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Lauren Sharifi Nutrition

ND Affirming RD Providing ARFID Support, Advocacy and Awareness. Making Eating more Accessible! Follow for tips, recipes and up to date nutrition information!

Bite of Health Nutrition's goal is to make healthy eating affordable, easy and delicious.

11/10/2025

If you have ARFID or suspected ARFID and notice that comments or pressure around food feel like rejection — it makes sense. 💛

💬 Comments about eating, pressure to try new foods, or even “failing” at a food goal can hit deep when rejection sensitivity is part of the picture.

Rejection sensitivity isn’t a formal diagnosis, and research on it in ARFID is limited to non existent. Much of what I share in this post comes from listening to and learning from my clients and those with lived/living experience.

If anything in this post resonates with you or you have anything you would like to add, please share 👇🏻 💚

✨ Want more tools to build food safety and self-understanding?
Check out Foundations of Support and Nourishment: An ARFID Workbook (link in bio).

10/31/2025

We’re serving up smoothies for everyone 🥤 Open to the public, all ages welcome!
 Stop by Fuel Bar for your favorite shake, smoothie, or cold brew ☕

🕒 M–F: 7–8 | Sat: 8–2 | Sun: 9–12 📍 Inside

10/20/2025

A Haunted House.. ARFID Style!👻 🎃

What would you add?! 👇🏻

09/05/2025

✨ We’re Hiring! ✨
Lauren Sharifi Nutrition is looking for a Registered Dietitian to join our team 💻

󰟻 Part-time → Full-time opportunity
👧 Work with kids, teens, families and adults
🌈 Neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed practice
📍 Remote — must be licensed (or willing to become licensed) in MA
💬 Supervision + training provided
If you’re compassionate, motivated, and excited to support clients with ARFID and eating
differences, we’d love to hear from you!

To learn more about the position head here ➡️https://arfiddietitian.com/were-hiring-associate-arfid-dietitian/

📩 Apply by sending your resume + cover letter to Lauren@LaurenSharifi.com

08/14/2025

🧊 What’s beneath the ARFID iceberg?

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is so much more than “picky eating.”

What we see—limited foods, food aversions, food avoidance, low appetite or low interest in eating—is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Underneath? You might find:
🌪 Sensory overload
😣 Past traumatic food experiences
🤢 GI discomfort, nausea, or pain
💬 Difficulty advocating needs
🧠 Co-occurring mental health or neurodivergence
🧩 A deeply wired need for felt safety around food and eating

Understanding the why behind ARFID behaviors helps reduce shame—and opens the door to more compassionate, supportive care. 💛

✨ Want to explore more ARFID visuals, tools, and support? Join my email list or check out resources at arfiddietitian.com
(Link in bio!)

08/12/2025

🤝 You’re not alone—and your role matters. 🤝

Caring for someone with ARFID can feel overwhelming—full of worry, navigating appointments, and trying to support without pressure.

That’s why I created the ARFID Caregiver Community—a space just for caregivers to feel seen, supported, and equipped.

Inside the community, you’ll access:
✅ Monthly live Q&A sessions with a registered dietitian specializing in ARFID
✅ Practical tools and printable resources to help build felt safety and nourishment
✅ Compassionate peer support from others who get it
✅ Strategies for advocating and caring—for meal support, schools, and healthcare settings

💛 You deserve care too. Because when caregivers feel grounded, safety for the person with ARFID becomes possible.

✨ Learn more or join the caregiver community:
🔗 arfiddietitian.com/arfid-caregiver-community/
(Link in bio!)

08/11/2025

🎒 Back to School & ARFID Support 🍎
Heading back to school can bring extra challenges for students with ARFID—especially when eating looks different from their peers.

Teachers and school staff play a key role in helping students feel safe, understood, and supported around food and mealtimes 💬✨

In this post, I’m sharing simple, affirming ways to support students with ARFID in the classroom, cafeteria, and beyond.

💌 Plus: Grab my FREE ARFID Teacher Letter—a customizable resource to help parents advocate for their child’s needs at school.
Download it here: https://arfiddietitian.com/arfid-nutriton-resources/ or through the link in my bio!

08/08/2025

🌿 The ARFID Support Tree 🌿

Support for ARFID isn’t just about exposure or trying new foods—it’s about growing safety, trust, and resources from the roots up.

This visual shows how access to safe foods, affirming care, accommodations, and autonomy can build a strong foundation for nourishment and growth over time.

✨ When we honor sensory needs, regulate the nervous system, and respect autonomy, individuals with ARFID can:
✅ Feel safer around eating
✅ Improve appetite and consistency
✅ Meet nutrition needs
✅ Explore food at their own pace

If you’d like more resources, tools, and insights on supporting ARFID (for yourself, your loved one, or your clients), sign up for my free email series! You’ll also get updates about my services and new resources to help you feel less alone in this journey.

🔗 Sign up via the link in my bio or visit:
arfiddietitian.com

08/07/2025

💜You deserve support that meets you where you are. 💚

If you’re an adult living with ARFID, you know how isolating it can feel. Finding safe, nonjudgmental spaces to explore food challenges isn’t always easy.

The ARFID Community Membership was created for you. Inside, you’ll get:
✅ Weekly live Q&A calls with a registered dietitian specializing in adult ARFID
✅ Practical tools to build safety, autonomy, and nourishment—without pressure
✅ Access to resources that respect your neurodivergence and your pace
✅ A private community of adults who understand what you’re going through

✨ You are not alone—and you don’t have to figure this out by yourself.

🧡Learn more or join today:
🔗 arfiddietitian.com/community-membership-options/
(Link in bio!)

08/06/2025

✨ Felt Safety and Eating With ARFID ✨
Eating isn’t just about the food—it’s about how safe your body, brain, and environment feel.

For individuals with ARFID, felt safety is essential to nourishment. Sensory overload, pressure, unpredictability, and past experiences can all signal “danger”.

Swipe to explore the factors that can either support or disrupt felt safety while eating and how felt safety supports nutrition 💬🍽️

Understanding these layers helps create more affirming, accessible support—whether you’re navigating ARFID yourself or supporting someone who is.

07/14/2025

Starting college? You can ask for support and accommodations!💡⁠
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Many students with ARFID face challenges with dining halls, food routines, and sensory overwhelm — but most don’t know that accommodations are possible.⁠
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From flexible meal plans to quieter dining spaces and access to preferred foods, there are ways to make college more accessible.⁠
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Join me on Friday, July 25 at 12 PM ET for a 90-minute webinar for students, caregivers and providers
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✔️ Learn how to request accommodations⁠
✔️ Understand what support is available⁠ and what to ask!
✔️ Build a plan for a safer, more confident transition⁠
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🎟️ All attendees get access to the replay, slides, and handouts for 6 months. ⁠
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🔗 Register via the link in bio or at www.arfiddietitian.com

07/08/2025

Yay to beige foods! A reminder that beige foods.
-Are nourishment
-we can get all our macronutrients from one beige combination food 🤗 (we don’t need 3-5 foods on our plate at all times!)

If fruits/veggies are accessible for you, you can add them to you meals for fiber. If not that’s ok there are also supplements for that, if necessary! Whole grains (are beige) and also provide fiber.

What are your favorite beige combination foods?! 👇🏻

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Natick, MA
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Thursday	9am - 5pm

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