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I have selective eating disorder (SED).
I think my sister has this as well. She will only eat chicken (breast only, no non-white bits can even touch the plate), white bread, potatoes, chips/lollies/junk. That's it. She'll eat mcdonalds, but will pick off all the lettuce/onions/tomatoes/sauce and just be left with the cheese, pattie and bun and will pick off all the sesame seeds.
She literally gags if you try and feed her a vegetable/fruit other than potato, although I made a chocolate cake out of beetroot (you could still taste the earthiness of the beetroot), didn't tell her and she enjoyed it. So that tells me there is a pretty big psychological component, not just not liking the taste. If I told her it was made primarily of beetroot beforehand, she definitely wouldn't have eaten it.
We both had the same upbringing, both were exposed to the same array of fruits/vegetables, but were never forced to eat anything. Maybe she just took advantage of that more than I did which lead to this?
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