions as a child too - I

never liked certain foods by their textures as well: Oatmeal, cream

of wheat, rice pudding, peas, and a few others. They tasted great -

I just didn't like the texture. I'm thinking that maybe many adults

have experienced some form of food aversion at some time in their

life. It's just that since we didn't all have " diagnoses " relating

to a food aversion symptom - then people wouldn't know it. My step-

father hated the feeling of mushrooms in his mouth. My mother's

husband dislikes certain textures of foods too. Wouldn't it be

interesting to do a study?

- H

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> Hi Hillary and Gillian

> I am going to horn in on your conversation. As I read Hillary's

explanation of her food aversions, I kept thinking " that's what I

think about butter " ; imagine my surprise, towards the end, when

Hillary said she gets that way with butter too.

> It would be interesting to discover if it's a sensory issue or

just " human nature " . I had no " bad psychological experiences " as a

child in regards to butter, I just abhor it. I can't tell you how

many times I've had to throw away a yummy looking pre-made sandwich

from the stores because I bite into it only to discover butter!!

> However, as a kid, I use to have to take a real foul tasting

medicine that was orange in colouring (some antibiotic); it makes me

shudder even now to think about it. But as a result I refuse to eat

anything orange coloured. No orange Popsicles, no O.J., nothing!!

Now that is all psychological!.

> Interesting topic

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> Deb

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> Re: Food textures - question for Hillary -

hope it makes sense

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> Hi Gillian,

> No, I don't mind you asking. I'm trying to think of a way to

explain my distaste of certain textures...I wish I could tell you

that my aversion to certain things could be tied to a deep

psychological scar from my childhood, because then my aversions

would seem logical. Unfortunately, they're not logical at all. I

really cannot describe it any other way than I hate the way certain

things feel in my mouth (esp. the " mushy " things). It has nothing

to do with taste, bad experience, bad associations, etc. I just

don't like the way they feel when they hit my mouth. It also has

nothing to do with chewing or swallowing. I'm sorry, I know that

is not a very satisfactory answer. I will say, however, that my

aversion to ground meats probably comes more from what I know goes

into those products than it does with the way they feel in my

mouth. I & n! bsp; ate ground beef, turkey and sausage from about the

age of eight until I was thirteen or so - I blame that aversion on a

> burgeoning awareness of the world . I had many, many hours

of both feeding and speech therapy growing up, and none of those

professionals seemed to be able to explain it either. And in all

honesty, I'm not really sure how much good the feeding therapy

actually did me.

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> There are certain things when I put in my mouth (mostly

the " mushy " things like bananas) that make me want to vomit because

of their texture. I also have an extreme aversion to/dislike of

butter or butter related products. I can't stand the way they

taste, look, feel and smell. I have no explanation for this,

either, it just is. As I said earlier, I really wish I had a

better, more revealing answer to give you, but I don't understand

my aversions much more than anyone else does . I will say,

though, that I have gotten better about at least trying things as I

get older. There's still a lot that I try that I don't like, but

at least I try it.

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> In an interesting sidenote, I've always LOVED more ethnic

type/non American foods (Thai, Indian, Mexican, any and all Asian

cuisine, Ethiopian, etc.).

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> ~Hillary

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