Bodys Reaction to Throw Up Veggies

MFD7576

This topic was created and deleted a couple days ago inside of another thread.

Its an interesting topic and I wanted to know other peoples insight in the matter.

So you've all seen the videos online, kids throwing up there veggies and what not. Its kinda interesting because the kid literally cant keep something healthy in there body. Medical issues aside, there is also another interesting phenomena and that's the body's stomach turning to the sight of a food you one loved. Ill recount that when I was a kid I liked hotdogs but I had a stomach virus when I was 6 and was eating a hot dog and now I cant stomach the things.

Any thoughts or research?

Nuke_64

I have that problem with eggs. Not stuff with eggs in it (like cake) but egg dishes (scrambled, hard boiled, etc). I believe it's completely physiological caused by being forced to eat them as a kid; I'm 38 now. The smell of them is enough to turn my stomach.

mccindy72

Unlikely, that ALL veggies would be unable to be tolerated. The kid can 'literally' keep something in his body, he is choosing not to, in defiance. It's pretty common behavior.
the brain is a pretty powerful thing and likes to decide what we do and do not like to eat. Personally I can't stomach some liquors after over imbibing when I was young.....

sofaking6

I have that problem with tequila.

usmcmp

My son is on the autism spectrum and certain textures, tastes and smells make him throw up. He will try anything, but he doesn't keep them all down.

Azexas

sofaking6 wrote: »

I have that problem with tequila.

My problem is with Vodka... Stupid freshman year of college.

mccindy72

usmcmp wrote: »

My son is on the autism spectrum and certain textures, tastes and smells make him throw up. He will try anything, but he doesn't keep them all down.

this being the exception, of course, to my reply earlier. There are always medical reasons.

MFD7576

Troutsy wrote: »

sofaking6 wrote: »

I have that problem with tequila.

My problem is with Vodka... Stupid freshman year of college.

*awkwardly puts away the victory vodka shots*

Shereewhitney88

Nuke_64 wrote: »

I have that problem with eggs. Not stuff with eggs in it (like cake) but egg dishes (scrambled, hard boiled, etc). I believe it's completely physiological caused by being forced to eat them as a kid; I'm 38 now. The smell of them is enough to turn my stomach.

I am the same way. I used to love eggs but when I got pregnant with my 2nd son I just couldn't eat, smell or look at them anymore. I don't know what it is. Every now and then, I will force myself to eat one in the morning with some toast, bacon, turkey back or an english muffin but I am like ... gagging the entire time. (Only do it when we're running short on groceries and not time to go back to the store lol)

TeaBea

mccindy72 wrote: »

Unlikely, that ALL veggies would be unable to be tolerated. The kid can 'literally' keep something in his body, he is choosing not to, in defiance. It's pretty common behavior.
the brain is a pretty powerful thing and likes to decide what we do and do not like to eat. Personally I can't stomach some liquors after over imbibing when I was young.....

This^

It's psychological. I hate liver...cannot stand liver. When I was a child I was forced to eat liver and threw up at the kitchen table (stress, fear, whatever)....didn't start with my stomach.

Pearsquared

The mind is a powerful thing.

usmcmp

mccindy72 wrote: »

usmcmp wrote: »

My son is on the autism spectrum and certain textures, tastes and smells make him throw up. He will try anything, but he doesn't keep them all down.

this being the exception, of course, to my reply earlier. There are always medical reasons.

Mine wasn't a rebuttal to yours, just sharing a personal experience. I have issues with textures as well, but they usually don't make it to my stomach to be thrown up. My son can have delayed response to textures and tastes. Smell aversion is immediate and not always related to foods (cow pastures make him gag).

JenSD6

I hated mushrooms so much as a kid that I would throw up if I ate them. Even if I thought something *might* have mushrooms in it, my stomach would tie up into a knot and I couldn't eat whatever it was. Took me well into adulthood before I'd brave eating fresh ones. My stomach still twinges when I eat slimy canned ones, though.

The smell of the olive bar at the grocery store makes me quite nauseous, though I've never had the same stomach twist from eating them that I did with mushrooms.

PixelPuff

Giant chocolate chip cookies. As a kid, I ate one... Woke up to vomiting everywhere. Everywhere. On the bed, on myself, on the pillow, on the floor next to bed... Yeech. Literally woke up to it, was doing it in my sleep that night.

AsISmile

I think for many a large part is psychological.
However, I really loathe the texture and taste of bell pepper.

Psychological speaking I dislike carrots and churro's. And when not feeling well I can't even think about fatty foods.

Ready2Rock206

I knew a couple kids who would make themselves throw up for attention and to get what they want. Could be if the parents give the attention they want when they throw up the veggies they may continue the behavior. May be that these specific kids I knew had serious issues and were a little bratty but it was definitely something they chose to do - not a medical issue.

Jennloella

some of the stuff I threw up when pregnant I can't even smell now, oddly not everything thank goodness since I threw up everything. I also got food poisoning from PaPa Murphy's when I was 19 and to this day cannot stand the sight/smell of pizza.

farfromthetree

doughnuts, or anything sweet in the morning. I got sick off of a cream puff in 8th grade...worst.feeling.ever.

dbanks80

I have that problem with Mac N Cheese. I throw it up every time. Couldnt stand it as a kid cant stand it now. Something about the texture and the way the cheese taste with it. I am getting sick just thinking about it.

MFD7576

man its so weird what the mind can do to you. Another thing im genuinely curious about is the body morphing the ability to tolerate a food into making it an allergic reaction. My boss when I worked in seafood told me that after she had "the change" she became deathly allergic to shell fish (yet was still my boss in seafood)

nvmomketo

My 10 year old son will heave and throw up if I make him eat veggies or fruit. I don't know what it is but he can't handle them.

He's a normal child - no health issues.

BUT, he will eat veggies and fruit, along with bananas and a strong chocolate protein powder, in a cold smoothie. He KNOWS I put the veggies in and is okay with that as long as it the taste is not obvious. In a smoothie, he will eat carrots, cucs, avocado, spinach, apples, pear, and some berries. Out of the smoothie, he's gagging and his eyes are watering. He'd rather go hungry.

My youngest and oldest boys LOVE veggies and fruit.

Ready2Rock206

Jennloella wrote: »

some of the stuff I threw up when pregnant I can't even smell now,

My son is 18. Just the thought of teriyaki chicken still makes me gag. I never threw up but when I was preggo the place I worked would want us to work overtime during lunch and would buy teriyaki chicken. The whole office would smell like teriyaki chicken for the entire day. I would spend the entire rest of the day saying "5 more minutes - 5 more minutes and I'm telling them I have to go home" it made me feel so ill. I couldn't eat it. I still don't eat it. Teriyaki beef is fine, but that chicken. I'm gagging typing this.

nvmomketo

During my pregnancies I was sick a few times a day and tended to drink my calories because it was easier on me on the way out.

I was turned off rice and noodles for years after having kids because of how those foods, ummm, come out. Rice and noodles in the sinuses is disgusting. Yuck.

sofaking6

nvsmomketo wrote: »

My 10 year old son will heave and throw up if I make him eat veggies or fruit. I don't know what it is but he can't handle them.

He's a normal child - no health issues.

BUT, he will eat veggies and fruit, along with bananas and a strong chocolate protein powder, in a cold smoothie. He KNOWS I put the veggies in and is okay with that as long as it the taste is not obvious. In a smoothie, he will eat carrots, cucs, avocado, spinach, apples, pear, and some berries. Out of the smoothie, he's gagging and his eyes are watering. He'd rather go hungry.

My youngest and oldest boys LOVE veggies and fruit.

I'm the opposite - I can do a shot of good tequila, but if it's in a mixed drink it will just reverse course halfway down.

maillemaker

As a kid, I could not eat beets. My parents, who always made me clean my plate, did not believe me. It took all I had not to puke. I should have just gone ahead and hurled. Beets are the only food I have this reaction to.

A few weeks ago I insisted that our daughter eat her green beans (canned). She did, on protest, and then puked them up. I should have learned.

Justthisgirl1994

They've just been conditioned to have that response. Look up pavlov's dogs. Maybe that'll help you understand how the brain works.

MFD7576

Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »

They've just been conditioned to have that response. Look up pavlov's dogs. Maybe that'll help you understand how the brain works.

I think conditioned is a bit extreme of a point of view. Conditioning in our case would involve brain washing over a length time. Not just 1 traumatic experience.

Vune

As children, we're often encouraged/forced to clean our plates, even when the foods we're served don't mix well in tiny bellies. Milk and fibrous green veggies are usually the culprits, creating mucous and gas. I spent so many nights protesting overcooked broccoli and rapidly warming milk. I also would eventually eat it, and go to bed feeling discomfort and resentment. I thought everybody felt this way because I was shamed for not eating it, then it was assumed I was faking it if I felt sick.

When I had my first General Gau's chicken, I discovered I really like broccoli when it's bright green and not accompanied by room temperature milk! But I've also discovered that a lot of the foods I disliked as a child are actually foods that I don't digest well. I've lived through a lot worse than a sensitive stomach, though, and I've thrown up just about everything thanks to dialysis and migraines and my mysterious belly pains. I did a fodmap elimination diet a couple months ago when my gi doctor almost gave up and suggested it for ibs. The actual culprit of my mysterious belly pain was 15 years of gallbladder disease, but I also understand better why I felt so bad after certain meals as a kid. So I eat like a grown up child now!

Of course, I also had a mom with her own issues, and she maybe wasn't as kind as she could have been when it came to my food preferences. I was too scared to go to my parents even when I was bullied. These "bratty" kids who throw up their foods on purpose probably have much worse problems than potential malnutrition.

debsdoingthis

My dh cannot eat warm fruit. So no compotes, warm fruit pies, toppings etc. Threw up after eating 1 too many McD's apple pies when he was kid. Some memories stick forever.

Justthisgirl1994

MFD7576 wrote: »

Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »

They've just been conditioned to have that response. Look up pavlov's dogs. Maybe that'll help you understand how the brain works.

I think conditioned is a bit extreme of a point of view. Conditioning in our case would involve brain washing over a length time. Not just 1 traumatic experience.

No seriously, that's what the scientific term for it is called. One experience is enough if it's traumatic enough. There's been so many studies on this and you can find it across species. If you're actually interested, you can find the original study if you google pavlov's dogs.

nvmomketo

Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »

MFD7576 wrote: »

Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »

They've just been conditioned to have that response. Look up pavlov's dogs. Maybe that'll help you understand how the brain works.

I think conditioned is a bit extreme of a point of view. Conditioning in our case would involve brain washing over a length time. Not just 1 traumatic experience.

No seriously, that's what the scientific term for it is called. One experience is enough if it's traumatic enough. There's been so many studies on this and you can find it across species. If you're actually interested, you can find the original study if you google pavlov's dogs.

I don't know if it is conditioning. When my son was young and trying foods, he always refused veggies. from the first bite he was making faces. I don't think he was traumatized or brain washed. He just can't stand them.