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For The Art of Autism<\/a><\/em> and Proud2Bme<\/a><\/em>, I wrote this blog about the challenges around eating that persons with ASD might face. An abridged version (in Dutch) was also published in Lister magazine UP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cArmansky\u2019s star researcher was a pale, anorexic young woman who had hair as short as a fuse, and a pierced nose and eyebrows. She had a wasp tattoo about an inch long on her neck, a tattooed loop around the biceps of her left arm and another around her left ankle. On those occasions when she had been wearing a tank top, Armansky also saw that she had a dragon tattoo on her left shoulder blade. She was a natural redhead, but she dyed her hair raven black. She looked as though she had just emerged from a week-long orgy with a gang of hard rockers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fans of \u201cMillennium<\/a>\u201d will surely recognize the above description: it\u2019s about Lisbeth Salander, the heroine from the books (and the films based on the books) by Stieg Larsson. Lisbeth is brilliant, unadapted, stubborn, independent, funny and..: \u201cdifferent\u201d with food. Whereas all the other characters in this franchise eat regularly and diverse, visit restaurants and cook healthy meals, Lisbeth is also a \u201cmisfit\u201d when it comes to her diet. Her way of dealing with food may look like a classic eating disorder (\u201ca pale, anorexic young woman\u201d), but in my opinion it has a different origin. Diagnosing fictional characters is of course a tricky business. Yet Lisbeth \u2013 as presented by Stieg Larsson \u2013 would score high on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient. Using Lisbeth as an example, in this blog, I would like to share some of my thoughts around autism and eating problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autism & Eating Problems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In people with autism \u2013 officially Autism Spectrum Disorders or ASD \u2013 many things work just a little differently than in average people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the problem areas for me is eating. For as long as I can remember I have had trouble with regular, sufficient (= not too much!) and healthy food. And that is something I immediately recognized in the descriptions of Lisbeth. \u201cShe had, Armansky was convinced of that, no eating disorder, she seemed to consume all possible junk food\u201d. But\u2026 That boundless consumption of all possible junk food can indicate a disturbed way of dealing with food, especially when you look at how Lisbeth alternates that habit with longer periods of not eating anything at all (and only drinking locks full of coffee). Awfully recognizable \u2013 even for me that unhealthy eating pattern will always remain a trap. But since I am more aware of where that \u201cweird eating\u201d of mine comes from, I can arm myself against it. And because there is a lot of overlap between ASD and eating disorders \u2013 such as perfectionism, black-and-white thinking and the need for structure \u2013 I hope that this piece also makes sense for neurotypical people who are struggling with food and eating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cResearch shows that eating problems are common in people with ASD,\u201d writes autism expert Annelies Spek. \u201cWhen it comes to eating disorders, we even see that a quarter of women with anorexia nervosa also have an autism spectrum disorder. Despite this, little is known about how eating disorders occur in humans with ASD and what helps them to heal from it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The internet is, of course, an infinite source of knowledge, shared, for example, by people with similar experiences. Through fora and social media I\u2019m in contact with other people \u2013 both with and without autism \u2013 who struggle with their diet. And so I also discovered that eating problems in people with ASD sometimes have different causes than in neurotypical people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for me, my strange eating pattern comes from characteristics of autism, such as my difficulty with planning and poor executive functions, my sensitivity to over-stimulation, my not getting through signals from my body properly, my clumsy motor skills (cooking and chewing are difficult, people), my not knowing how much food my body needs, my predilection for repetition and my great desire to \u201cbelong\u201d. Below I will discuss these aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food & Executive Functions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people with autism have problems with their so-called \u201cexecutive functions.\u201d You can see them as the conductor who directs everything \u2013 the orchestra of your actions and the choir of your thoughts. The conductor in my head always lets me improvise a little \u2013 spinning thoughts and letting go of memories is hard for me, so since I got sick as a child after eating broad beans, I can\u2019t eat broad beans anymore. You also need executive functions to plan, organise, keep an overview, switch from one activity to another and more. I can\u2019t do all that very well and that also has consequences for my eating behaviour. Choosing a recipe, shopping and cooking feel like running a marathon. Just like Lisbeth, I live and eat in the moment. Is there a bag of chips here? Or two or three or ten? Without being able to oversee the consequences of my actions I eat them all at once. Because of the nice taste, the nice crackling feeling, to comfort myself, against the empty feeling inside or \u201cjust because\u201d, without thinking about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the sources of inspiration of writer Stieg Larsson (next to his niece, who had anorexia) was Pippi Longstocking. From her, Lisbeth seems to have adopted her red hair as well as her impulsive eating style: Pippi never had to empty her plate of Brussels sprouts; she preferred to use the golden coins from her treasury to buy the whole candy store. Yup \u2013 same here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stimulation Sensitivity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autism often involves a slightly different sensitivity to stimuli. For me, sounds are often too loud and lights too bright, for example. To me, a supermarket is like a fun fair in terms of stimuli, so shopping costs much energy. And eating itself is also an experience. If food gives too many stimuli, you can decide not to do it \u2013 in the DSM V this is called an \u201cavoiding\/restrictive food intake disorder\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a child I always let my supper cool down completely, otherwise it felt too hot on my teeth, on my tongue and in my stomach. I still prefer food that you don\u2019t have to chew. And I\u2019m having a hard time eating if there\u2019s someone around who makes eating noises. Stimuli from my own body often don\u2019t work very well either. I can go crazy from \u201citchy hairs\u201d (especially in my face), which others don\u2019t seem to see or feel, while I kept on exercising on a broken foot (I did feel something crazy, but I didn\u2019t know what it was). You can imagine that I often don\u2019t notice stimuli connected to eating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In essence my body is not much different from that of a neurotypical person \u2013 in case of a food shortage I also produce the hormone anandamide, which attaches itself to the receptors of the hunger centre and stimulates the hunger nerves \u2013 only, I feel those stimuli much less. Just like Lisbeth totally forgets to eat when she\u2019s hacking, I don\u2019t notice that my body is hungry until I get dizzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people with autism have it the other way around, by the way, they are constantly hungry. As Judith Visser writes in her book Sunday Child<\/em>: \u201cIt was as if my stomach was constantly crying out for food. I needed it, all day long, otherwise my brain would drain like a flat tire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet overeating is also lurking in my face, because when I like something I don\u2019t notice it when I have eaten enough \u2013 until I get nauseous. And just like Lisbeth, who doesn\u2019t eat anything else before or after a kickboxing training, I never know what my body needs. Unless I count calories \u2013 numbers give me something to hold on to \u2013 which I really don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Contacts & Body Image<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Annelies Spek, for people with autism \u201cmost of the time it\u2019s not about what others think of them, as is normally the case with anorexic people.\u201d That certainly applies to Lisbeth Salander, but not to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My great desire to \u201cbelong\u201d has certainly not helped me to develop a healthy diet as an adolescent. A group of girls from the first grade wanted me to go and steal candy bars at the gas station, so we all ate them one after the other. And in the second grade, two classmates taught me how to stick your finger down your throat. In high school, \u201cbeing good at dieting\u201d gave me status in the new group. Also in my love life, eating became complicated. One ex loved food and eating, so together with him I gained quite some pounds. The ex after that found me too fat, so I put myself on a (much too) strict diet. Because I find it difficult to oversee things, I cannot see whether I am gaining or losing weight in a mirror. And my body image (and therefore my self-image) often depends on what others say about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because a lot of people with autism have trouble with changes, it is often difficult for girls with autism to accept that they get feminine forms. Underweight and lack of menstruation also give less stimulation and having control over your food can feel like getting a grip on your life. Like Lisbeth, you can pretend to do not have a body. (If this were a scolarly article, I would describe Lisbeth Salander as a \u201cpost-gendered cyborg\u201d \u2013 she is not a woman, she is not a man, she lives in symbiosis with her computers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, my difficulty with changes and the corresponding predilection for repetition is also a pitfall: variety in your diet is healthy, but if I\u2019ve cooked something tasty, I tend to eat only that one dish from then on \u2013 the familiar taste and texture give me peace of mind. Also \u201cspecial interests\u201d (the autistic \u201cfieps\u201d or obsessions) can influence your eating behaviour. Because of my fiep on cakes and cupcakes I can easily gain weight, because of my fiep on martial arts I have to eat more. And a good friend of mine, who is also on the spectrum, was so keen on healthy eating that it became compulsive, in the way Eric van Furth describes it as \u201cOrthorexia Nervosa<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tips & Tricks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Daily schedule and routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good day structure for me includes time for sports, music, my cat and writing \u2013 all great things to do, so I don\u2019t snack out of boredom. On my schedule I also write my meals, with tick marks if I succeed. But in order to make such an eating schedule, you need to know roughly what you need to eat. On www.healthline.com you can get a indication, based on your age, gender and exercise pattern. With that as a basis you can eat healthy, varied and tasty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Weekly planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also have a weekly schedule in which every evening meal is planned. Cooking together with others is a fun and cheaper way to learn new recipes. Because I plan ahead, I also have room to think about healthier alternatives, such as wholemeal bread and pasta, brown rice, low-fat dairy, drinks without sugar. I choose products with as few additives as possible (just check the labels to see if you recognise all the ingredients), take healthy meat substitutes (few sugars and fats, 20% protein) and go for homemade sauces and soups \u2013 without packets & bags. The latter also applies to breakfasts, by the way, prefer curd cheese with fruit rather than chocolate cruesli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Meal prepping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the words of lifestyle blogger Elise Cordaro: \u201cPlanning the menu for the whole week and cooking in advance is the only way for me not to have to live on crisps and cookies\u201d. And the routine of every Friday \u201ccooking ahead\u201d gives me a lot to hold on to. The internet is full of quick and easy recipes for healthy meals, just store them in the freezer with a label on it (\u201cpotato cookies, 2 portions\u201d). Many vegetables are also available frozen, often even pre-cut, which is handy to keep in the freezer and to experience something quickly. You can also freeze baked goods \u2013 e.g. apple pie \u2013 so you have less stress on the day your guests visit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Dining list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I have busy days ahead of me \u2013 for example with a guest \u2013 I prefer to prepare everything, not only dinner, but also breakfast, lunch and snacks. That saves you from stress in the shop and gives you space in your head. As peer support worker Lotte writes on Proud2Bme: \u201cA food list provides a handhold and ensures that fewer choices need to be made about what to eat or not to eat. This can remove tensions and stress around eating\u201d. There are many ready-made food lists online, but it is even better to make your own list \u2013 for example with a dietician \u2013 completely adapted to your eating preferences in terms of smell, taste and texture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reward yourself regularly with something tasty to enjoy. It\u2019s not about eating only healthy things, it\u2019s about a healthy balance. My \u2018guilty pleasure\u2019 is a french fries with peanut sauce and mayonaise (yup…) and that\u2019s what I eat once a month. As dietist Marloes of OptimaVita.nl writes: \u201cEating chocolate and chips is quickly seen as \u2018bad.\u2019 Pity if you ask me, because I can\u2019t hurt these products in small quantities.\u201d Don\u2019t get too cramped and don\u2019t scold yourself if you don\u2019t manage to eat healthy for a day. It is difficult and it is already super good that you want to try it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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