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[quote=Anonymous]It's not all bad, OP. Frankly, a lot of people are spending a lot of money and injecting themselves with drugs to cut "food noise" and would love to think the way your daughter does about food. A diet of tofu, soy meats, fruits, vegetables, pizza, pasta, avocado, and some dessert doesn't sound terrible for an 8 year old. You said she leaves behind the buns, crackers, and toast - that's better than the kids who will eat only white carbs!

What would concern me is that she says she "hates food" and "nothing tastes good." That language is a bit concerning. Are you sure she's not being a touch dramatic? Does she ever compliment your cooking or say something was delicious? Does she have favorite flavors of things?

The tiredness could go either way... are you sure it's not you looking for a problem? I mean, does she finish practice, but feels tired after? Or is she so fatigued that she cannot do her activities?

You said you liked the idea of a minimum threshold of food for the day, so I recommend Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen app to kind of gamify it: https://nutritionfacts.org/daily-dozen/

Obviously, being only 7, you'd have to adjust the amounts for her. You said she doesn't like beans but maybe she'd do hummus every other day. I like this approach because it encourages adding healthy foods rather than restricting bad ones.[/quote]

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