skittles
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I've been reflecting on this lately. I think kids generally dislike vegetables, and gravitate toward processed food, sugar and fat. But I don't think they have an aversion to PUFA or fake sugar.
My parents always made me clean my plate. I wonder if I would have ate less chips, drank less soda, and ate less margarine, if they were all made with real ingredients. In general, my parents restricted my sugar and saturated fat, and I probably overcompensated with fatty meat and chips. I wasn't ever too fat as a kid, but always had a few extra pounds. As I got older, I fought with acne.
I loved chocolate, but my parents rarely let me have it. Even going so far as to telling my school that I was 'allergic to chocolate'.
I never cared much for plain milk, but I loved chocolate milk. I loved cereal too.
I liked regular old block cheese and parmesan, but not fancy cheese. Also didn't like processed cheese.
I loved all kinds of fruit, loved orange juice and apple juice.
I only ate egg yolks, never egg whites.
I loved fatty meat, but didn't like lean meat. Except shellfish, I always loved every type of shellfish. Even sea snails.
I liked burgers but I didn't eat much beef.
At McDonalds, I'd always get McNuggets with Sweet & Sour sauce or Honey.
I hated lots of veggies like onions, lettuce, tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, etc.
I would only eat pasta with margarine and salt (maybe cheese). I wouldn't eat pizza if it had too much tomato sauce.
I loved some veggies like carrots, mushrooms, green beans, broccoli, if they were cooked and smothered with fat (margarine - parents didn't get butter)
I liked corn and mashed potatoes.
I loved peanut butter, but not the natural stuff. Favourite candy was Reese's and Wunderbar.
I loved crackers and bagels with margarine or peanut butter.
I loved Pepsi, but my parents only ever bought Diet Pepsi.
I loved vinegar way more than any normal kid.
I ate way too many chips. Favourite flavour was Salt and Vinegar.
The eldest of my sisters was raised with similar restrictions, and grew up eating very similar to me. Meat-centric, loved chips and fatty foods, told to clean her plate, overate. She always had a few extra pounds too, and although she never had much acne, she always had other health problems. Infections, headaches, sicknesses, etc.
My youngest sister was raised without any sort of food restriction. She grew up with butter in the house. She ate whatever she wanted and was never told to clean her plate. Lots of people consider her a picky eater. She never had any difficulty maintaining a lean physique or perfect skin, and she's always had seemingly infinite energy. She instinctively doesn't eat much food in one sitting - often eating only half her plate before offering her leftovers to someone else at the table - but she typically snacks on things throughout the day. She eats some veggies, but not a lot of them. She puts sugar on her oranges, drinks lots of soda, loves candy. Very starch-centric diet - pasta, potatoes. She generally doesn't gravitate toward animal fat (cuts the fat off her bacon/steak), but she likes butter on some foods. She'll have some PUFA-rich foods now and then (chicken strips, potato chips, etc), but she doesn't ever seem to need much of it before she's satisfied.
My parents always made me clean my plate. I wonder if I would have ate less chips, drank less soda, and ate less margarine, if they were all made with real ingredients. In general, my parents restricted my sugar and saturated fat, and I probably overcompensated with fatty meat and chips. I wasn't ever too fat as a kid, but always had a few extra pounds. As I got older, I fought with acne.
I loved chocolate, but my parents rarely let me have it. Even going so far as to telling my school that I was 'allergic to chocolate'.
I never cared much for plain milk, but I loved chocolate milk. I loved cereal too.
I liked regular old block cheese and parmesan, but not fancy cheese. Also didn't like processed cheese.
I loved all kinds of fruit, loved orange juice and apple juice.
I only ate egg yolks, never egg whites.
I loved fatty meat, but didn't like lean meat. Except shellfish, I always loved every type of shellfish. Even sea snails.
I liked burgers but I didn't eat much beef.
At McDonalds, I'd always get McNuggets with Sweet & Sour sauce or Honey.
I hated lots of veggies like onions, lettuce, tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, etc.
I would only eat pasta with margarine and salt (maybe cheese). I wouldn't eat pizza if it had too much tomato sauce.
I loved some veggies like carrots, mushrooms, green beans, broccoli, if they were cooked and smothered with fat (margarine - parents didn't get butter)
I liked corn and mashed potatoes.
I loved peanut butter, but not the natural stuff. Favourite candy was Reese's and Wunderbar.
I loved crackers and bagels with margarine or peanut butter.
I loved Pepsi, but my parents only ever bought Diet Pepsi.
I loved vinegar way more than any normal kid.
I ate way too many chips. Favourite flavour was Salt and Vinegar.
The eldest of my sisters was raised with similar restrictions, and grew up eating very similar to me. Meat-centric, loved chips and fatty foods, told to clean her plate, overate. She always had a few extra pounds too, and although she never had much acne, she always had other health problems. Infections, headaches, sicknesses, etc.
My youngest sister was raised without any sort of food restriction. She grew up with butter in the house. She ate whatever she wanted and was never told to clean her plate. Lots of people consider her a picky eater. She never had any difficulty maintaining a lean physique or perfect skin, and she's always had seemingly infinite energy. She instinctively doesn't eat much food in one sitting - often eating only half her plate before offering her leftovers to someone else at the table - but she typically snacks on things throughout the day. She eats some veggies, but not a lot of them. She puts sugar on her oranges, drinks lots of soda, loves candy. Very starch-centric diet - pasta, potatoes. She generally doesn't gravitate toward animal fat (cuts the fat off her bacon/steak), but she likes butter on some foods. She'll have some PUFA-rich foods now and then (chicken strips, potato chips, etc), but she doesn't ever seem to need much of it before she's satisfied.