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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Picky eaters are not necessarily made by indulgent parents. Some people have an anatomic/physiologic basis for the issue (“supertasters”)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

I have always been a picky eater & felt terrible about it. My mom was really nice (even back in the 70s when parents were “mean”) because she is also a terribly picky eater.

Then my whole neuroscience class was tested by dr Bartoshuk in the late 90s & I was identified as a supertaster. It was such a relief to figure out what my “problem” was. My picky eating has gotten better as I age, likely because we lose tastebuds as we age.

So please try to be understanding - there may well be a physical reason that a kid won’t eat something & it’s not a parenting fail.

And, for the parents of picky eaters, there is a silver lining... I can’t stand the taste of alcohol, and so I got through college & grad school having never once gotten drunk :)[/quote]

Thank you for pointing this out.  One of my friends pointed out that my yds is probably a super taster.  At the time he refused to eat anything soft or bland, but would eat salty, crunchy things like peanuts.  He is still that way.  I think he would starve to death before he would eat applesauce or mashed potatoes. [/quote]

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