Food Exposure Log
- Wendy Sterling
- Sep 26, 2024
- 1 min read
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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