My 12 year old won't stop eating raw onions, could it be a vitamin deficiency?

[Anonymous]

I'd also encourage OP to think about the "perfect" language. I'm going to assume you aren't actually saying that to your daughter, but if your daughter is hearing you talk about your body in a negative way, discussing bodies in terms of perfection, that can land as the idea that if she gained weight she would be flawed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd also encourage OP to think about the "perfect" language. I'm going to assume you aren't actually saying that to your daughter, but if your daughter is hearing you talk about your body in a negative way, discussing bodies in terms of perfection, that can land as the idea that if she gained weight she would be flawed.

That jumped out at me too.

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Anonymous wrote:Could she be the biological offspring of my mother, who counts onion sandwiches and onion ‘salads’ as her two favorite foods?
Some people just love onions.

My father-in-law was like this. He would hold a whole peeled onion in his hand and eat it like an apple.

My grandpa ate onions like that too... with a large glass of buttermilk on the side (into which he put a ton of black pepper, wtf.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she is swimming 1.5 hours, four times a week, she should be ravenous. My mom had to double the food when both my sister and I swam. That small of a breakfast and a school lunch, and it seems like she should be really hungry after school. I would keep an eye on it for sure, and possibly suggest adding something more caloric to her snack.

But, she might just really like onions.

This may have been written by my sister? Is that you, sis??? When we were swimming in middle school and high school, our goals were for me to eat 4800 calories a day and for my sister to eat 5600 calories a day. I can't remember what the protein component was but it was like 125 mg (?) or something. A small breakfast and school lunch with a normal dinner would not hit that at all.

I agree she really might like onions but I think it is wise to listen to the nutritionist above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could she be the biological offspring of my mother, who counts onion sandwiches and onion ‘salads’ as her two favorite foods?
Some people just love onions.

My father-in-law was like this. He would hold a whole peeled onion in his hand and eat it like an apple.

My grandpa ate onions like that too... with a large glass of buttermilk on the side (into which he put a ton of black pepper, wtf.)

Boy, I can only imagine the smell coming out of those old mouths. Yikes!

[Anonymous]

My DDs LOVE raw onions for the taste, when i cut for soup they sneak some bites

[Anonymous]

A small breakfast, a school lunch, and a balanced dinner doesn’t sound like enough food for a kid that’s swimming four days a week. Does she get snacks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could she be the biological offspring of my mother, who counts onion sandwiches and onion ‘salads’ as her two favorite foods?
Some people just love onions.

my 10 year old adores onions, has them with everything. If I am chopping onions he comes up next to me and grabs a chunk. Worse things to like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DDs LOVE raw onions for the taste, when i cut for soup they sneak some bites

Sure but there's a difference between that and coming home and eating a large onion after school like you'd eat an apple?!

OP ok so she comes home and has her onion -- and then how's dinner? Is she eating a normal amount as she used to/as you'd expect someone to eat who ate a small breakfast/lunch and swam for 1.5 hrs or is she then like picking at her dinner saying -- nah I'm not that hungry, my onion filled me up?

[Anonymous]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-DMnQvQHAc

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd also encourage OP to think about the "perfect" language. I'm going to assume you aren't actually saying that to your daughter, but if your daughter is hearing you talk about your body in a negative way, discussing bodies in terms of perfection, that can land as the idea that if she gained weight she would be flawed.

That jumped out at me too.

+1

[Anonymous]

I have a daughter recovering from an eating disorder. She almost died six months ago. It may be nothing, OP. But you need to watch her carefully. My daughter intentionally ate low calorie, bulky foods. It was one of the many signs I missed.

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It’s supposedly a sign of liver failure.

[Anonymous]

What would happen if she asked for her onion, and you said-fine, but you just burned a ton of calories at swim, so before you fill up on onion I want you to eat this cheese (or nuts, or full fat yogurt, or whatever high calorie nutrient dense food that she likes).

[Anonymous]

Oh, for Pete’s sake! If she was eating a bunch of apples, no one would say anything. I liked onions and radishes as a kid, with some salt or salad dressing, and I still do. I’m perfectly normal in weight and health.