Fear of Food????

There is a phobia for just about everything. Here are some that might help out your diet!

Acerophobia- Fear of sourness – no Sour Patch Kids for you!

Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens – I don’t know if this includes after they are cooked!

Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth – Eat with caution!

Carnophobia- Fear of meat

Cibophobia- Fear of food – That’s a tough one!

Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks – You can also use a fork.

Deipnophobia- Fear of dining or dinner conversations

Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking

Geumaphobia or Geumophobia- Fear of taste

Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood – I will have that well done please!

Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish

Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables – Probably pretty common! Especially broccoli, which I like, ut still cannot spell.

Leukophobia- Fear of the color white – So add cauliflower to that.

Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking – There’s always Door Dash!

Mycophobia- Fear or aversion to mushrooms – I might have that one.

Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia- Fear of becoming ill – Watch where you eat!

Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight

Oenophobia- Fear of wines – Very weird. Red? White? Rose?

Olfactophobia- Fear of smells – Bland food only?

Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish

Phagophobia- Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten

Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple – Guess that eliminates eggplant! And some plums and grapes!

NEXT WEEK: One or two of those nasty mistakes I hear on TV all the time. STOP, people who are getting paid to talk!!