[talking about kid] Is it possible that some picky eaters(kids) are subconsciously/instinctively looking for LCHF food?

#1

(Just some ideas that I had when I saw my nephew being quite a picky eater, when I was/am trying to get used to keto)

As we know, some kids are quite picky eaters: when parents want them to eat rice, they don’t want.

I am wondering: Is it possible that some of the kids are actually subconsciously looking for good options(low-carb high-fat options)?

Ya know, we had/have been conditioned into thinking that standard diet is good(I won’t say “SAD”, but I will say “carb-heavy”)

So, when the kids feel the distaste* towards standard meal, they might be looking for high-fat options instead(or high-sweet options: I will talk about it later).

  • I remember there is a better word, but I forgot about it already. also “dis-something”.

After all, some of the kids are quite smart (instinctively) in the first place and know (subconsciously) that they like high-fat options more, just that they are forced to eat standard meal as the parents are conditioned into thinking that low-fat is good.

But, then how come some kids like high-sweet options? (lots of sugar…)

As some of you would like to say, sugar is addictive. So once the kids tasted it, they liked it.

So, in the end, kids will end up still being picky eater, but they are still trying hard subconsciously to look for either “high-fat” or “high-sugar”. Read carefully: Not necessarily high-carb. Those high-carb foods(complex carb, that is) are not sweet enough to really trigger the sweet craving in the kid and make the kid like them in the first place.

Then, I am wondering: If I insisted on telling my sister that her son actually wants keto food, and she really tried to give some keto/low-carb food, will my nephew be willing to eat then?

(Cathy) #2

I have had picky eater kids. It was not about taste often but more about texture. Finding things that they all liked tended to be high carb/highly processed foods.

Sugar addiction is not just a believe but rather proven science. Highly processed foods can fall into that category because of the highly processed carbs that trigger the same brain responses. Food does not have to be sweet to be highly addictive in the same way sugar is.

#3

Erm… if they tend to like high-carb/highly-processed foods instead, it means… maybe we are thinking too much by thinking that they are poisons. As in, the kids can make some choices by instinct. And since instinct leads them to this way, is it possible that this is not the wrong way?

It is quite unlikely for the instinct to lead people to death, right?

(Katie) #4

An interesting theory but I do not think so. I have seen too many children refuse to eat nothing but pizza and other junk foods.

But perhaps if none of us were exposed to processed foods, carbage, and psychological garbage around food, then we would all be intuitive eaters. We would be ‘picky’ in the sense that we would pick the right foods for our needs, and those would not be carbage.

#5

Then in that case, maybe junk foods are not junk food at all: They are legit food also.

Unless children’s instinct cannot be trusted… wait
it means actually instinct cannot be trusted at all. <_<

(Katie) #6

I would not call the desire for tendency for children (all people) to gravitate toward junk food/carbage to be intuitive, I would call that an addiction and not natural.

(Cathy) #7

I think the development of human biology got left behind with the advent of agriculture but more prominently in the past 100 yrs. with almost unlimited access to refined carbs.That’s were things go really wrong.

#8

Then how come the human doesn’t evolve enough to get used to all those refined carbs yet?

I mean, we grow agriculture for our own food, right? Then why cannot they be used as proper food then? Why does the nature want to do bad to us?

(Jessica A) #9

I really really wish I could remember where and by who I had heard this, but it was almost certainly on a podcast…something about how if kids are offered veg with a good fat they are more likely to be more accepting of those veg. Example, steamed broccoli with melted butter. It really resonated with me because I’ve always put butter on my daughter’s greens and rarely have any issues. She loves broccoli, green beans, brussels sprouts. I thought maybe we had just gotten lucky, but then I heard this little piece of info and had a small “aha!” moment.

(Ekaterina Egorova) #10

This is a story of my life. My older son who is 16 years old now was terrible eater back then. Never wanted to eat vegetables or soups. I was always making sure that the soup is “healthy” made with lean meat and almost no salt :(. No wonder he did not want it, It was a nightmare to feed him! No wonder he had eczema on his cheeks and hands… This is what we were advised to do (right?) not to eat fat as it unhealthy and will lead to the health issues over time… His favorite food was mac and cheese or pizza or burger with apple juice :persevere:… Now as I discovered Keto and not scared of fats anymore I have no problem with my little son who is now 3.5 years old. he loves eating vegetables with butter or olive oil on them , he loves eating soups I prepare with added bone broth and making sure I add enough salt… So based on my experience kids intuitively want to eat LCHF diet…