From my experience, many moms are so scared of their kids being hungry, that the child never gets the chance to get hungry. Most parents ruin natural, physiological hunger and dis-regulate the whole cycle. Has anybody seen a picky eater in a family where food is scarce?...
And kids exercise less. I could east anything after along day playing outside. I was disappointed when it wasn't the food I wanted but I'd still eat it.
Exactly right. This is so much part of the problem. I see parents let their kids snack on cheerios and crackers etc. for fear they will go hungry if they don't let them eat when they want. Parents don't bother with a schedule and regular meals and don't allow hunger to kick in. At the slightest complaint from the child they indulge them. Also, the parents are addicted to carbs and sweets and constantly bake cookies for the kids as rewards. It's so much a part of the culture.
My mother-in-law..... Her only concern is food. And she is trying, she just can't understand it. We are the mean parents, we don't offer snacks to our son unless he is hungry! Just horrible people. And we don't give him chocolate or pudding, or fruit with sugar! We even limit his fruit, which is (to her) is like a vegitable :) she is awesome actually, just understanding carbs and nutrition is a bit tough.
Teenager here, suffering the effects of picky eating and paying for it now. From personal experience, I know it's hard to say no to kids who want fast food all the time, but please say no. Maybe once a month is acceptable as a reward. Also I recommend like the video said to let your children help with cooking the meals. I learned how to cook much healthier meals and I have noticed my mood improving. I wish I had learned these skills a lot sooner.
When I stopped eating sugar, I expected to feel better, lose fat, etc. I had not expected real food to start tasting better. I never knew that broccoli and brussel sprouts have a bit of sweetness! I'm thinking that sugar actually blocks our ability to enjoy real food to an extent, so that we are more interested in sugar.
If your toddler refuses a meal, avoid fussing over it. It’s good for children to learn to listen to their bodies and use hunger as a guide. If they ate a big breakfast or lunch, for example, they may not be interested in eating much the rest of the day. It's a parent's responsibility to provide food, and the child’s decision to eat it. Pressuring kids to eat, or punishing them if they don't, can make them actively dislike foods they may otherwise like.
This is irresponsible, plain stupid and borderline child abuse. Most, if not all, adults have to actually make a living or have other responsibilities than their children. With the advent of “iphone parenting” nowadays, kids will overlook eating. Video games and TH-cam are always more enticing than eating or sleeping. For heavens sake, there are thousands of TH-cam channels dedicated for keeping children occupied. Kids should learn to respect time at an early age and must be well fed since they are growing. Allowing them willy-nilly to eat whenever is irresponsible parenting.
When our family was young it was eat when you could or starve! There are millions of children in a similar situation throughout the World today for goodness sakes. There is another world outside America you know and thousands of American kids don't have the best nutrition either.
A toddler will refuse easily a meal if something else is appealing. We can négociate on the amount but no, speacially if they jump on sweet snack an hour after.
What? The most important thing is to give your child what it actually needs, not what it wants or think it needs. You create more problems for your child down the line if you let it do what it wants all the time.
@@tmkongen there's a big difference between making your child finish their plate or them saying "im not hungry" then goes straight to their xbox. Lazy parenting was the whole point I saw from this comment. Having a routine and having realistic expectations around that routine are healthy, but teaching a child to stuff it in cuz its 5pm can cause disordered eating. Children shouldn't manipulate parents and need to gatekeep their screen time-- to zero if you must. Maybe spending time together is a good option and taking a time out yourself. Making guilt trips lines like "there's people in the world are starving that could use this food" is gaslighting your child. Setting boundaries to having no sugary items in the house and replacing sugar with more appropriate low sugar "treats", used with bargaining to ensure room is cleaned, dishes are done and help with meal prep..healthy. Also teaching them valuable food prep skills-- i see all to often middle aged people that dont have a clue how to cook..how is that possible? How do you expect to pass on good food practices to your kids if you never know what's in it? Everyone has a lot of work to do on themselves, but parents, it stamps their kids for life. If anything, a relationship with food should be priority, being the biggest environmental impact on our body/health. Why do we have different standards for kids than ourselves? I think a lot of kids get it easy and then do not have a lot of self discipline as an adult, as it was never practiced or taught at a young age. Maybe they want to parent their child differently than their parent but overcompensate, but its a reflection on the parenting. The adult is always responsible.
I'm with you on that lol. I work at a nutritional store and sometimes I'll recommend supplements and foods to parents to help their children and they'll say to me that they don't know if their child will eat it. I don't get it lol. Who is the parent and authority in that situation? As a child, you eat what your parents give you. That's how I was brought up. There was none of this "picky eater' nonsense lol
Yep, you either eat or go hungry. Especially for a family of 8, there's no food leftover after each meal. My parents didn't have the time to give special treatment to anyone.
Exactly! If my kids didn't want their food, I said "ok we will save it for tomorrow". And I did. I wrapped the entire plate with Sarah wrap and put it in the fridge for the next day. They ate it, wasn't a choice. I always said it's this meal or no meal. It's funny, they basically do the same thing with their kids. So, it works. Food is for nutritional purposes not for experiencing fine dining.
My daughter is 4 yo and I made it a point to always place veggies on her plate with almost every meal. We also do the same, so she views it as a norm. We dont force feed.She can walk away from her plate, because we dont believe in 'cleaning your plate' but she also understands she cannot ask for anything else if she has not eaten her fruits or veggies. We leave her plate covered at the table or in the fridge until she's ready to have more. She will have the occasional kiddie foods, but we typically make from scratch, or/and with a bowl of veg.
As someone who work with young children, I came to know for a while now that in order to get them to eat/drink food etc. that are good for their bodies you have to be creative. Make smoothies, blend, use as ingredients in food they love and will eat.
You make useful videos for the benefit of people, and the petty people make rude videos to criticize you. You are the best and most importantly, Dr. Eric. Continue
Dr. Nawal Abdel Tawab Kayali , I think you are an advertising agent of this coach Greg 😀 Never heard of him before but you continue to mention him over and over again in the comments 🤔
OMG! Thank thank you,Dr.Berg. My son just turn four as baby I made my own puree food( veggies)for him, he used to love it. As he become a young toddler he refused to eat anything cook except happy meal, corn dogs, donuts, cakes, lots of juice and tons of oreo cookies 😒🙄. Those foods aren't from my house ( at my mother in law's) she used to watched him. At home he would fight me wouldn't eat. I send him pre-school and the bad habits still stay while I am trying to break it off. He is already taking a multivitamin so I will give him a supplement with Zinc and B1. I am really trying to have him eat less sugary stuffs, I don't have lots of junk in the house but he eats tons of of it on the weekend visiting Grandma. I love my mother in law but we need to have a serious talk again seriously 😊.
@@KAITLYNTAYLOROFFICIAL Hi dear, that would be my pleasure for you to share your recipes with me. Thank you. I stayed away from gluten food and I am lactaid intolerance. This is wonderful 👏 news. 🥰 Thank you again.
Already doing all of this and it’s working. My son and husband for that matter are fairly fussy eaters. It’s been a struggle to get him to eat healthy foods. He’s 16 now and I think what has really helped is that he is now taking responsibility for what he eats and how much. We haven’t got any of those foods in the house any more and if he is to have an occasional treat, it’s only once in a blue moon. I’ve substituted sugar for stevia and almond, coconut and other flour substitutes and make keto, pizza and ice cream and he’s happy enough with these substitutes. The only problem we are having is that nuts are banned at our school due to allergies and a lot of the recipes contain almonds.
Thank you I have this exact problem with my 8 yr old. She used to tell me Grandma I love broccoli, but when she started school that changed. I will work on this ASAP. This really is very important I was really getting worried and you described her with mood as well. Thanks again Dr. 😊
@@El-wv1tf that's so crazy but I continue to put it on her plate even if it's 3 pieces but lately I've tried raw or very lightly steamed and she eats it better. So she'll eat carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber and tomatoes. Tacos are her favorite food especially if she can make it herself.
My kids get really worried when we run out of vegetables😂 They absolutely love eating a variety of fruit and veggies. Luckily, they've never been picky at all. Thanks for sharing Doc.
I was suuuper picky as a child. but I clearly remember, that I had another reason for that. I learned from cartoons an TV in general, that children don't like vegetables. I knew that I was a child, so I adapted that behaviour. As stupid as it sounds, it is the truth. Maybe this added to deficiencies and made it all worse.
Thank you. I think this may be part of what's happening with our daughter. She always used to eat her veggies, but as she's gotten older things changed. Our kids have a time limit for screen time, but many kids shows do have an aversion to veggies.
For 20 years I have been researching for parents of my students who DO NOT want to medicate their children but the behaviors are very real and need to be addressed(at home as well). These are GREAT short videos to educate parents! Thank you! Thought: can you make videos aimed at children to explain these concepts?
Children shouldn’t be on a keto diet unless of epilepsy otherwise there is no reason for a child to be on a keto diet, I hate parents who put their kids on a diet for no reason
My kids were picky eaters, my Grandson is a picky eater, my hubby is a picky eater. All 4 have tested "on the spectrum ". My son only wanted mac & cheese for meals for a year--and not boxed, but I needed to "make it myself". That was a fun year. My daughter told the school nutritionist that "Vegetarians made her very sad. Why would someone want to eat a defenseless veggie-at least animals had a fighting chance" *sigh*. My hubby blames his Mom LOL and my Grandson is 6 and we knew at 1.5 when he stopped babbling something was off. At 2, he was "playing" with you tube (not you tube kids, we didn't know about that yet!) and started moving his hands really fast at us. When we just looked at him, I kid you not he sighed loudly, took back the phone, watched more videos and started to SPELL WITH HIS FINGERS-forming letters!! All from you tube!!! It was then that a) I figured out he had been trying to talk to us via sign language and b) we were screwed. And we are LOL he started speaking about a year ago and he is so funny!!! And, God help me Covid was the best thing that happened for him. When he would get his chance to tell his classmates what he has been morning-after they proudly showed off what they made with duplos or colored, my Grandson showed them the flag he drew and told them about the country, or about the schematic he followed, or the bones in the body, or the book he read.....after the school basically had said he was "slow"....they zoomed with him and figure he comprehends at a 3rd-4th grade level. He is more than likely vitamin deficient. But sometimes it's a texture thing. French fries are liked because they are texturally pleasing. Mashed or baked potatoes, not so much. Pasta is good, sauce hit & miss. We spirialize a lot of veggies and use it as a noodle and that seems to work, as long as the texture isnt too mushy, and he will eat spaghetti squash with me. Hes not big into red meat, but will eat chicken, and fish. Again, we watch texture, and Nana tries it first. Sometimes it's not a case of a "difficult" eater, but a set of circumstances you need to work with. That is sometimes harder!!! A picky eater outgrows it-my Mac & cheese guy says now "how could you have only let me eat that?!?!" Um, hello. Working in your parameters I had to make it myself. Usually, when you were not around. I would add ground up meat, veggies, tofu....so you got protein & veggies. I always had grapes, apples, or whatever fruit you liked in season. And you liked peanut butter which I showed you dipped into with an apple was really good--and if you heat the peanut butter, just like thick caramel!!! LOL the child is 6'4" and loves this fruits & veggies I did something right the goof. His sister is still a work in progress 😊
It's frustrating when your husband is the one buying it for them as that's what he likes to eat as well. Not even fibromyalgia will get him to change his diet.
Thank you so much for making a video about kids health too! This was what i was looking for! I will try this. I love how you don't demonize parents for it but instead want to help them make a change. Life is all about learning! I appreciate your videos so much. Thanks again from my family to yours!
100 percent correct about the nutritional deficiency. I am a mom who had all kinds of problems growing up.... nutritional deficiencies of my own... dental cavities that got filled with mercury.... that led to root canals and infections like h-pylori and now anemia and a whole mess of other things. Unfortunately the worst part is I didn't catch on about my own health until the 3rd pregnancy!!!! So my own kids were born from a very very unhealthy mom and have autism, adhd and other health conditions... I did notice the connection with food back in 2008 but no one and I mean no one has information like Dr Berg and I only discovered him back in June 27 2022 when I was trying to get healthy myself.... don't know how I came across his content but I am so very very grateful... I only wish I had started the healing process because now I have an entire family... husband and 3 kids to heal and I feel the pressure of time ... especially with my youngest who is severely autistic and non-verbal... this SAD (standard American diet) is terrible... along with big pharma and their connections with media, government etc ... what a mess we are all in and it's thanks to content like this that we can help others prevent so much damage to their health and body.
Similar situation here. :( I really tried. Started out moreso healthy but she hates so many textures. I'm not the healthiest...have a sensory disorder that she may have too...i have autism and possible adhd so it makes it hrd to remember or focus ... not sure about her, yet ....she's been eating less and less fries thankfully but yeah. Her teeth have suffered in such a short amount of time ecwn whwn she ate more healthy foods at the time and she was breastfed at the same time for an extended time... I've still failed her so much. I'm so confused and broken. I know I have much to work on, but we've tried a lot, too. I hope things can get better for your situation...sounds like you've all been through a lot.
That’s how I am , imma very picky eater , idk if it’s , I’m scared to try , or I dont like the way certain foods smell’s or looks , but I really wanna learn how to try new things !!
Growing up I ate a lot of junk food. I wasn't fat, but I did drink and eat a lot of "bad sugar" stuff (eg. pop , candy etc..). I look back and I feel this "unhealthy" lifestyle "partly" led me to my "bad behavior" (angry , depressed, etc..)
Let me tell you something. When my older one started on solids he constantly ate vegetables, meat - everything. I made everything fresh for him. He loved it! He was eating broccolis with apples. Until he turned 2.5years old. Then one day to another it changed. Since then: nothing. Nothing! And no, we don’t eat crap. I still cook every day from quality ingredients - in fact, the veggies come from our own garden. And he just would not eat it. Only yesterday I offered him some plums straight from he tree... you can guess... he is 5 and a half, btw. And here’s the younger one, raised and fed the same way: give him a cucumber and he will eat it. In fact, he’s just eaten a big bowl of tomatoes. So nobody please give me this “it’s the parents’ fault” crap! Because it’s a problem and we have frikkin’ tried everything! He even helps me cook and with the recipes. And then he refuses to to eat it! 🤬
Boddah I know your comment is 6 months old but wow it’s just as stupid today as it was then. You don’t have a clue. Gonna go ahead and guess you’re childless and have zero idea what it’s even like to raise kids. You would crumble and fold like a cheap deck of cards if you have had a kid who was a picky eater.
I agree with OP. And I have aa kid. And a one who has a weight problem. And he was all that "eat vegitables and no refined sweets" in the start. He even lost a lot of weight around 3 years of age. And went to kindergarten and yup we kind of screwed that up by letting go. Getting back on track now, because weight has come back. And it's our problem, the parents problem. Not the kid's,, not no one else's. Just ours. And yes, even though he continued to eaat vegitables etc. there were sugars, some hidden, some right in the open. We just didn't have energy to control it. But again, it is our responsibility, excuses wwontt help with fixxingg thee problem.
@@anitaraab1561 Coming from a picky eater it's not our fault we were born different. I only eat breakfast (at school) and lunch (at school) no dinner. And it's annoying and hurtful when people say "What do you want for dinner all you eat is _____," its not our fault! You wouldn't know what it's like.
Everyone says parents should just make kids eat! Nah everyone most of those people now have food adervetions and binges and bad experiences with food because of being forced!
The comments had me dying lol.....as a mom of a picky eater I must try this, as nothing else works. I don't like to force food on my child, so I just give her what I know she will eat and that's a very, very limited list.
I watched your interview with Ghaida. I don't know how to believe it. You are very kind, this girl exaggerates her words and her psychological state, not membership, but she only wanted to attract the attention of others
When my son was little, he would eat anything I gave him. Now he's 9 and is super picky about everything! He won't even try to eat the foods he used to eat. It is exhausting trying to get him to eat a better variety of healthier food. It's like... If he knows it's something good for him, he won't eat it or even try it. I've tried everything and with this COVID-19🦠😷 semi lock down, he's gained sooo much weight just sitting at home and eating. I'm scared he's gonna develop diabetes or something even worse. I'm even more afraid of him getting COVID, cuz his weight alone puts him at a higher risk of complications or worse. 😰
I was called a “picky eater” growing up and all it did was insult me. Do I choose to feel like I’m going to vomit because of the smell or texture of certain foods? Of course I don’t “pick” that. I’d love to eat sushi, it just doesn’t work. I prefer selective.
My 13 year old son has always been a picky eater. Eats no fruits no vegetables and only a handful on the list to the right. I spent 5 years going to speech therapy, three times per week: occupational therapy, and something else (I can't even remember what it is now). I made him keto chocolate pudding (with avocados) and he loved them! I recently made some cauliflower fritters and he loved them as well. He will not taste rest 'normal' food but he will my keto recipes and has loved them -if they resemble his normal foods. I've hid the main ingredient from him as I'm cooking it to begin with. He's too bright to be fooled much longer and I really thick he's catching on, but I'm hoping that by them he's not going to care what's in them. Last week I told him that he has to take supplements until he eats healthy, so I give him Nutritional Yeast. It makes si much sense to give him zinc! So now I have to figure out how he's going to eat more zinc. Any ideas?
My best friend raised her son with only Chicken McNuggets. - Refusing most vegetables herself, except for french fries, she died of cancer. - Hopefully, his grandmother has asked him to try something healthy.
My daughter was never a big eater. She started solids at 8 months and she would eat quite a variety of things in small amounts. She especially liked squash, Nutella, and miso soup. But at 2 she suddenly stopped eating. We've tried so many different things to get our daughter to eat, including not giving her meals. Nothing worked. We think she has ARFID as she exhibits many of the symptoms: eats less than 10 foods, very brand-specific (she only likes 1 brand of cereal, 2 of chocolate milk), fussy about utensils and plates (won't eat if not her Helly Kitty bowls), uniformity in her food (only likes long, yellow fries, doesn't like fries that are different in shape or color), etc. Our family loves to eat and we prepare quite a variety of meals in our household. Daughter likes helping to prep and cook, even set the table. She also likes playing with pretend food and Play-doh. But when it comes to the real thing, she runs away. We also eat out during the weekend, but she only eats specific fries and plain Auntie Anne's pretzels. My sister was similar when she was younger. My dad would spank her, threaten her, leave her on the table the whole day just so she would eat a bowl of veg (she went almost 3 days without food once, my dad got scared and gave up.) She's 40 now and still eats only a limited number of foods. I'm afraid my daughter might end up like her. My husband and I think pressure and spanking are a no-no because it worked so well for my sister. We've been trying to locate a pediatric food specialist here in Manila, watched and tried tips from so many videos about eating disorders but so far no luck. We're really stressed about it.
We even tried offering her candy and chips, just to get her to try anything! She won't touch them either. She doesn't drink any juice and stopped drinking milk recently. We tried Pediasure but she won't even touch the box so we put it in her Hello Kitty cup but she grimaced at the smell or maybe the color and refused to take a sip. It's really really frustrating.
@@tiffanydove7390 ARFID is Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It's a condition wherein a person has a fear or phobia of food. We've been trying to find experts to help with our daughter but so far no luck. We just do the best we can with her. There is hope as it is treatable. I pray your daughter gets the help she needs.
Thank you so much!! Omg! I am diabetic. Recently diagnosed. I have one daughter who will not eat anything except those crappy foods. My other two children are more into following mom’s better example. Teaching them about the balance plate portion sizes healthy exercise. Thank you for this video it’s a great tool!
Hi Dr Berg, I have a picky eater ( preteen) and it's such a struggle to get him to eat his daily protein. Is there a chewable supplement you can recommend for younger kids to take? Thank you so much for sharing such helpful content. It's very much appreciated!🌷
I have a picky 18 year old....does not eat any fruits at all or vegetables, actually the only vegetable he will eat is broccoli sometimes....he will not eat any type of seafood either so I gave up, he's officially an adult. My other son is 12 & eats just about any meat & seafood, alot of different fruit but also no vegetables besides broccoli...I'm still trying with him 🤞...I make them both take vitamin supplements
PERFECT!! I needed some input to help my granddaughter that is a poor eater and then come winter, she seems to get sick TOO much!! So hard to convince children or anyone if they aren't having any major health issues that they need to change what they are eating. :(
I think a big issue with kids and food stems from working parents wether it’s a single parent household or double income household most parents don’t have that time to research healthy foods and or cook them so a lot of kids eat out or eat packaged foods that’s how it was for me growing up my parents bought so much processed foods like pizza rolls ramen etc soda was a big thing I mean all day every day when I was about 18 I finally started cutting out sodas and lots a lot of weight doing so became a mom myself and it’s hard being a single parent with kids born with health issues whilst trying to maintain somewhat healthy foods my son will eat everything he’s 3 my oldest didn’t have that luxury of eating healthy as she developed sensory issues by the time she was 2
Currently I´m trying this situation with my baby girl I´m pretty sure she´s a picky eater most of the time I´m trying to provide her a variety of healthy food but I´m concerned she never wants to eat something she only wants to drink juices . I´d like you share more information about how can I do for her health , She´s only 3 years old and the problem is that she´s losing weight I´m really afraid. Can you give me some advices Doctor?
When your kid is a picky eater, you just don't give him/her any food. Once they are hungry enough, they'll eat anything. But unfortunately most people nowadays have no self-discipline or patience to take care of the offspring they put into this world.
@@feebyeskandar8499 Notice that I didn't say it was easy. Raising a kid is by no stretch easy. It's a human being, not a fish in an aquarium. Again, self-discipline and patience. If your son doesn't want to put anything in his mouth, well that's tough then. He's not going to be eating anything. Harden up a bit. It will do him good to respect his elders, especially his parents
@@mabdewn he is very respectful and obey me he is 4 years old and since we started solid food he refused most of it and he eat specific things even if he is hungry he won't eat something he doesn't like
@@mabdewn I will end this here it is obvious you are not having any kids and doesn't know how to deal with them he is a human being and I can't force him to eat stuff he doesnt like it
I have 1 girl that eats all veggies and enjoys salads and everything overall. I also have 1 boy that prefers junk food but he still has to eat what i make. I don't make a second meal for anyone! If he doesn't want it or is not hungry, he can save it and eat it the next day for breakfast. I started making green smoothies and he really enjoys them but my youngest one that enjoys all veggies hated them! 😅So, i don't make him a salad-he drinks it. And my daughter gets a salad. 🤭
Dr Berg what suggestions would you have for a child (12 year old) who has sensory processing disorder and food is a major struggle....more than a picky eater.
@@SomeoneSomewhere1984 I also have twin boys, they have communication and behavior problems. Everyday is a fight for them to eat cooked food. They don't combine foods. Won't even eat toast with butter. If I give then a slice of bread they inspect the bread and makes sure there are no Knicks and that the crust is perfectly cut off. I am hoping their eating habits will get better soon. 🙁
With my kids the rules were. You must give (whatever) a good honest try. You do have choices ( junk was never an option) I respected that fact that they were not going to like everything.
Dr Eric Berg... my daughter started with healthy foods since she was a baby. (she was breastfed until she was 1 year and 2 months, but at 6 months we also started introducing vegetables to her) She loves lettuce, brocolli, tomatoes, pickles, carrots, beet, etc. She likes fish too. But despises cakes. She once in a while finds a cookie she likes. She eats one and never touches the same cookie package again. She likes chocolate, but will let them spoil if we don´t remember her of them. She finds imaginary fat every meat she sees. If its fillet mignon, it is too soft. If it's another cut, it's too hard. Fruits are another problem nowadays. She liked everything... mangoes, for example, she loved. Bananas, Etc. Nowadays, she only eats apples and grapes. She is 6 and she is stuck at 19.5 kg for over a year. She should be gaining weight at this age.
@@KimingHao not the average. She was in the lower percentile. And her height was average. So her weight to height ratio was below normal. She is 24kg now at 8 years old. She is less picky, and while she eats more carbs now, she still loves a salad, which is a good thing considering most kids her age don't like salads.
Dr. Berg, My husband and I have been on Keto for a year now. Our 12 year old daughter has now been on Keto for 6 months. She has no health issues and is naturally very thin. The problem now is that she is overly concerned about ingredients and eating clean. She has developed a mental disorder called Orthorexia. It has caused her to become emotional about food. If she is at a friends house or away at an event, she carries her Keto food with her or chooses not to eat for fear she wont have food with pure ingredients. She will have an emotional meltdown if she does not have keto choices .The disorder can easily cross over to Anorexia. We are very concerned for her. She listens to you and argues her point to us. The treatment is to mentally stop being strict and having rules about food . To be flexible and still eat healthy realizing that its ok to eat a dessert or slice of pizza sometimes without the guilt or fear of what might happen to her body.. Otherwise it can turn into a mental struggle when in a situation where food choices are not to her standard. Can you please respond to this so my daughter understands the healthy relationship with food is not about being rigid and deprived but its about being flexible and guilt free while still eating healthy most of the time?
my son is a picky eater - he only eats meats (steak, burgers and other grilled meats), carrots, a certain type of pizza, vanilla ice cream - I don't think he has any deficiencies.
I started from birth with my kids. They often visit with my husband's grandparents and it makes it hard to keep them on a good healthy diet. It's a constant battle.
Im a 52yr old male and when I was a kid and I didn't like what was for dinner (with the exception of liver) then I didn't eat and went to bed hungry. There was no negotiations. One time it was meatloaf and I hated meatloaf even though id never had it, so I refused to eat it off to bed hungry i go well sometime in the night i went to the fridge got the meatloaf out and ended up eating all that was left and now love meatloaf. My point this is a easy thing to do and it 100% works
My friend, who is not considered a “young kid” anymore doesn’t eat anything but chips, rice, and noodles for meals. She won’t eat anything if she doesn’t like the look, texture and smell. She doesn’t exactly care about health, she just makes sure she likes what she’s eatimg. And since she’s quite “old” already, I (about the same age as her) don’t know how to get her to eat more varieties of food.
My daughter in law is awesome raising my grand daughter. They are visiting and I’m trying to provide offerings that are in line with keto kid foods. It’s so hard because I’ve been one meal a day for so long I just don’t think about food. 😳 This 18 month old will eat anything so that’s a good start. She loves avocados, cooked or raw vegetables, fish, all dairy and eggs. Frozen blueberries are fun too. She has most of her teeth. (Like me, she loves carrot juice too, but in moderation 😀)
All kids can be picky. But dinner is dinner. I was never given another option when I didn't like something. And I was an only child. Sometimes I held my nose while chewing but I ate it! I'm thankful for it now, I like a wide variety of food including most vegetables.
MSG doesn't increase insulin resistance. The food that contains MSG often does. But MSG by itself isn't harmful. In fact, you can add MSG to vegetables to get children to eat more of it without much issue.
You don't have to post a link, just the title, or even the author of the study you're referring to. There aren't many that conclude any negative effects and the ones that do are old and obsolete. That's all I'm asking as we can eliminate the source of this urban myth real fast.
I would go steps further and say that both parents should get their own bodies healthy and prepared 6+ months before conception. Set your child up for success!
Thank you for such informative video! I have the worlds picky eater almost two and still wants to be exclusively nursed. I want to completely transition her to solids but she struggles with taste, texture, and I can’t figure out what exactly she likes. I tried bland to flavorful foods. She doesn’t drink anything except water and breast milk. She doesn’t like juices or regular milk. But loves certain fruit and carrots. I have a minimal options and never thought a deficiency would be a potential cause
I was a picky eater when I was a kid, but at least I was eating all types of meat, fish, liver, shellfish. I just hated vegetables, soda (the bubbles annoyed me) and I wasn't a big fan of fruits either.
My 2.8 year old daughter is diagnosed with virtual autism and ADHD. She is extremely Pocky eater. Doesn't eat veggies and meat dry fruits. Pls make video on this topic how to deal with such toddlers
the parent that have problems with this are the same ones that have problems with bedtime. I've seen parents let their elementary school age kids have the run of the house until 10, 11, 12 o'clock at night. then when they do poorly at school, they act like they don't have clue or blame it on the teacher. you can be a parent or you can be a friend, you can't be both. hint: your kids will have plenty of friends in life but they will only have 1 set of parents, own it.
This is not true. I have two sons (4 and 2) who are picky eaters. They have a strict bedtime of 7:30pm every night, awake at 7am every morning. A scheduled routine, are extremely smart and very well behaved. All of those qualities were made of the hard work my husband and i do every single day with them. So by the time dinner comes, we are exhausted and don’t have the fight in us when they refuse to eat. While i’m not saying that’s it’s the right thing to do when we just give in and make the same 3 dinners every week so we can have a peaceful evening with our kids, my point is that it’s no fair to assume picky eating is from lazy parents who just want to be friends with their kids.
@@jennaeccles9897 lol, it makes it your experience. Not what anyone said, untrue. When people speak, unless the specify otherwise, they speak in terms of things being generally understood. Not absolutes.
I never force my kids to eat what they like. Instead ask for help to the professional like Ding a food therapy it is less trauma for them and they will enjoy eating Vegas plus they will give you some tips.❤
From my experience, many moms are so scared of their kids being hungry, that the child never gets the chance to get hungry. Most parents ruin natural, physiological hunger and dis-regulate the whole cycle. Has anybody seen a picky eater in a family where food is scarce?...
And kids exercise less. I could east anything after along day playing outside. I was disappointed when it wasn't the food I wanted but I'd still eat it.
In my city theese days , there are lots of them.
Exactly right. This is so much part of the problem. I see parents let their kids snack on cheerios and crackers etc. for fear they will go hungry if they don't let them eat when they want. Parents don't bother with a schedule and regular meals and don't allow hunger to kick in. At the slightest complaint from the child they indulge them. Also, the parents are addicted to carbs and sweets and constantly bake cookies for the kids as rewards. It's so much a part of the culture.
I grew up on a family of 8 and one of my sisters was a picky eater. We loved sitting next to her ... LOL!!!
My mother-in-law..... Her only concern is food. And she is trying, she just can't understand it. We are the mean parents, we don't offer snacks to our son unless he is hungry! Just horrible people. And we don't give him chocolate or pudding, or fruit with sugar! We even limit his fruit, which is (to her) is like a vegitable :) she is awesome actually, just understanding carbs and nutrition is a bit tough.
Teenager here, suffering the effects of picky eating and paying for it now.
From personal experience, I know it's hard to say no to kids who want fast food all the time, but please say no. Maybe once a month is acceptable as a reward.
Also I recommend like the video said to let your children help with cooking the meals. I learned how to cook much healthier meals and I have noticed my mood improving. I wish I had learned these skills a lot sooner.
Very humble comment. How are things now?
same
When I stopped eating sugar, I expected to feel better, lose fat, etc. I had not expected real food to start tasting better. I never knew that broccoli and brussel sprouts have a bit of sweetness!
I'm thinking that sugar actually blocks our ability to enjoy real food to an extent, so that we are more interested in sugar.
Now this, is a sensible comment. :)
Didn’t u cut all sugar or still age natural sweetness from fruits?
Wait till you find out veggies are carbs aka sugars lol. They just aren't the simple sugars like we get in candy bars.
@@christopherkrause337 Oh, absolutely! Brocolli is sugar just like any other carb.😉😉😉
Thank you
If your toddler refuses a meal, avoid fussing over it. It’s good for children to learn to listen to their bodies and use hunger as a guide. If they ate a big breakfast or lunch, for example, they may not be interested in eating much the rest of the day. It's a parent's responsibility to provide food, and the child’s decision to eat it. Pressuring kids to eat, or punishing them if they don't, can make them actively dislike foods they may otherwise like.
This is irresponsible, plain stupid and borderline child abuse. Most, if not all, adults have to actually make a living or have other responsibilities than their children.
With the advent of “iphone parenting” nowadays, kids will overlook eating. Video games and TH-cam are always more enticing than eating or sleeping. For heavens sake, there are thousands of TH-cam channels dedicated for keeping children occupied.
Kids should learn to respect time at an early age and must be well fed since they are growing. Allowing them willy-nilly to eat whenever is irresponsible parenting.
When our family was young it was eat when you could or starve! There are millions of children in a similar situation throughout the World today for goodness sakes. There is another world outside America you know and thousands of American kids don't have the best nutrition either.
A toddler will refuse easily a meal if something else is appealing. We can négociate on the amount but no, speacially if they jump on sweet snack an hour after.
What? The most important thing is to give your child what it actually needs, not what it wants or think it needs. You create more problems for your child down the line if you let it do what it wants all the time.
@@tmkongen there's a big difference between making your child finish their plate or them saying "im not hungry" then goes straight to their xbox. Lazy parenting was the whole point I saw from this comment. Having a routine and having realistic expectations around that routine are healthy, but teaching a child to stuff it in cuz its 5pm can cause disordered eating. Children shouldn't manipulate parents and need to gatekeep their screen time-- to zero if you must. Maybe spending time together is a good option and taking a time out yourself. Making guilt trips lines like "there's people in the world are starving that could use this food" is gaslighting your child. Setting boundaries to having no sugary items in the house and replacing sugar with more appropriate low sugar "treats", used with bargaining to ensure room is cleaned, dishes are done and help with meal prep..healthy. Also teaching them valuable food prep skills-- i see all to often middle aged people that dont have a clue how to cook..how is that possible? How do you expect to pass on good food practices to your kids if you never know what's in it? Everyone has a lot of work to do on themselves, but parents, it stamps their kids for life. If anything, a relationship with food should be priority, being the biggest environmental impact on our body/health. Why do we have different standards for kids than ourselves? I think a lot of kids get it easy and then do not have a lot of self discipline as an adult, as it was never practiced or taught at a young age. Maybe they want to parent their child differently than their parent but overcompensate, but its a reflection on the parenting. The adult is always responsible.
I don’t remember such a thing as worrying about “picky eaters” back in the day. You ate the food that was placed before you or you didn’t eat.
You always had the option of the spanking, my dad used it effectively, you had a choice eat your veggies or get a spanking. I ate the veggies.
I'm with you on that lol. I work at a nutritional store and sometimes I'll recommend supplements and foods to parents to help their children and they'll say to me that they don't know if their child will eat it. I don't get it lol. Who is the parent and authority in that situation? As a child, you eat what your parents give you. That's how I was brought up. There was none of this "picky eater' nonsense lol
A hefty clap to the back of my head did it for me.
Yep, you either eat or go hungry. Especially for a family of 8, there's no food leftover after each meal. My parents didn't have the time to give special treatment to anyone.
Exactly! If my kids didn't want their food, I said "ok we will save it for tomorrow". And I did. I wrapped the entire plate with Sarah wrap and put it in the fridge for the next day. They ate it, wasn't a choice. I always said it's this meal or no meal. It's funny, they basically do the same thing with their kids. So, it works. Food is for nutritional purposes not for experiencing fine dining.
My daughter is 4 yo and I made it a point to always place veggies on her plate with almost every meal. We also do the same, so she views it as a norm. We dont force feed.She can walk away from her plate, because we dont believe in 'cleaning your plate' but she also understands she cannot ask for anything else if she has not eaten her fruits or veggies. We leave her plate covered at the table or in the fridge until she's ready to have more. She will have the occasional kiddie foods, but we typically make from scratch, or/and with a bowl of veg.
Trying this on my girlfriend
Lmfao
She could have an eating disorder called ARFID if she has issues with eating many foods.
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Lol how did this work?
Ayoo
As someone who work with young children, I came to know for a while now that in order to get them to eat/drink food etc. that are good for their bodies you have to be creative. Make smoothies, blend, use as ingredients in food they love and will eat.
This didn’t work for me. I thought really hard and then I realise...
I need to have kids first.
Man, all those notes you took and experiments that you tried, to then realize that you didn't have kids... that must hurt :/
Christian Bitar Yeah but you know what hurts the most...
Realising that I am single.
@@abcdef-zf3zn It's better for you these days
You make useful videos for the benefit of people, and the petty people make rude videos to criticize you. You are the best and most importantly, Dr. Eric. Continue
Have never seen any videos criticising dr berg
@@Missforexcharts
What about the Coach Greg video and the videos of Dr. Leo Venus?
Dr. Nawal Abdel Tawab Kayali , I think you are an advertising agent of this coach Greg 😀 Never heard of him before but you continue to mention him over and over again in the comments 🤔
He spews a lotta nonsense and orthorexia promoting fear mongering
@@Missforexcharts I do
OMG! Thank thank you,Dr.Berg. My son just turn four as baby I made my own puree food( veggies)for him, he used to love it. As he become a young toddler he refused to eat anything cook except happy meal, corn dogs, donuts, cakes, lots of juice and tons of oreo cookies 😒🙄. Those foods aren't from my house ( at my mother in law's) she used to watched him. At home he would fight me wouldn't eat. I send him pre-school and the bad habits still stay while I am trying to break it off. He is already taking a multivitamin so I will give him a supplement with Zinc and B1. I am really trying to have him eat less sugary stuffs, I don't have lots of junk in the house but he eats tons of of it on the weekend visiting Grandma. I love my mother in law but we need to have a serious talk again seriously 😊.
@@KAITLYNTAYLOROFFICIAL Hi dear, that would be my pleasure for you to share your recipes with me. Thank you. I stayed away from gluten food and I am lactaid intolerance. This is wonderful 👏 news. 🥰 Thank you again.
Dr. Berg. What would be a good way to get Zinc, B1 and DHA? What supplement can be purchased that contains a good amount of these?
Already doing all of this and it’s working. My son and husband for that matter are fairly fussy eaters. It’s been a struggle to get him to eat healthy foods. He’s 16 now and I think what has really helped is that he is now taking responsibility for what he eats and how much. We haven’t got any of those foods in the house any more and if he is to have an occasional treat, it’s only once in a blue moon. I’ve substituted sugar for stevia and almond, coconut and other flour substitutes and make keto, pizza and ice cream and he’s happy enough with these substitutes.
The only problem we are having is that nuts are banned at our school due to allergies and a lot of the recipes contain almonds.
I am a kid and I like eating vegetables 😁
Aw that's so good baby👍☺
Thank you I have this exact problem with my 8 yr old. She used to tell me Grandma I love broccoli, but when she started school that changed. I will work on this ASAP. This really is very important I was really getting worried and you described her with mood as well. Thanks again Dr. 😊
Yes, my son used to love broccoli and now it's a no. Beacausee kids in school don't like it.
@@El-wv1tf that's so crazy but I continue to put it on her plate even if it's 3 pieces but lately I've tried raw or very lightly steamed and she eats it better. So she'll eat carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber and tomatoes. Tacos are her favorite food especially if she can make it herself.
OMG, never could guess vitamin deficiency would be reason behind my son eating issues, thanks a ton for this informative video
My kids get really worried when we run out of vegetables😂 They absolutely love eating a variety of fruit and veggies. Luckily, they've never been picky at all. Thanks for sharing Doc.
Lucky you
The best doctor of all time. Please make more videos for parents/kids. They are our future.
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Thank you Dr Eric Berg for sharing this vital information, you are saving lives everyday.
Very glad to be of help!
Oh, so that's why I felt like a completely different and better person after eating healthy! Nutrients are key!
I was suuuper picky as a child. but I clearly remember, that I had another reason for that. I learned from cartoons an TV in general, that children don't like vegetables. I knew that I was a child, so I adapted that behaviour. As stupid as it sounds, it is the truth. Maybe this added to deficiencies and made it all worse.
Thank you. I think this may be part of what's happening with our daughter. She always used to eat her veggies, but as she's gotten older things changed. Our kids have a time limit for screen time, but many kids shows do have an aversion to veggies.
For 20 years I have been researching for parents of my students who DO NOT want to medicate their children but the behaviors are very real and need to be addressed(at home as well). These are GREAT short videos to educate parents! Thank you! Thought: can you make videos aimed at children to explain these concepts?
Children shouldn’t be on a keto diet unless of epilepsy otherwise there is no reason for a child to be on a keto diet, I hate parents who put their kids on a diet for no reason
Thank you very much. May God increase your knowledge more and more. Your videos are full package of informations.
I'm happy to help. Thanks for watching!
Make them watch Dr.Berg’s videos until they give in, or switch them over to the cooking account.
My kids were picky eaters, my Grandson is a picky eater, my hubby is a picky eater. All 4 have tested "on the spectrum ". My son only wanted mac & cheese for meals for a year--and not boxed, but I needed to "make it myself". That was a fun year. My daughter told the school nutritionist that "Vegetarians made her very sad. Why would someone want to eat a defenseless veggie-at least animals had a fighting chance" *sigh*. My hubby blames his Mom LOL and my Grandson is 6 and we knew at 1.5 when he stopped babbling something was off. At 2, he was "playing" with you tube (not you tube kids, we didn't know about that yet!) and started moving his hands really fast at us. When we just looked at him, I kid you not he sighed loudly, took back the phone, watched more videos and started to SPELL WITH HIS FINGERS-forming letters!! All from you tube!!! It was then that a) I figured out he had been trying to talk to us via sign language and b) we were screwed. And we are LOL he started speaking about a year ago and he is so funny!!! And, God help me Covid was the best thing that happened for him. When he would get his chance to tell his classmates what he has been morning-after they proudly showed off what they made with duplos or colored, my Grandson showed them the flag he drew and told them about the country, or about the schematic he followed, or the bones in the body, or the book he read.....after the school basically had said he was "slow"....they zoomed with him and figure he comprehends at a 3rd-4th grade level. He is more than likely vitamin deficient. But sometimes it's a texture thing. French fries are liked because they are texturally pleasing. Mashed or baked potatoes, not so much. Pasta is good, sauce hit & miss. We spirialize a lot of veggies and use it as a noodle and that seems to work, as long as the texture isnt too mushy, and he will eat spaghetti squash with me. Hes not big into red meat, but will eat chicken, and fish. Again, we watch texture, and Nana tries it first. Sometimes it's not a case of a "difficult" eater, but a set of circumstances you need to work with. That is sometimes harder!!! A picky eater outgrows it-my Mac & cheese guy says now "how could you have only let me eat that?!?!" Um, hello. Working in your parameters I had to make it myself. Usually, when you were not around. I would add ground up meat, veggies, tofu....so you got protein & veggies. I always had grapes, apples, or whatever fruit you liked in season. And you liked peanut butter which I showed you dipped into with an apple was really good--and if you heat the peanut butter, just like thick caramel!!! LOL the child is 6'4" and loves this fruits & veggies I did something right the goof. His sister is still a work in progress 😊
Man I would love to do all this but it’s hard with twins imagine teaching two kids at once one kid is hard enough
I found that when you're hungry... really hungry... you ate what ever food was available.
I wont
For some people they won’t eat at all. No matter how hungry they are if there isn’t something there they’d eat.
That doesn't work in my case, trust me.
Not at all man.
Unfortunately the garbage is always the cheapest. That’s why the put the MSG in it. Yuck I can believe I ate McDonald’s once
It's frustrating when your husband is the one buying it for them as that's what he likes to eat as well. Not even fibromyalgia will get him to change his diet.
I am going through the same thing with my husband
Me too it's Hard
My wife is a picky eater so i am watching this..............
Aren’t all wives are picky eaters?
Thank you so much for making a video about kids health too! This was what i was looking for! I will try this. I love how you don't demonize parents for it but instead want to help them make a change. Life is all about learning! I appreciate your videos so much. Thanks again from my family to yours!
100 percent correct about the nutritional deficiency. I am a mom who had all kinds of problems growing up.... nutritional deficiencies of my own... dental cavities that got filled with mercury.... that led to root canals and infections like h-pylori and now anemia and a whole mess of other things. Unfortunately the worst part is I didn't catch on about my own health until the 3rd pregnancy!!!! So my own kids were born from a very very unhealthy mom and have autism, adhd and other health conditions... I did notice the connection with food back in 2008 but no one and I mean no one has information like Dr Berg and I only discovered him back in June 27 2022 when I was trying to get healthy myself.... don't know how I came across his content but I am so very very grateful... I only wish I had started the healing process because now I have an entire family... husband and 3 kids to heal and I feel the pressure of time ... especially with my youngest who is severely autistic and non-verbal... this SAD (standard American diet) is terrible... along with big pharma and their connections with media, government etc ... what a mess we are all in and it's thanks to content like this that we can help others prevent so much damage to their health and body.
Similar situation here. :( I really tried. Started out moreso healthy but she hates so many textures. I'm not the healthiest...have a sensory disorder that she may have too...i have autism and possible adhd so it makes it hrd to remember or focus ... not sure about her, yet ....she's been eating less and less fries thankfully but yeah. Her teeth have suffered in such a short amount of time ecwn whwn she ate more healthy foods at the time and she was breastfed at the same time for an extended time... I've still failed her so much. I'm so confused and broken. I know I have much to work on, but we've tried a lot, too. I hope things can get better for your situation...sounds like you've all been through a lot.
That’s how I am , imma very picky eater , idk if it’s , I’m scared to try , or I dont like the way certain foods smell’s or looks , but I really wanna learn how to try new things !!
Kids after seeing this video be like.
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where to find Parental controls 🤣
Lol, I needed a laugh. 😂👌
Growing up I ate a lot of junk food. I wasn't fat, but I did drink and eat a lot of "bad sugar" stuff (eg. pop , candy etc..). I look back and I feel this "unhealthy" lifestyle "partly" led me to my "bad behavior" (angry , depressed, etc..)
Thanks to God for you Doctor! you saved my family and me.
It's the parents' fault for giving them crappy foods to being w/.
And usually the parents eat crappy food themselves.
Let me tell you something. When my older one started on solids he constantly ate vegetables, meat - everything. I made everything fresh for him. He loved it! He was eating broccolis with apples. Until he turned 2.5years old. Then one day to another it changed. Since then: nothing. Nothing! And no, we don’t eat crap. I still cook every day from quality ingredients - in fact, the veggies come from our own garden. And he just would not eat it. Only yesterday I offered him some plums straight from he tree... you can guess... he is 5 and a half, btw. And here’s the younger one, raised and fed the same way: give him a cucumber and he will eat it. In fact, he’s just eaten a big bowl of tomatoes. So nobody please give me this “it’s the parents’ fault” crap! Because it’s a problem and we have frikkin’ tried everything! He even helps me cook and with the recipes. And then he refuses to to eat it! 🤬
Boddah I know your comment is 6 months old but wow it’s just as stupid today as it was then. You don’t have a clue. Gonna go ahead and guess you’re childless and have zero idea what it’s even like to raise kids. You would crumble and fold like a cheap deck of cards if you have had a kid who was a picky eater.
I agree with OP. And I have aa kid. And a one who has a weight problem. And he was all that "eat vegitables and no refined sweets" in the start. He even lost a lot of weight around 3 years of age. And went to kindergarten and yup we kind of screwed that up by letting go. Getting back on track now, because weight has come back. And it's our problem, the parents problem. Not the kid's,, not no one else's. Just ours. And yes, even though he continued to eaat vegitables etc. there were sugars, some hidden, some right in the open. We just didn't have energy to control it. But again, it is our responsibility, excuses wwontt help with fixxingg thee problem.
@@anitaraab1561 Coming from a picky eater it's not our fault we were born different. I only eat breakfast (at school) and lunch (at school) no dinner. And it's annoying and hurtful when people say "What do you want for dinner all you eat is _____," its not our fault! You wouldn't know what it's like.
Everyone says parents should just make kids eat! Nah everyone most of those people now have food adervetions and binges and bad experiences with food because of being forced!
The comments had me dying lol.....as a mom of a picky eater I must try this, as nothing else works. I don't like to force food on my child, so I just give her what I know she will eat and that's a very, very limited list.
I watched your interview with Ghaida. I don't know how to believe it. You are very kind, this girl exaggerates her words and her psychological state, not membership, but she only wanted to attract the attention of others
Awesomeness Happening Right Here!!!!
Long overdue. Thanks for the video I asked for many times.
When my son was little, he would eat anything I gave him. Now he's 9 and is super picky about everything! He won't even try to eat the foods he used to eat. It is exhausting trying to get him to eat a better variety of healthier food. It's like... If he knows it's something good for him, he won't eat it or even try it. I've tried everything and with this COVID-19🦠😷 semi lock down, he's gained sooo much weight just sitting at home and eating. I'm scared he's gonna develop diabetes or something even worse. I'm even more afraid of him getting COVID, cuz his weight alone puts him at a higher risk of complications or worse. 😰
I was called a “picky eater” growing up and all it did was insult me. Do I choose to feel like I’m going to vomit because of the smell or texture of certain foods? Of course I don’t “pick” that. I’d love to eat sushi, it just doesn’t work. I prefer selective.
My 13 year old son has always been a picky eater. Eats no fruits no vegetables and only a handful on the list to the right. I spent 5 years going to speech therapy, three times per week: occupational therapy, and something else (I can't even remember what it is now). I made him keto chocolate pudding (with avocados) and he loved them! I recently made some cauliflower fritters and he loved them as well. He will not taste rest 'normal' food but he will my keto recipes and has loved them -if they resemble his normal foods. I've hid the main ingredient from him as I'm cooking it to begin with. He's too bright to be fooled much longer and I really thick he's catching on, but I'm hoping that by them he's not going to care what's in them.
Last week I told him that he has to take supplements until he eats healthy, so I give him Nutritional Yeast. It makes si much sense to give him zinc! So now I have to figure out how he's going to eat more zinc. Any ideas?
@@KAITLYNTAYLOROFFICIAL thank you dooooo much! I will definitely look into your channel😊
Very helpful, thank you for sharing this wonderful information 🙏
Very glad to be of help.
My best friend raised her son with only Chicken McNuggets. - Refusing most vegetables herself, except for french fries, she died of cancer. - Hopefully, his grandmother has asked him to try something healthy.
My daughter was never a big eater. She started solids at 8 months and she would eat quite a variety of things in small amounts. She especially liked squash, Nutella, and miso soup. But at 2 she suddenly stopped eating. We've tried so many different things to get our daughter to eat, including not giving her meals. Nothing worked. We think she has ARFID as she exhibits many of the symptoms: eats less than 10 foods, very brand-specific (she only likes 1 brand of cereal, 2 of chocolate milk), fussy about utensils and plates (won't eat if not her Helly Kitty bowls), uniformity in her food (only likes long, yellow fries, doesn't like fries that are different in shape or color), etc.
Our family loves to eat and we prepare quite a variety of meals in our household. Daughter likes helping to prep and cook, even set the table. She also likes playing with pretend food and Play-doh. But when it comes to the real thing, she runs away. We also eat out during the weekend, but she only eats specific fries and plain Auntie Anne's pretzels.
My sister was similar when she was younger. My dad would spank her, threaten her, leave her on the table the whole day just so she would eat a bowl of veg (she went almost 3 days without food once, my dad got scared and gave up.) She's 40 now and still eats only a limited number of foods. I'm afraid my daughter might end up like her.
My husband and I think pressure and spanking are a no-no because it worked so well for my sister. We've been trying to locate a pediatric food specialist here in Manila, watched and tried tips from so many videos about eating disorders but so far no luck. We're really stressed about it.
We even tried offering her candy and chips, just to get her to try anything! She won't touch them either. She doesn't drink any juice and stopped drinking milk recently. We tried Pediasure but she won't even touch the box so we put it in her Hello Kitty cup but she grimaced at the smell or maybe the color and refused to take a sip. It's really really frustrating.
My daughter is the same way. ARFID, what is that, and how can you help them?
@@tiffanydove7390 ARFID is Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It's a condition wherein a person has a fear or phobia of food. We've been trying to find experts to help with our daughter but so far no luck. We just do the best we can with her. There is hope as it is treatable. I pray your daughter gets the help she needs.
Thanks Doc. So helpful & always learn from you. ✌🏾🔥🤙🏾🤗
Very glad to be of help.
I think my kids would be more scared of the keto foods listed on the website than other foods. Lol
Thanks Dr.Berg for these amazing informations👍💙
Very glad to be of help.
Thank you so much!! Omg!
I am diabetic. Recently diagnosed. I have one daughter who will not eat anything except those crappy foods. My other two children are more into following mom’s better example. Teaching them about the balance plate portion sizes healthy exercise. Thank you for this video it’s a great tool!
Hi Dr Berg, I have a picky eater ( preteen) and it's such a struggle to get him to eat his daily protein.
Is there a chewable supplement you can recommend for younger kids to take?
Thank you so much for sharing such helpful content. It's very much appreciated!🌷
I have a picky 18 year old....does not eat any fruits at all or vegetables, actually the only vegetable he will eat is broccoli sometimes....he will not eat any type of seafood either so I gave up, he's officially an adult. My other son is 12 & eats just about any meat & seafood, alot of different fruit but also no vegetables besides broccoli...I'm still trying with him 🤞...I make them both take vitamin supplements
PERFECT!! I needed some input to help my granddaughter that is a poor eater and then come winter, she seems to get sick TOO much!! So hard to convince children or anyone if they aren't having any major health issues that they need to change what they are eating. :(
I think a big issue with kids and food stems from working parents wether it’s a single parent household or double income household most parents don’t have that time to research healthy foods and or cook them so a lot of kids eat out or eat packaged foods that’s how it was for me growing up my parents bought so much processed foods like pizza rolls ramen etc soda was a big thing I mean all day every day when I was about 18 I finally started cutting out sodas and lots a lot of weight doing so became a mom myself and it’s hard being a single parent with kids born with health issues whilst trying to maintain somewhat healthy foods my son will eat everything he’s 3 my oldest didn’t have that luxury of eating healthy as she developed sensory issues by the time she was 2
you are a great doctor dr berg thank you for everything.
Can you make a video about orthostatic hypotension and its treatment please
You forgot the most important.... Nutritional Yeast or natural B vitamin complex. It has hands down helped the MOST!!
I'm using this technique for me 😆 I am trying to slowly get off the substitutes now =)
Currently I´m trying this situation with my baby girl I´m pretty sure she´s a picky eater most of the time I´m trying to provide her a variety of healthy food but I´m concerned she never wants to eat something she only wants to drink juices . I´d like you share more information about how can I do for her health , She´s only 3 years old and the problem is that she´s losing weight I´m really afraid. Can you give me some advices Doctor?
When your kid is a picky eater, you just don't give him/her any food. Once they are hungry enough, they'll eat anything. But unfortunately most people nowadays have no self-discipline or patience to take care of the offspring they put into this world.
I do this my son won't put anything in his mouth that he doesnt like its not that easy
@@feebyeskandar8499 Notice that I didn't say it was easy. Raising a kid is by no stretch easy. It's a human being, not a fish in an aquarium. Again, self-discipline and patience. If your son doesn't want to put anything in his mouth, well that's tough then. He's not going to be eating anything. Harden up a bit. It will do him good to respect his elders, especially his parents
@@mabdewn he is very respectful and obey me he is 4 years old and since we started solid food he refused most of it and he eat specific things even if he is hungry he won't eat something he doesn't like
@@feebyeskandar8499 I'm sorry. This sounds like he's the boss and you're the one taking orders.
@@mabdewn I will end this here it is obvious you are not having any kids and doesn't know how to deal with them he is a human being and I can't force him to eat stuff he doesnt like it
I have 1 girl that eats all veggies and enjoys salads and everything overall. I also have 1 boy that prefers junk food but he still has to eat what i make. I don't make a second meal for anyone! If he doesn't want it or is not hungry, he can save it and eat it the next day for breakfast. I started making green smoothies and he really enjoys them but my youngest one that enjoys all veggies hated them! 😅So, i don't make him a salad-he drinks it. And my daughter gets a salad. 🤭
Awesome info, I cant wait to give this a try. Thank you
Dr Berg what suggestions would you have for a child (12 year old) who has sensory processing disorder and food is a major struggle....more than a picky eater.
We need that video
KAITLYN TAYLOR I would love that channel! I have twins who are non verbal with ASD. It’s very difficult to get them to eat healthy.
Hi! I will check with Dr. Berg about doing a video on this!
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Dr. Eric Berg DC thanks so much! ❤️😊
@@SomeoneSomewhere1984 I also have twin boys, they have communication and behavior problems. Everyday is a fight for them to eat cooked food. They don't combine foods. Won't even eat toast with butter. If I give then a slice of bread they inspect the bread and makes sure there are no Knicks and that the crust is perfectly cut off. I am hoping their eating habits will get better soon. 🙁
A thank you from our kids
With my kids the rules were. You must give (whatever) a good honest try. You do have choices ( junk was never an option) I respected that fact that they were not going to like everything.
My parent's just beat me😔, video is coming a little bit to late 😅
Dr Eric Berg... my daughter started with healthy foods since she was a baby. (she was breastfed until she was 1 year and 2 months, but at 6 months we also started introducing vegetables to her)
She loves lettuce, brocolli, tomatoes, pickles, carrots, beet, etc.
She likes fish too.
But despises cakes. She once in a while finds a cookie she likes. She eats one and never touches the same cookie package again. She likes chocolate, but will let them spoil if we don´t remember her of them.
She finds imaginary fat every meat she sees. If its fillet mignon, it is too soft. If it's another cut, it's too hard.
Fruits are another problem nowadays. She liked everything... mangoes, for example, she loved. Bananas, Etc.
Nowadays, she only eats apples and grapes.
She is 6 and she is stuck at 19.5 kg for over a year. She should be gaining weight at this age.
20kg is the average for a 6 year old, I don't think there's anything too bad with her
@@KimingHao not the average. She was in the lower percentile.
And her height was average. So her weight to height ratio was below normal.
She is 24kg now at 8 years old. She is less picky, and while she eats more carbs now, she still loves a salad, which is a good thing considering most kids her age don't like salads.
I'm 14 yrs old kid and Vegan I eat all vegetables which is see Infront of me
Dr. Berg, My husband and I have been on Keto for a year now. Our 12 year old daughter has now been on Keto for 6 months. She has no health issues and is naturally very thin. The problem now is that she is overly concerned about ingredients and eating clean. She has developed a mental disorder called Orthorexia. It has caused her to become emotional about food. If she is at a friends house or away at an event, she carries her Keto food with her or chooses not to eat for fear she wont have food with pure ingredients. She will have an emotional meltdown if she does not have keto choices .The disorder can easily cross over to Anorexia. We are very concerned for her. She listens to you and argues her point to us. The treatment is to mentally stop being strict and having rules about food . To be flexible and still eat healthy realizing that its ok to eat a dessert or slice of pizza sometimes without the guilt or fear of what might happen to her body.. Otherwise it can turn into a mental struggle when in a situation where food choices are not to her standard. Can you please respond to this so my daughter understands the healthy relationship with food is not about being rigid and deprived but its about being flexible and guilt free while still eating healthy most of the time?
Thank you. Just what I needed.
Thank you very much Dr.Berg!
You are very welcome.
my son is a picky eater - he only eats meats (steak, burgers and other grilled meats), carrots, a certain type of pizza, vanilla ice cream - I don't think he has any deficiencies.
I started from birth with my kids. They often visit with my husband's grandparents and it makes it hard to keep them on a good healthy diet. It's a constant battle.
Thank you thank you thank you Dr Berg!
Im a 52yr old male and when I was a kid and I didn't like what was for dinner (with the exception of liver) then I didn't eat and went to bed hungry. There was no negotiations. One time it was meatloaf and I hated meatloaf even though id never had it, so I refused to eat it off to bed hungry i go well sometime in the night i went to the fridge got the meatloaf out and ended up eating all that was left and now love meatloaf. My point this is a easy thing to do and it 100% works
My friend, who is not considered a “young kid” anymore doesn’t eat anything but chips, rice, and noodles for meals. She won’t eat anything if she doesn’t like the look, texture and smell. She doesn’t exactly care about health, she just makes sure she likes what she’s eatimg. And since she’s quite “old” already, I (about the same age as her) don’t know how to get her to eat more varieties of food.
She also won’t do anything related to new food unless she’s forced to.
My daughter in law is awesome raising my grand daughter. They are visiting and I’m trying to provide offerings that are in line with keto kid foods. It’s so hard because I’ve been one meal a day for so long I just don’t think about food. 😳 This 18 month old will eat anything so that’s a good start. She loves avocados, cooked or raw vegetables, fish, all dairy and eggs. Frozen blueberries are fun too. She has most of her teeth. (Like me, she loves carrot juice too, but in moderation 😀)
All kids can be picky. But dinner is dinner. I was never given another option when I didn't like something. And I was an only child. Sometimes I held my nose while chewing but I ate it! I'm thankful for it now, I like a wide variety of food including most vegetables.
MSG doesn't increase insulin resistance. The food that contains MSG often does. But MSG by itself isn't harmful. In fact, you can add MSG to vegetables to get children to eat more of it without much issue.
Its not a neurtoxin, it's a neurotransmitter, your body is even able to synthesize its own MSG if it needs to.
Are you citing something?
You don't have to post a link, just the title, or even the author of the study you're referring to. There aren't many that conclude any negative effects and the ones that do are old and obsolete. That's all I'm asking as we can eliminate the source of this urban myth real fast.
aren't people who only eat healthy food also considered a picky eater, cause they refuse to eat any fast food or junk food
Hi please help my 4 year old daughter somehow stopped growing she short for her Age Any suggestion thanks
I would go steps further and say that both parents should get their own bodies healthy and prepared 6+ months before conception. Set your child up for success!
Thank you for such informative video! I have the worlds picky eater almost two and still wants to be exclusively nursed. I want to completely transition her to solids but she struggles with taste, texture, and I can’t figure out what exactly she likes. I tried bland to flavorful foods. She doesn’t drink anything except water and breast milk. She doesn’t like juices or regular milk. But loves certain fruit and carrots. I have a minimal options and never thought a deficiency would be a potential cause
awesome Dr Berg
I was a picky eater when I was a kid, but at least I was eating all types of meat, fish, liver, shellfish. I just hated vegetables, soda (the bubbles annoyed me) and I wasn't a big fan of fruits either.
This was sooooooooooooo helpful, thank you so much!
I'm happy to help. Thanks for watching!
My 2.8 year old daughter is diagnosed with virtual autism and ADHD. She is extremely Pocky eater. Doesn't eat veggies and meat dry fruits. Pls make video on this topic how to deal with such toddlers
We're on the same situation 😞 pls make a video for this pls
Thank you for the education you give us
You're most welcome.
My kid used to be a picky eater.....until I started feeding her with a slingshot n that got her a good bit less picky 😂🤣😀
Woah😂😂
Thank you for this amazing video
My sister doesn’t eat anything that is seasoned with Knorr. She won’t eat any of my dishes in general.
Knorr just came out with a "Natural product" I have yet to look up the new ingredients.
They’re only available in certain countries.
There was also this documentary that said that children’s shows depict vegetables as yucky so young children see this and copy their behaviour.
Thank you so much for this video
No worries! Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next video!
I am trying boost my 4 year old daughter Immune system
the parent that have problems with this are the same ones that have problems with bedtime. I've seen parents let their elementary school age kids have the run of the house until 10, 11, 12 o'clock at night. then when they do poorly at school, they act like they don't have clue or blame it on the teacher. you can be a parent or you can be a friend, you can't be both. hint: your kids will have plenty of friends in life but they will only have 1 set of parents, own it.
Exactly, i remember this saying that stuck with me that you have 18 years to parent and the rest of your lives to be friends.
This is not true. I have two sons (4 and 2) who are picky eaters. They have a strict bedtime of 7:30pm every night, awake at 7am every morning. A scheduled routine, are extremely smart and very well behaved. All of those qualities were made of the hard work my husband and i do every single day with them. So by the time dinner comes, we are exhausted and don’t have the fight in us when they refuse to eat. While i’m not saying that’s it’s the right thing to do when we just give in and make the same 3 dinners every week so we can have a peaceful evening with our kids, my point is that it’s no fair to assume picky eating is from lazy parents who just want to be friends with their kids.
@@jennaeccles9897 lol, it makes it your experience. Not what anyone said, untrue. When people speak, unless the specify otherwise, they speak in terms of things being generally understood. Not absolutes.
Thank you so much. This is what i needed
Glad that I can provide you with the information you need. Take care!
Is it bad that I found this while looking up recipes for my husband? Cus this doesn’t describe my child, it describes my husband XD
I never force my kids to eat what they like. Instead ask for help to the professional like Ding a food therapy it is less trauma for them and they will enjoy eating Vegas plus they will give you some tips.❤
Excellent.
Honestly, I am learning more from comments here. Feeding our 2 year old is always an uphill challege 😢