Whole Body Nutrition

Whole Body Nutrition Whole Body Nutrition is a Neuro-affirming, trauma informed clinical practice that values and honors lived experience.

Hi, I’m Margo (she/her); proudly neurodivergent, mother of two, Accredited Clinical Nutritionist and founder of Whole Body Nutrition.

14/11/2025

Let's talk about PDA and eating.

Eating can be an incredibly complex experience for PDAers.

Thank you to and who have taught us so much about PDA and helped us support our PDA clients.

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Disclaimer: The information shared on this account is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment

This post is not intended to shame or create guilt for parents. We’ve all been there and said or done the wrong thing (m...
11/11/2025

This post is not intended to shame or create guilt for parents. We’ve all been there and said or done the wrong thing (myself included), nobody is perfect. 🫶

But when we know better, we do better. ✨

This post is in response to a beautiful mum who PM’d me one day saying that she feels immense guilt and shame for the way her children eat. I know there are other parents out there that feel this way too. I hope this post helps you realise that you’re doing a-okay. 💖

If your kids eat vegetables, fruits & a wide variety of foods that's great, but don’t beat yourself up if they don't! All kids are different, with different needs and this is normal.

Text reads: What makes you a “good” parent when it comes to food & Nutrition ↘️

What you think makes you a “good” parent

❌Your child eats vegetables, fruits & a wide variety of foods

What actually makes you a “good” parent

✔️Your child feels loved and safe

✔️Your child has access to their safe foods

✔️You listen and validate your child

✔️You make accommodations to support your child's feeding journey

✔️You are not perfect. You make mistakes, but try your best

💜🧡 Your ND affirming Clinical Nutritionist and ND advocate.



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Some reasons why eating may be difficult for AuDHDer's and ADHDers..💜Hyperfocusing on tasks you love - I think we've all...
11/11/2025

Some reasons why eating may be difficult for AuDHDer's and ADHDers..

💜Hyperfocusing on tasks you love - I think we've all been in the thick of it doing our favourite thing only to realise it's been 6 hours since we ate or drank anything..

💜It can be difficult to notice internal signals like hunger, fullness, or thirst. This means meals might be skipped, or eating might happen only when discomfort hits or the body is in crisis (hello hangry!)

💜Planning, shopping, cooking, and cleaning all take a lot of steps. For ADHDers & AuDHDers, this mental load can feel very overwhelming.

💜Food can become a source of stimulation or quick reward. This might lead to eating for dopamine hits - like craving carbs or sugar (which is okay by the way), or the opposite — delaying meals because other things feel more engaging.

💜Judgement and pressure from others can be really hard to cope with. Comments about what, when, or how someone eats can trigger shame and make eating feel even more stressful or avoidant.

💜The texture, smell, taste or temperature or foods can be more intense for ADHDers and AuDHDers. This can limit food variety and make mealtimes stressful and sensory overwhelming.

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Disclaimer: The information shared on this account is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

“Food avoidance or restriction is often a coping strategy used to help someone feel safe.When external factors affect a ...
04/11/2025

“Food avoidance or restriction is often a coping strategy used to help someone feel safe.

When external factors affect a person’s sense of safety, or activate their nervous system, avoidance and restriction of foods can increase.

This is often an attempt to protect themselves from feeling unsafe or to help regulate their nervous system.”

“This is a response rooted in survival.”

Last chance to sign up to our 'ARFID and Neuroaffirming Care Practitioner course'. Doors are closing Sunday. If you want...
30/10/2025

Last chance to sign up to our 'ARFID and Neuroaffirming Care Practitioner course'. Doors are closing Sunday.

If you want to sign up, head to the link in our bio or website for more information.

Currently, we have dietitians, OTs, psychologists, nutritionists, and Naturopaths joining us in the course, which is so exciting.

DM us if you have any questions.

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Here is Part 3 “It’s a Haunted house except”…🎃🤡This is our Scary Autism edition.. It’s a Haunted house exceptYou’re goin...
29/10/2025

Here is Part 3 “It’s a Haunted house except”…🎃🤡

This is our Scary Autism edition..

It’s a Haunted house except
You’re going out with a friend you planned where you’re going & what you’ll eat - 30 mins before hand your friend texts and changes the plans

It’s a Haunted house except
You’re told your child’s difficulties with food are just because they are Autistic (when actually they have ARFID or another eating disorder)

It’s a Haunted house except
You have to go to a new cafe and you can’t see the menu before hand

It’s a Haunted house except
You’ve run out of Tylenol so no more autism for you

It’s a Haunted house except
Someone hands you a plate of food and it’s all touching

It’s a Haunted house except
You’re told you can’t possibly be autistic because you make eye contact and you have empathy

It’s a Haunted house except
You’re told Autism can be “cured” if you just cut out gluten and dairy while doing a heavy metal detox

What's your haunted house except scary moment??

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Why Intuitive eating may not be right for you, if you are Neurodivergent Firstly I want to say that Intuitive eating can...
28/10/2025

Why Intuitive eating may not be right for you, if you are Neurodivergent

Firstly I want to say that Intuitive eating can be an incredibly helpful tool for many people. If you are going to use Intuitive eating with neurodivergent individuals, it must be modified, or it will likely cause harm.

Principle 2: Honor Your Hunger & Principle 5: Feel Your Fullness

Neurodivergent folk often experience challenges with interoceptive awareness due to varied sensory processing. Our unique neurological wiring can affect the recognition of internal cues, making it harder to sense hunger, fullness and thirst.

Principle 4: Discover the Satisfaction Factor

This perspective assumes that all individuals can easily identify and pursue pleasurable eating experiences. However many neurodivergent people have difficult relationships with food and some don’t enjoy or find pleasure in eating at all.
Additionally, the idea that pleasure alone can regulate food intake overlooks how executive functioning challenges, sensory processing differences or food trauma might disrupt one's ability to eat.

Principle 7: Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness

I strongly believe that it is important and necessary for some neurodivergent people to eat for comfort, regulation and safety. If this is needed, it should be validated.

Principle 9: Movement—Feel the Difference

Many Neurodivergent individuals are also physically disabled (EDS, POTS, GI issues) making movement feel uncomfortable or painful.

Principle 10: Honor Your Health—Gentle Nutrition

Neurodivergent individuals experience heightened sensory processing differences which can narrow food preferences and impact ability to eat, creating additional barriers to a diverse diet that intuitive eating often assumes is accessible.

Follow for more Neuroaffirming and trauma informed feeding support.

Why we've created the "ARFID and Neuroaffirming Care Practitioner Course" We’re advocating for change — for people with ...
28/10/2025

Why we've created the "ARFID and Neuroaffirming Care Practitioner Course"

We’re advocating for change — for people with ARFID and feeding differences to be understood, not pathologized. We want the world to recognise the harm that traditional, one-size-fits-all eating disorder approaches can cause, and to move toward care that is compassionate, affirming and respectful.

We’re tired of feeding therapy and exposure therapy being the only options offered to people with ARFID and feeding differences. It’s time for a different approach — one that’s rooted in lived experience, honours autonomy, is trauma-informed, client-led, and truly meets each person where they are.

We want to help build a network of trusted, neuro-affirming practitioners — a community we can connect with, collaborate with, and confidently refer clients to, knowing they’ll receive the best possible care.

Most of all, we want every person with ARFID or feeding differences to know that they matter. That they are not “too much,” or “too complex. That their experience is real and that they deserve care that understands and supports them exactly as they are.

Head to the Link in Our Bio and join our waitlist for special offers and to find out more.

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It's time we stop telling our neurodivergent kids (and adults) to sit still at mealtimes. They know what their bodies ne...
23/10/2025

It's time we stop telling our neurodivergent kids (and adults) to sit still at mealtimes.

They know what their bodies need to feel regulated and will often move around, stim or need distraction to feel safe enough to eat. 👏

Some things that may help
Stimming
Safe foods
Movement
Screens
Music
Noise cancelling headphones
Reading

What is your biggest regulation tool at mealtimes?

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Not all ARFID plates are beige.ARFID doesn’t have one “look.” Some people with ARFID enjoy colourful foods, bold spices,...
21/10/2025

Not all ARFID plates are beige.
ARFID doesn’t have one “look.” Some people with ARFID enjoy colourful foods, bold spices, and strong flavours.

A person with ARFID's diet isn’t always made up of plain or simple foods — it’s deeply individual and shaped by culture, safety, and sensory preferences.

Learn about this and more in our upcoming course "ARFID and Neuroaffirming Care Practitioner Course". For more info head to our bio or website.

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These are some of the most popular on-the-go snacks among our ARFID and feeding differences clients.PopcornUp and GoFrui...
20/10/2025

These are some of the most popular on-the-go snacks among our ARFID and feeding differences clients.

Popcorn
Up and Go
Fruit straps
Yogurt
Protein/muesli bars
Health Lab balls
Apple sauce
Chocolate
Pringles
Bluey chocolate custard (must be the bluey one)
Rokeby choc milk
Cheese and crackers
Mini choc rice cakes
Beef jerky
Corn chips
Cheese stringers

What's your fav on-the-go to snack right now?

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16/10/2025

We've created an ARFID and Neuroaffirming Care Practitioner course for many reasons, but one of them is that we are tired of hearing people say that exposure therapy is the best support for people with ARFID.

If you feel this way too, and you'd like to learn more Neuroaffirming, respectful, trauma informed, and inclusive approaches to supporting ARFID and feeding differences, join our 6 week practitioner course.

More information in our bio.

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