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Image ID: three screenshots of social media posts by @thenutritiontea on facebook.

1st image: "When I think about processed foods I think about how I work with families in public health and many kids have food sensory sensitivities and foods that are processed are their safe foods. I think about how parents are so scared because they read hit pieces about processed foods and think they are wrong for figuring out how to feed their child so their child grows and lives. I also think about how I work with kids and get them to try new fresh foods as well that many of them are scared to try."

2nd image: "True story - a parent was almost in tears today because her child has sensory difficulties and cannot eat fresh fruits and vegetables. We tried giving him a piece of banana and he expelled it right away crying (no he's not allergic).

"I want her to know and to remember that she's doing a great job. She's giving him packaged food in order to feed him and nourish him. This is more than okay because we are all individual and food affects us differently."

frankly i think a LOT of "picky eaters" have some kind of sensory problems– autistic or allistic– and shame is never useful. i don't fucking care how annoying you think we are. if you've never lived through the humiliation of being the only one not eating at a dinner table, or having to choke down something disgusting you already know you hate because other people insist you don't know your own body, or getting a hunger migraine in a house full of food because none of its edible to you? you don't understand how awful it is to have food issues.

whenever i see people draw this distinction between being "just a picky eater" and "having a real problem" all i think is, who does this serve? most people don't even know ARFID exists. there are so many undiagnosed autistics, or just people with a variety of issues that aren't officially diagnosed. why do we need a medical label in order to be treated with respect and compassion? why did i need to be diagnosed as autistic for my family to realize the abuse they put me through for years because of my eating habits?

it's such an easy habit for neglected groups to fall into– the idea that a medical diagnosis can save us. that by appealing to the medical/psychiatric industry, we can be protected from abuse and given basic respect and resources. but the truth is that it should never have come to this in the first place. dignity doesn't come from an abled doctor telling you that there's a medical reason for your symptoms. it comes from being a person. once you accept that you need a Good Reason to have your needs respected, you doom yourself to neglecting and abusing those who have your same struggles because they aren't lucky enough to access medical recognition.

"The doctor said I really need to gain weight so I went to the gym to work out really hard and almost fainted and died it's so hard I don't get how people do it ;___; I consume the same amount of calories per day as a newborn baby and have no intention to change that because I start feeling weird (describes the classic symptoms of refeeding syndrome) if I eat more than normal."

"I inhale as much food as 15 men five times my weight who do 16-hour days hauling oil rigs through solid land by dragging them on ropes and in a prehistoric era the clan would have stoned me to death out of fear that I'm possessed by some famine demon. If you tell me to eat more I will fucking eat you too."

anyway if you struggle with anything remotely akin to #1, heres what's been helping me (i've been malnourished since birth & am now in my early 20s-- it has taken like 5 years of concerted effort at this point, but i finally, for the first time, grew out of all of my pants, and am beginning to feel well enough to do shit like. learn to drive.)

from what i know, refeeding syndrome can be related to electrolyte deficiencies as well as the whole long term malnourishment thing. so keeping yourself super full of electrolytes *while* you consistently (and slowly!) increase your food intake should help. for me, i get electrolyte packets and this 'electrolyte water' from walmart and i drink it constantly. i also eat a lot of salt.

and then you want your body to be getting *nutrients* even when you cant eat as much as you would need to to naturally obtain those nutrients. so like i drink an ensure every day and take a few supplements (i take magnesium, fish oil, and Thera-M which is a rly powerful multivitamin that used to be prescription only, but is now available over the counter.)

and you shouldnt introduce those all at once-- like, start with lots of electrolytes, then add an ensure a day, then add supplements. sloooowly increase your food intake throughout.

idgaf if youre eating healthy shit or at the right times or whatever. eat when you can / feel good about it, without forcing it. do NOT try to force yourself to 'eat like a normal person' or overeat to 'catch up' quickly. thats not what you need.

you might still feel pretty ass, but try to persevere through those stages-- again, SLOWLY-- getting through it makes it SOOO much easier to maintain, and to feel a lot better as a baseline.

"The doctor said I really need to gain weight so I went to the gym to work out really hard and almost fainted and died it's so hard I don't get how people do it ;___; I consume the same amount of calories per day as a newborn baby and have no intention to change that because I start feeling weird (describes the classic symptoms of refeeding syndrome) if I eat more than normal."

"I inhale as much food as 15 men five times my weight who do 16-hour days hauling oil rigs through solid land by dragging them on ropes and in a prehistoric era the clan would have stoned me to death out of fear that I'm possessed by some famine demon. If you tell me to eat more I will fucking eat you too."

anyway if you struggle with anything remotely akin to #1, heres what's been helping me (i've been malnourished since birth & am now in my early 20s-- it has taken like 5 years of concerted effort at this point, but i finally, for the first time, grew out of all of my pants, and am beginning to feel well enough to do shit like. learn to drive.)

from what i know, refeeding syndrome can be related to electrolyte deficiencies as well as the whole long term malnourishment thing. so keeping yourself super full of electrolytes *while* you consistently (and slowly!) increase your food intake should help. for me, i get electrolyte packets and this 'electrolyte water' from walmart and i drink it constantly. i also eat a lot of salt.

and then you want your body to be getting *nutrients* even when you cant eat as much as you would need to to naturally obtain those nutrients. so like i drink an ensure every day and take a few supplements (i take magnesium, fish oil, and Thera-M which is a rly powerful multivitamin that used to be prescription only, but is now available over the counter.)

and you shouldnt introduce those all at once-- like, start with lots of electrolytes, then add an ensure a day, then add supplements. sloooowly increase your food intake throughout.

idgaf if youre eating healthy shit or at the right times or whatever. eat when you can / feel good about it, without forcing it. do NOT try to force yourself to 'eat like a normal person' or overeat to 'catch up' quickly. thats not what you need.

you might still feel pretty ass, but try to persevere through those stages-- again, SLOWLY-- getting through it makes it SOOO much easier to maintain, and to feel a lot better as a baseline.