To not understand how a fully grown adult..

[LifesLittleDeciders]

Doesn’t like any vegetables at all?
I was just watching a video about a man who wanted to find recipes he could eat that don’t contain vegetables as he doesn’t like any veg.

I mean come on.. there’s as many flavours in different vegetables as there are colours in the world.. yet he would proclaim to ‘hate all colours’

I just don’t get it. Kids I sort of understand; especially when they descend from fussy parents. But I just think ‘grow up’ when I read about adults not touching vegetables. I’m not talking about “I don’t like broccoli or carrots” - won’t eat vegetables at all.

And the “salad? Do I look like a rabbit?” Slur that comes from people

Who won’t eat anything remotely green or healthy, that saying really boils my piss. Just say no thank you?!

I know IABU as it’s none of my business but it just made me roll my eyes and would be interested to hear others opinions on it.

I agree OP. Can understand certain things people may really really not like, but not sure how people can be to repulsed by vegetables, especially considering how important they are to our diet and health.

Let’s be honest though, that’s probably one if the reason as a nation, the average person is overweight. Perhaps if they swapped other foods for vegetables then maybe we wouldn’t have an obesity crisis.

@RampantIvy

It strikes me that a lot of food issues are psychological, and not just down to geniune dislike.

Definitely. The thought of a new food makes me really anxious, I'm not repulsed by the sight of veg (excluding broad beans) but it provokes a 'fight or flight' response in me.

Yanbu , but ultimately it’s his loss, and I guess we don’t have to understand each other

I was a fussy DC now I eat most F&V bar olives.

Unlike refined sugar, fruits are full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibre

Indeed but your teeth can't tell the difference between refined & unrefined sugar.

@CateTown

Unlike refined sugar, fruits are full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibre

Indeed but your teeth can't tell the difference between refined & unrefined sugar.

Sugar booooombs

runs away waving hands

Ikora
Crankley problem there is your seeing and maybe have tried anglicised Chinese food which is smothered in very often over sweetened sauce and too much of it. It’s like curry, my housemate at uni taught me to cook a curry like his Mum did at home. Not like the curry you would have at a restaurant, I taught him some Chinese dishes.

I honestly have my doubts that I would find authentic Chinese food any more palatable. Having seen on tv the revolting food some Chinese visitors try to get past Australian Customs I can guarantee it. Chicken feet, what looked like deep fried rats and other delicacies like deep fried insects. I'll pass thanks

My dad is 83. He won’t eat any vegetable other than occasionally frozen peas. He does not eat fruit other than tomato. He says he was forced to eat vegetables as a small child and he swore he would never eat them as an adult. Christmas dinner he has turkey potatoes peas and gravy. I have never seen him eat any other veg. He’s in fairly good health for his age and still has his own teeth 😄

I used to be like him years ago and it was so embarrassing. I hated going for meals, eating at other peoples houses etc. When I was 21 an ex boyfriend would encourage me very gently to try vegetables. It sounds daft but he'd cook me a dinner I liked (e.g. steak and chips) and give me one piece of broccoli and one piece of carrot with it. If I ate them he'd do something nice for me as a reward (foot massage or similar). Over time I didn't exactly like veg but I got used to it, and now years later I eat a lot of different vegetables. Still won't eat salad/lettuce though.

I don't like broad beans. My son who is 6 won't eat any no matter how i try to disguise or hide them

My BIL is like this. He won’t even eat frozen peas! He is also morbidly obese

@saraclara

It's no wonder that bowel cancer is the second most common prevalent cancer by death rates.

All the people who say 'leave kids alone if they don't like fruit/veg' are really not doing them a favour. My late DH was a veg avoider (though he'd eat frozen peas). He died aged 55 of a very avoidable cancer.

A lack of vitamin C is the least of fruit/veg avoiders' problems. And bowel cancer deaths are becoming much more prevalent in younger people than they used to be,

So at least keep encouraging your family members to try vegetables. And if they only eat one or two varieties, at least ensure they get them every day.

I don't think that anyone is saying to just let kids live on junk if they don't want to eat vegetables, just that forcing children to eat vegetables is likely to cause more food issues than it solves, and that there are more gentle and effective ways to go about this (as shown by the veg dodgers in this thread who have been able to change their ways in adulthood).

[quote CatsHairEverywhere]@knottz if you worked with adults with ASD you should know damn fine about intolerances to textures and flavours. Stop trying to dump all autistic people in the same group, we’re very widely varied with our needs and our restrictions [/quote]
she wasn't trying to dump all autistic people in the same boat - she was saying that the people she worked with were very happy to eat vegetables and she was suggesting that people found something other than autism to blame

@karala why should I find something other than my autism to blame for being unable to stand the texture of (cooked) vegetables? It’s completely due to my autism, I won’t be ashamed of that. And it’s not helpful, someone telling people not to blame ASD for things. You can see for yourself the amount of people on this thread claiming adults that can’t eat vegetables should grow up, how they just don’t understand etc etc. It’s incredibly hurtful to see people attack something that can’t be helped and I am sick and tired of living with such idiocy around me.

@CateTown

Unlike refined sugar, fruits are full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibre

Indeed but your teeth can't tell the difference between refined & unrefined sugar.

All fruits are not the same in this regard. It’s true that eating a lot of sweet, acidic fruit like citrus fruit, pineapple isn’t good for your teeth though these are fine in moderation). But the ones that are less acidic and sweet, such as apples, peaches, bananas, berries, are fine. And as I said, full of vitamins, minerals, anti oxidants and fibre. So making a virtue of not eating any fruit because it’s “full of sugar” does not make any sense really.

[quote CatsHairEverywhere]@karala why should I find something other than my autism to blame for being unable to stand the texture of (cooked) vegetables? It’s completely due to my autism, I won’t be ashamed of that. And it’s not helpful, someone telling people not to blame ASD for things. You can see for yourself the amount of people on this thread claiming adults that can’t eat vegetables should grow up, how they just don’t understand etc etc. It’s incredibly hurtful to see people attack something that can’t be helped and I am sick and tired of living with such idiocy around me.[/quote]
I think she was saying that it's not only autism and that some people simply don't like vegetables but it doesn't mean that they have autism - they're not always related.

I think she was saying that it's not only autism and that some people simply don't like vegetables but it doesn't mean that they have autism - they're not always related.

That's how I read it as well.

My 17 year old doresn't eat any veg and is unlikely to as it just makes him urge
He has food phobia of certain things and as adults we are allowed to decided what we do and don't want to it ,personally I don't pass judgement on what another person eats

You're not being unreasonable. My husband eats onions and tomatoes and carrots and celery in a sauce. But if he can see the carrots, he'll pick them out. Nothing green. No beans. No leaves. No broccoli or cauli. No salad. It's a nuisance.
Fruit - he'll eat all of it.
Silly.

Tbh I’ve met vegans that hate veg, which I find even odder.

I just think ‘grow up’ too. I have no patience with this sort of thing.
I'm not convinced childhood diet is an excuse either. I was brought up on a mix of beige/frozen convenience foods and what veg there was boiled for about twelve hours into a mush, but as an adult I eat lots of veg.

It's perfectly possible for a persons DNA to make them averse to vegetables. It doesn't have to be total aversion there are degrees of it.
Lactose intolerance ring any bells?

not only yabu but not your business.

My ex would only eat:

Macaroni cheese
Cheese pizza
Cheese or jam sandwich
Garlic bread
Ready salted crisps
Chocolate

As you can imagine it was a nightmare, Christmas Dinner was a write off every year. Our wedding we had to have a buffet so people wouldn't notice him eating shite.

My now dh eats normal and its sooo refreshing!

I couldn't go back to another fussy eater.

I hate veg, everyone else would eat them in my household growing up, but I would gag on them in baby food at four months or so and spit them out, my mum tried everything as she loves veg. Now I’m older I add mixed veg to my shepherds pie, I make ragu with carrot and celery and I eat those with no problems but otherwise will not eat veg or salad. My daughter fortunately does not follow me, she loves carrots (especially raw) even though me and my partner don’t eat them, she is not keen on some and will tolerate others, but she hates eggs and milk, literally cannot stand the taste... we all like or dislike different things and cannot always help it