Ep 46: Nutrition, Executive Function, and ADHD: Feeling Better About Our Eating (Ft. Rebecca King.)

Focus Forward: An Executive Function Podcast

Jun 12, 2024•49 min•Ep. 46

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Episode description

Okay, so this week is a tasty episode! I invited Becca King, a registered dietitian and social media influencer with nearly 200k followers, to join me on Focus Forward to talk about food, ADHD, and Executive Function as the three are more interconnected than you might think. We talk about many aspects of food and cooking - how to lower or get rid of barriers that may prevent us from cooking or eating nourishing food, meal planning and how to make it work for you and how it may change as your life situation changes. We also talked about the importance of crunch (haha!), finding satisfaction in the food we eat, and how to remove the guilt or shame we might feel when we don’t cook or eat how we feel like we “should”. Becca follows an “all foods fit” approach to nutrition and really helps people get to a place where they can nourish themselves with nutrient-dense foods and eat the fun stuff, too. Thanks for listening and be sure to check out Becca’s instagram and resources in the show notes below!

Show Notes

Learn more about Becca King

Instagram: www.instagram.com/adhd.nutritionist

Becca’s Tips for Remembering to Eat: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Os3jH51Y-7BwNQdn7zSntTzj1b2FBswP/view?usp=drive_link

Becca’s Sensory Descriptors to help understand your sensory preferences with food: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gjbDnVhwDIvYbodCGtu7tGB0vbWS60aU/view?usp=drive_link

ADHD and Food

Executive Dysfunction 101: How to Treat ADHD's Most Difficult Symptom: https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/executive-functioning-strategies-blog/executive-dysfunction-101-how-to-treat-adhds-most-difficult-symptom#howtotreatED

ADHD Diet For Adults: Foods To Eat And Avoid:

https://add.org/adhd-diet/

Nutrition in the Management of ADHD: A Review of Recent Research:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10444659/

Nutrition and ADHD: https://chadd.org/about-adhd/nutrition-and-adhd/