On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 01:46:19 -0400, "Kara H"
wrote:

"ray miller" wrote:

This is psychological and has little if anything to do with the taste
or texture. Without a doubt tomato is a fruit not a veg, so you should
be able to eat tomatoes without turning a hair.

Hmm I have never thought of it that way. What were they key things I said
that made you think that. I'm trying to retrace myself and see where it
stems from.

If you lump all veges together and say they make you gag, it can't be
something physical, cos all veges don't taste/feel the same or
anything like. Carrot and courgettes are in no way similar..
Since you don't have a problem with fruit, but you do have a problem
with tomatoes it muts be a learned thing.

Have you tried a (double) blind taste test.
Get someone to prepare several different fruits and veges, maybe
blended to a paste. Get someone else to feed a teaspoonful of each,
and you decide which you like.

Phobia's can be treated rather easily, and this is a bit similar. I
once saw a program on telly with a guy who was phobic about beans.
They treated him and in a couple of weeks he could prpeare and eat
them as though he'd never had a problem.

I have a very hard time with the low-carb thing.

I can sympathize. Low-carb isn't for me either.
For people with no health problems there's nothing wrong with it - at
least in the short term. It's not really a WOE that can be sustained,
but even with WW once you reach target you have to re-assess how you
eat. Changing to maintenance is probably as big a problem as changing
from low-carb to eating 'normally' again.

Good luck

Ray