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Being A Picky Eater Is Harder Than You Think
Nobody decides to be one and yet we all get looked down upon.
I am the stereotype of what people call “picky eaters”.
I don’t eat fish except for raw tuna and salmon. I try to avoid most vegetables. Some because they make me sick (such as broccoli or spinach), some because I just believe they degrade the rest of the food’s taste (such as onions or peppers).
Those last two I can eat but I also feel a disgust go through my entire body if they crunch between my teeth.
In today’s world, vegetarians, vegans, pescatarians, or other such ways of eating have gotten widely accepted but picky eaters still get looked down upon.
Why are we pushed down?
I think it all comes down to a lack of understanding of why picky eaters are the way they are.
Vegetarians, vegans and such always stated a reason for their choice of food regimen but picky eaters don’t show the same consistency.
Why can I eat onions if they are cut in very thin slices but not in larger? The taste should be the same, right? If I can eat raw salmon, why couldn’t I eat cooked salmon?
“It makes no sense!”
