How to Eat Well for Adults with ADHD

"A must for anyone whose ADHD has negatively impacted their diet." -Publishers WeeklyFrom a registered dietitian living with ADHD, discover a comprehensive guide to cooking and eating as an adult ADHDer, packed with simple strategies, practical tools, and 40 ADHD-friendly recipes.Figuring out how to nourish your body and mind when you have ADHD can be overwhelming and exhausting. Challenges with executive function, impulsivity, dopamine regulation, and more can lead to a host of obstacles: finding the motivation to cook a meal, remembering to eat, overeating for stimulation, getting adequate nutrition, and more. At their worst, these challenges can have serious consequences for your mental and physical health. But it doesn't have to be this way.How to Eat Well for Adults with ADHD is a complete guide to how to cook regularly, eat intuitively, and nourish yourself well when you have ADHD. Written by registered dietitian and ADHDer Rebecca King, the "ADHD Nutritionist" (@adhd.nutritionist), this book is not a diet book, but rather a book of solutions to common problems ADHDers experience with food, cooking, and nutrition. Rooted in Rebecca's weight-neutral, intuitive eating-based philosophy, this book breaks down how ADHD affects your relationship with food and gives you the tools to develop a better approach for your ADHD brain. The book includes: An overview of intuitive eating and why it works for the ADHD brain A primer on gentle nutrition for ADHD Strategies for coping with emotional eating, eating for stimulation, sensory issues, and other common ADHD challenges ADHD-friendly tips and hacks for shopping, meal-planning, food prep, cooking, cleaning, and more Simple formulas for creating easy meals and snacks Recommendations for how to approach your diet while you're on medication And 40 delicious, easy, ADHD-friendly recipes Practical, comprehensive, backed by science, but written with the understanding of someone who's actually been there, How to Eat Well for Adults with ADHD helps ADHDers address their challenges with food without shame or pressure. It's a must-read for any ADHDer who's ever struggled in the kitchen and wants to learn how to thrive!...

Autorentext

Becca King, MS, RDN, is a registered dietitian nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and founder of ADHD Nutritionist LLC, a virtual practice dedicated to helping adults and teens with ADHD build sustainable, nourishing eating habits. An adult with ADHD herself, Becca combines evidence-based nutrition expertise with lived experience to create practical, compassionate strategies that work with the ADHD brain—not against it. She is the author of How to Eat Well for Adults with ADHD and shares her approachable advice with a thriving online community through her popular platform, The ADHD Nutritionist (@adhd.nutritionist). She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 

Zusammenfassung
Packed with simple strategies and practical tools, How to Eat Well for Adults with ADHD helps ADHDers overcome common struggles in the kitchen and transform their relationship with food.

Inhalt

Introduction

Part 1

THIS IS YOUR ADHD ON FOOD

Chapter 1: How Does My ADHD Impact My Relationship with Food?

Chapter 2: Intuitive Eating for ADHD

Part 2

HOW TO FEED YOURSELF WHEN YOU HAVE ADHD

Chapter 3: Why Is It So Hard to Listen to My Body?

Chapter 4: ADHDers Are Consistently Inconsistent . . . Including with Food

Chapter 5: Why Am I Such an Emotional Eater?

Chapter 6: ADHD: The Food and Dopamine Connection

Chapter 7: Gentle Nutrition for ADHD and Why It Matters

Part 3

LET’S GET COOKING!

Chapter 8: Overcoming Overwhelm in the Kitchen

Chapter 9: Easy Non-Diet Recipes for Adults with ADHD

Resources

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index