Food Chaining: The Common Sense Home Program for ARFID, Extreme Food Selectivity and Problem Eating

Overcoming picky or problem eating or treating ARFID requires you to taste new foods. That is a tall order. It can be frightening just thinking about it. So how do you learn about a new food and try a bite and feel safe? How do you find new foods that you will actually enjoy? Food Chaining creates chains, the links from the foods you like to eat to new foods that are very similar. We stack the deck in your favor by having you learn to feel good while trying new foods in a new, systematic and safe way. New foods are selected that are very similar in taste, texture and temperature to the foods you eat every day. These modified foods are highly likely to be accepted because they are foods that you are highly likely to like. That is what this is all about, finding new foods you like over and over and over. This two part in one podcast is a detailed guide that is full of advice for the patient, the family and the therapy team. Try Food Chaining, form a plan, and change your eating gently and well. It will change your life.