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Food Exposure Log

Repeat #foodexposures are essential to fight back against #foodfears and to reduce #foodanxiety. Adding these foods in, even if it feels scary, will help your food anxiety lessen over time and help you get closer to food freedom (should you wish). ⁠

Food exposures are also important for those with ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). Here, patients may try a food (few bites), while eating meals and snacks that meet their energy needs using the foods they do like. ⁠

In both cases, research on exposures shows it can take many experiences (think 15 -20 times or more!) before a person can become more comfortable around the food. Each exposure is meant to be done many times,⁠ in many forms, and fully experienced (swallowed). ⁠

In our most recent book, "How to Nourish Yourself Through an Eating Disorder," we have several chapters on this topic.

We also use a Food Exposure Checklist to track which⁠

and how many exposures are done. We are offering this form on our website, to download for free. ⁠Check it out!

Happy food exposures! Let us know how it goes! ⁠




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