This is going to sound crazy, but....

GambleGurl

Ok since i gave been two years old i DO NOT eat fruit, vegetables, or seafood! Most people do not understand this but this is how it is. It is 90% a texture thing and 10% taste. It is not that i havnt tried different thing to try and get over it but it seems like through my life i have not found anything that will work except eating quite a bit of spaghetti sauce to get some type of veggie in there. I have tried V8 (even the fruit fusion) and i couldnt do it. I have been doing better about fish but can only seem to handle it if its tuna in a can or fried fish cuz i grew up on fish sticks! lol I even eat homemade banana bread to get bananas in because i cant eat them by themselves. I hate cooked fruit like in pies and thing. Generally i can hadle a raw apple here and there but there isnot one vegetable i have found that i like or can handle eating.

Does anyone have any other suggestions on ways to hide some of these things in there?
Should i try doing those fruit and vegetable vitamins that have your daily servings in one pill?

I just dont know!!! I am at a loss!!!

HELP!?!

malakod

I have a friend who is the same way, no fruits or veggies for him. I would imagine if you make spinach lasagnas or casserole dishes where everything is mixed in you could hide the taste. I wonder if its an unconcious issue, meaning you know there are veggies in something so you convince yourself you wont like it.

dmpizza

You sound like my wife. I think she has what they now call "Adult Picky Eater Disorder"(but don't tell her). She eats fruit but almost no veggies and certainly no fish. Texture is an issue for her also.
Sorry, I can't give you any advice, I wish I could.

Setof2Keys

blend them up (like with an imulsifier-sp?) with a juice that covers the veggie taste like apple juice. You can do amazing things like that. You may want to try more exotic fruits since the tastes are different. Often your tastes change after adulthood so you may want to try some of them again or try to have friends cook them in without you knowing. They may have some great advice on how to add them to your foods.

juleseybaby

Check out http://www.thesneakychef.com/.

rachelowow

:flowerforyou: Maybe you could try a shake, at vitamin mix world they have one with friut, greens, vegetables, and protien and you mix it with anything you want, juice, water, milk!!! Hope that helps!

McKayMachina

Think about it as if you're living in some rural stretch of land somewhere in Asia or Africa where it's rice, rice, rice. Do you think any of those people are so picky?

This has to do with your mindset and the ONLY thing that will change this is the act of eating a more diversified diet.

"If you want to do it, all you have to do is do it." - Ben

flinchyny

Eating a lot of spaghetti sauce is actually a good idea (since you seem to like it, and since cooked tomatoes are super healthy).

So here is a suggestion, if you don't do this already, make your own sauce (fresher ingredients, lower sodium) and add a vegetable to the sauce, like squash or eggplant or mushroom or pepper (all "go" with tomato sauce) or even some shredded spinach (or any leafy green vegetable -- kale, chard, etc.) or sliced carrots.

When you make the sauce, use onion and garlic, of course, for flavor and nutrients.

If you don't mind the texture of tomato sauce, look into making pureed soups -- any kind of squash soup is especially tasty. Also good: potato (sweet or white), or carrot. Google for recipes. Someone already mentioned an emulsion blender -- this what you'd need for soup.

That is too bad your family didn't nip this in the bud when you were two. Oh well!

Sidesteal

As a general rule, I wouldn't eat anything I don't like to eat.

I would do your own research here to find out what you are neglecting by abstaining from fruit/vegetables. If you can get these micronutrients elsewhere, then go that route.

EDIT: And if you can't, then this would be one specific case where I'd try to find something you can tolerate.

MysticMaiden22

I was never much of a fruit or vegetable eater until I was 15 years old. I ate even more when I went vegetarian from the time I was 16-19years old. A lot of it is inner motivation. When I went vegetarian, I was motivated to try lots of fruits and veggies that I have never eaten before because it was better than eating just meat, dairy, and carbohydrates. I'm an omnivore now, and I love (almost) everything. I see fruits and vegetables as something necessary for fiber content and nutrition. Without them, I'd be incredibly sick and would feel bloated all the time. Isn't that worth trying to eat them?

mandycasey

I'm not as bad as you but i have issues with these foods too, i love apples and tuna , i like most root veg - but only if it has gravy on. Apart from that i don't like anything. I keep trying to like them but just can't. I will continue to try them and hoping one day io will. Good luck xx

janenightingale

You have to try a disliked food at least 20 times before you can say you really really don't like it. Consequently if you like NO fruit or vegetables you have an uphill struggle to get over it. Try one at a time - it is a bit soul destroying to think you have to dish up something you don't like over 20 times - and do it for the entire range of fruit and veg - but it might be worth trying a few things. It has to be tried fairly frequently to count. Try nibbling at a fruit over a day

Tried fruit smoothies?

I am lucky in that I love fruit and veg but I totally understand texture as an issue - individually I like bread, butter, milk, cream, sugar and raisins but put them togather in the British classic of Bread and Butter pudding and I heave. Yuk

Wishing you luck

limex

I don't eat any veggies or fish either (although I do eat fruit), never have. I hate the texture, the smell, the taste, everything, so I understand!

Have you tried cauli-pizza? Just make sure to mix in lots of oregano and basil into the crust itself, and you won't taste the veg at all! Make sure you take a multi-vit too.

mandasimba

Do you like soups? Maybe try a soup where you blend all the vegies together. I like V8 Fusion, though a lot of people on here seem to be against fruit juices. It doesn't have any extra sugar like their other juices.

I forget the names off hand, but I've seen commercials for sauces and such that have full servings of vegies but they are sneaky for kids who hate veggies. If I remember, I'll get back to you.

MysticMaiden22

Also, you cannot get the same nutrition as you would from veggies and fruits a from a vitamin or pill.

Go about it the same way parents do with infants and toddlers. Try to eat them. Over and over again. It takes about 20 times to obtain a tolerance to a food. I got used to spinach and broccoli with that method. Now I LOVE THEM!

LFDBabs

Nope, not crazy at all. I was pretty much the same way. Apples were the ONLY fruit I would eat because I didn't like the taste or texture of other fruits. Veggies....yuck. Didn't like them either.... and forget seafood. Most of this is because I am the daughter of what I will call a conservative eater. My mother lives on chicken, beef, pork, potatos and pasta. BUT.......there came a time when I needed to branch out and force myself to give some of these things another chance. I've learned, for instatnce, that I LOVE red and orange bell peppers. The green ones are take it or leave it, but the red and orange...yummy! Carrots are tolerable and I've found that if I cut up some raw brocoli and add in about 5 pieces of bacon cumbled, some carrot strips, a little onion and then mix it up with plain greek yogurt and white wine vinegar, the brocoli salad is quite yummy. Artichokes and Spinach....make a dip and keep it low cal by making substitutions. Those two things together in a heated dip are fantastic! Fruit....I still eat an apple almost every day, but I've learned that I like red grapes and cantelope. Watermelon is good but I've found that yellow watermelon is better! Strawberries are good and my latest revelation....and they are almost in season again is Pomegranates. Oh, they are yummy and I never would have eaten one on my own. The guy I am dating has talked me into trying so many new things, including seafood. Shrimp, crab, lobster, scallops....when prepared the right way are oh so good. Part of it for me was fear of trying new things. Now, I've got myself trained to at least give something a chance, if you don't like it you don't have to finish eating it.....but at least try it! If your out with someone and they are eating something you normally would not eat, ask them if you can try just a small bite. That's how I did it. My mother can't believe the stuff I eat now, lol

manderson27

My son is the same even as a tiny child he would spit out anything with veggies in it and that was before he knew what a veggie was so it was not a deliberate choice that he made. He says it is texture/taste thing as well. He has tried different things he just can't stomach them. Cabbage for instance makes him sick.

It used to upset me as a mum that he wasn't eating properly but the doctor advised not to force him to eat things that made him feel ill as it was cruel and just distressed him. Mealtimes were a lot happier after that advice and he his healthy, slim, and very fit.

Ignorant people think it is easy, (just put it in your mouth chew and swallow) but they don't understand so don't take the negative, useless suggestions to heart. Talk to you doctor and maybe you can find other ways to get the vitamins you need.

PompousClock

Hiding foods from yourself, for the rest of your life, virtually guarantees you will eventually fall off the wagon and gain the weight back. It's just a disengenuous approach to food.

You say it's 90% about the texture, but the entire spectrum of fruit and vegetables incorporate a huge variety of textures. Steamed broccoli's rough texture is nothing like the smooth texture of a roasted sweet potato is nothing like the juicy burst of a ripe blackberry.

Honestly, if you've eaten this way your entire life, it's a mental block more than a physical aversion. You are retraining yourself right now to lead a healthy lifestyle. Why not approach food with the same curiosity? My husband, when we met, declared that he hated certain fruits and vegetables. After prodding him, I discovered it was because of the way they were presented to him as a child. I love asparagus, but only fresh asparagus; if I had only been exposed to the canned monstrosity that he endured as a kid, I wouldn't have liked the vegetable either. If I thought all cherries tasted like the artificially sweet marinated Maraschino cherries, I would have avoided them as well.

The point is, discover the true taste of fruits and vegetables. Look up five different ways to prepare a sweet potato, and see if you like any of those recipes. Same with spaghetti squash. Have you roasted chick peas with spices before? How about mixing diced strawberries with balsamic vinegar and cracked black pepper? Ever tried a mango salsa on grilled pork? The variety of food out there is endless!

And if all else fails, watch Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. You can find clips on YouTube. After seeing some of the awful things people eat every day, and endure (think raw ostrich egg coated in dirt), that fresh spinach and grapefruit salad won't look so bad!

Romachel

You can blend pureed squash or sweet potato into spaghetti sauce and it does not affect the flavor. Also, you can bake cakes with a can of pure pumpkin. Try mixing grated carrott into meatloaf of hamburgers.

GambleGurl

I mean I have tried things! It's not just grown up cuz i have throughout the years tried different things and different ways to incorporate stuff. Like eating tomato sauce, my husband at least got some fish in my diet although its not all that often. He even got me to eat alligator meat! lol I can eat some raw vegetables like carrots, cauliflour, lettace most of the time... I have tried the spinach lasagna and i do believe thats more mental because i know i have eaten my aunts! Thats why i say its 90% texture cuz its so pathetic to see me try new things cuz ill be gagging up a storm.

THANKS FOR ALL THE ADVICE!!! I WILL MOST DEF TAKE SOME OF THESE SUGGESTIONS INTO ACCOUNT!

Seajolly

I think it's more of a conscious/subconscious thing for you than just the texture if you can't even have V8 juice like the Fruit Fusions ones, because those to me taste like 100% sugar and no real fruit taste. So I think overcoming your brain is going to be the most important thing. Mind over matter! Believe anything and you can achieve it. I 100% stand by this.

I have a few examples from my own life. For my whole life until I was 18 I had trouble with eye contact. Looking people directly in the eyes made me very uncomfortable for some reason. I just couldn't do it. But I saw it as a weakness that I really needed to overcome, so everyday I literally forced myself to keep eye contact with people while talking to them. It was painful, but eventually I got over it and now it comes naturally and I don't have to force it anymore. I also used to have a disorder when I was younger (probably about 13-14) where I'd pull out my hair unconsciously. I had a large bald spot, and finally I realized something had to change. So I forced myself to stop. It was hard but I overcame that as well! I also was an unhealthy eater when I was younger. Pretty much the only fruit I'd eat was apples and cooked carrots. I hated veggies and other fruits. But when I went away to college, I knew this had to change! I wanted to be healthier. So I forced myself to eat fruits and veggies. At first it made me want to gag to try new things. I couldn't stomach the taste or the texture. But I just kept working at it. Even if I didn't like it, I'd eat it because I knew it was good for me. It took a little time, but now I love pretty much all fruits and veggies! I think it is an acquired taste. Some of us get accustomed to it earlier in life, and some later in life. Just keep trying... It'll make such a big difference in your health!

nerdyandilikeit

This is bizarre to me. My mom tricked us into eating veggies (she would tell us little elves lived in the green and white trees [broccoli and cauliflower] and we had to eat them to find them). Of course we never found the elves, but we ate all the trees to make sure! All that really taught us is that Mom's weird, and sometimes lies. But we did discover we loved our vegetables.

On the flip side, my 13 year old cousin will take a bite of veggies, and hold it in his mouth til he's ready to cry and gag because his mom won't let him just spit it out and he refuses to swallow. It's the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my life.

airycha

I have the same issues. According to my parents I ate well as a child (fruits, vegetables, everything). Now, despite trying multiple times with many different foods, there are some things that I just don't like. Though I am doing better, it takes time. I can't eat fish, some vegetables, and some fruits. With fruits it is usually a texture thing (like I almost gag eating some) and other things it's taste (I find a lot of things are either too sweet or seem bitter to me). I just eat what I can and then take a multivitamin. I have known other people that can't eat foods because of texture. Other people say there are foods they can't eat because of a bad experience with the food (can't eat cetrain foods becasue they got really sick after eating something).

I say just keep trying different things and if you know there are things you don't like for sure then don't eat them and see if you can get similar nutrition from something else.

Also, even though you may not have liked something a year ago, try it again. As you age your taste buds change (you start tasting less, which is why most people as they age tend to add more salt to food). You might find that you now like something if you haven't had it in a while.

daniface

I really don't understand you anti fruit and veggie people. These foods are so tasteful! Why do you torture yourselves by not enjoying them? I worked with a girl once who had never tried any fruit not a strawberry, bananna, mango. nothing! She said her parents never made her eat fruits and veggies so she doesn’t have a taste for them. What a shame!!!!!! There’s no way id ever want to try to survive on fish sticks and spaghetti

lisasays

I add baby food sweet potatoes and carrots to spaghetti sauce since my daughter doesnt eat enough veg. You CANT tell the difference!

stupidthick5150

hey you should try acupuncture or even hypnosis it sounds like a mental thing to me

TourThePast

Sometimes you have to force yourself to eat healthy things you don't like, hate even. Eventually, you will develop a taste for them.

I'm in my mid 40s and I'm finally starting to eat pulses. No, I don't yet like them, nor would I deliberately choose to eat them, maybe I never will, but at least they no longer make me gag.

MIMITIME

I have never been a big fruit and veggie eater but I don't have a total dislike of these things. Anyway, if you put a couple of frozen bananas in a blender and blend, it blends up like soft serve banana ice cream so you feel like you are eating ice cream. Sometimes I add a little chocolate syrup to really make it like ice cream. I hide strawberries or peaches in smoothies made with milk. I freeze all of my fruits so when you mix with a cup of milk, it is like a strawberry milk shake etc. The fruit in Choboni Yogurt kind of disappears when you stir the yogurt so I can do fruits that way. I found a Whole Fruit Popsicle that is good but very fruity. On vegetables, I can handle string beans when I saw how low in calories they are and I like the sweet peas. Good Luck

HMonsterX

I don't eat any veg, other than potatoes in pretty much every form, and i eat very little fruit.

I take my multivitamin+minerals and fish oils, keep within my calorie budget, exercise 6 times a week, and have never felt better! As for falling off..falling off what? I'm not on a diet. I could eat like i am forever!

I wish people would stop telling people what they HAVE to eat.

rbryntes

I'm sorry, I have to say I doubt it's 90% a texture thing if you can't have juices. The wide variety of vegetables available to us indicate it is likely not a texture thing, either. Mashed cauliflower has the same texture as spaghetti sauce. The wide variety of vegetables availabl to us also lead me to believe it is not a taste issue, since not all vegetables taste the same. I don't know what to tell you, since it seems as though this is a mindset.

(My brother was this way, until he was 20, and tried broccoli, and loved it. Now he eats so many vegetables it would choke a horse. He says now that he realizes it was absolutely a mind thing, and nothing else, no matter what he claimed for years.)

(Edit to add: and you can be perfectly healthy without eating fish, fruit, or vegetables, so why force yourself?)

hrobinson416

I can eat some raw vegetables like carrots, cauliflour, lettace most of the time... I have tried the spinach lasagna and i do believe thats more mental because i know i have eaten my aunts! Thats why i say its 90% texture cuz its so pathetic to see me try new things cuz ill be gagging up a storm.

So you do like some vegetables.....And the spinach Lasagna is a mental thing because you know its made of veggies.....I would say its more than 50% mental not texture. If you like carrots and cauliflour and lettuce then eat more. Theres you a cheap generic salad. Add some dressing of your choice and try adding a new veggie to it now and then in small portions to try with it. Look up ways to eat these veggies with other foods cooked. Try adding a new veggie every now and then. I hate tomatoes - I think they taste like mushy dirt. I will, however, eat them if I am a guest at someones house and they have fixed them for lunch/dinner so that I am not rude. Do I like them? Heck no - can I tolerate them for the sake of manners? Yes. I just mix them with other food. This is called being an adult. I was also told as a child this was the proper way todo things. Now I love all kinds of things that I didnt like before..because out of politeness I ate it at someone elses house. Be polite to yourself....eat your veggies. And fruit juice has the texture of water so Im not really sure your adversity to it - aside from the fact that you KNOW its fruit juice...so..Good luck.