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I’d also like to see a microbiome study done on more neurodivergent individuals to see if this pattern sticks. Anecdotally, we also have a family where we have
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I’d also like to see a microbiome study done on more neurodivergent individuals to see if this pattern sticks.
Anecdotally, we also have a family where we have to cook separate meals at times because certain foods cause the gag reflex while they eat and they don’t like exploring new foods.
- anotherevan 5y agoThe running joke when my son was younger was that he didn't like to try new foods he hadn't had before. Fortunately he grew out of it in his mid-to-late teens.
- nradov 5y agoI'm curious how neurodivergent individuals managed to survive in pre-modern times, or even in poor countries today. Throughout most of human history people usually didn't have any choice of foods. They either ate whatever was available, or they starved. The concept of cooking separate meals is a historical anomaly that's only possible in an affluent society with a food surplus.
- Auracle 5y agoMost people in the first world nowadays have rarely, if ever, been all that hungry. If you go, say, 14 hours without eating anything while walking in hard terrain/doing physical labor literally anything edible is appetizing. I imagine they got over whatever mental blocks they had quickly.