A Manchester-based nutrition clinic offering specialist support to people with ADHD and autism has quintupled its team of expert practitioners to meet surging demand.
So Nutrition, founded in 2022 by registered nutritionist and ADHD coach Sarah Osborne, has seen an eighteenfold increase in interest over the past 12 months, for services which range from coaching for emotional eating, to food sensitivity testing and gut health support.
As a result, So Nutrition has taken on four new practitioners to respond to the urgent need from across the UK.
Sarah Osborne, founder of So Nutrition, says: “Greater understanding of neurodiversity in recent years has helped address previous misconceptions, with an accompanying increase in both adults and children being diagnosed. However, one area just beginning to get due attention is the connection between neurodivergent traits and eating behaviours.
“Food struggles for people with ADHD and autism are likely to be shaped by differences in sensory processing, emotional regulation and executive function. Understanding this and putting the right nutritional support in place can have a major impact on wellbeing, from improving gut health to regulating mood and boosting energy. Our expansion at So Nutrition is testament to soaring demand and the need for an informed and compassionate approach.”
The expert practitioners joining the So Nutrition team include:
-Natasha Rosenberg: a nutritional therapist specialising in family nutrition, with a focus on ADHD, autism and children’s eating behaviours
-Becca Tym: an ADHD nutrition coach specialising in the impact of ADHD on emotional eating behaviours and wellbeing
-Fatima Riaz: a nutritional therapist working with complex health issues, with specialisms including weight loss, genetics and cancer nutrition therapy
-Nicola Newton: a specialist in gut health, irritable bowel syndrome and food reactions, which are common in those with ADHD and autism
The clinic’s rapid growth comes at a time when NHS waiting lists for ADHD and autism assessments are at an all-time high. But rising demand for diagnosis and support services has led to some autism and ADHD assessments being paused by NHS Greater Manchester, among others, to address the backlog. Figures released in December 2025 pointed to 700,123 people in the UK awaiting referrals for an ADHD assessment.
So Nutrition also advises medical professionals through its training academy and founder Sarah Osborne recently spoke at the Royal Society of Medicine on the links between neurodiversity and nutrition, sharing the clinic’s own research and providing practical information to GPs.
In addition, So Nutrition works with leading industry bodies and charities, and throughout 2026 will be providing free webinars with leading specialist clinic ADHD360, where Sarah Osborne will offer practical support, dispelling some of the myths around ADHD and eating behaviours.
