Is it common for aspires to not like a lot types of food?

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I have a restrictive diet and I'm about to turn 41 and I don't like most foods.

It takes some work but I can adjust recipes so that food becomes easier to eat.
For instance, mushy tomatoes. The mushy part can be scooped out, leaving the firm part.

A lot of food is overcooked for food safety. Use a cooking thermometer to cook it more precisely.
Sometimes the serving temperature makes a big difference.

Buy fresh food in small quantities and eat it before it goes stale.
I bought one small red potato and a scallion for 50 cents.
Some stuff can be frozen. I freeze ginger and shave off what I need with a microplane.

Fairly common. I'm not one of them though, I eat damn near anything.

I suppose I'm one who doesn't like a lot of types of food. If I go to a large supermarket, I'd say I wouldn't be at all interested in 99% of the edibles they sell. It's all simple stuff - eggs, butter, flour, cinnamon, raisins, spinach, carrots, lettuce, walnuts, olive oil, sunflower oil, extra-sharp cheddar cheese, taters, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, garlic, soya milk, green tea, grapes, a specific kind of cookies, a specific kind of crackers, and occasionally sugar to make my home-made bread rise, and vitamin C, B12 and D3. That's all. I normally eat a very small number of different meals, same ones every day, but I've engineered them to contain all the nutrients I need.

I've ARFID which is a pain in the f*****g arse and makes an intolerable existence even more intolerable.

It's fairly common for autistics to be picky eaters & sites often list it as one of the warning signs for autism in kids. As for myself, I've always been a majorly picky eater who loves junk food, fast food, & sweets. I was a lot pickier as a kid but I'm still majorly picky.

I'm a picky eater and always have been. Up until I was 21 or something I used to eat a grand total of like 10 different foods, if you excluded sweet stuff in general.

Now I eat way more things but there are still "prohibited substances" which I would never eat.

I don't think I was really pickier than most kids. But as an adult I really need to eat more fruits and vegetables. Who doesn't? I don't usually each much food until suppertime. If I buy fresh fruit and vegetables I get full of anxiety from not eating them while they go bad or lose all their nutrients.

I heard that most people on the spectrum don't like their foods mixed up. I'm like that for some foods but I find it easier to eat vegetables when I can cook them mixed into the meal instead of separately.

When I was in the group home with about ten other people the menu choices were basically this: take it or leave it.
I don't know how many times I had to tell the staff not to put big piles of mashed potatoes on my plate because I can't stand their mealy texture and the way they stick in my throat.

As a kid I usually only ate one meal a day because I hated the food at school & mom hated cooking special meals for me. I pigged out when I ate supper & didn't eat much else the rest of the day except maybe a few snacks. When I was little my parents & various others were worried I'd might die because of how little I ate due to hating the food.

For those not eating bananced diets I'd recommend doing some research on vitamins & supplements. Eating a balanced diet is still a lot better but they might offset some of the negative health effects.

I was extremely picky as a kid, but I got much better as I got older. However, if left up to how I feel, I would once per day at most. I might go a day or two without eating. I have to make sure I follow a healthy eating routine, or I can get malnourished. If I exercise though, My appetite kicks in and I do get hungry. Still, I have certain foods that I will not eat no matter what, and some that I will eat just a little to be polite.

I'm one of those guys that does not like when foods touch, particularly wet foods. Those Thanksgiving plates with the mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, and gravy all touching are like tests of my ability to overcome.

I'm probably unusual then. I eat a lot of vegetables. I'd eat more fruit but grapes are the only one I can be bothered with, everything else being so messy with sticky juice running all over the place.


I prefer mixtures too, in fact my staple diet is mixed salad (grated carrots, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, grated cheese, olive oil, and chopped walnuts) and a mixture of mashed potato, lentils, spinach, mushrooms, onions, garlic, butter, and olive oil.


I'd hate to lose control over my diet like that. Admittedly I resent having to prepare my own food, because it's too easy and menial, but the control I get over what I eat makes it worth the effort. One reason I don't go to restaurants very often is that there isn't usually much on the menu that I'd like to eat.