Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hey everyone, it's Susan Coffin and you are listening to Attitude magazine's ADHD experts audio.

Today we're talking about nutrition and exercise, both of which have a real measurable impact on your child's ability to learn more, to behave better, and to succeed in school ultimately.

We welcome Laura Stevens, a nutritionist, and ADHD specialist to tell us about a supplement nutrition exercise plan

that's designed with busy family schedules and picky eaters in mind a plan that

aims to improve eating habits as school and at home.

Laura Stevens will be talking about how ADHD friendly nutrition can improve focus

in cognition, which foods you should avoid, and what alternatives your child

may would love to eat, the benefits of essential fatty acids, and in general the vitamin and mineral supplements that optimize learning.

Let me tell you a little bit about Laura, an incredibly impressive background.

She's been researching the role of nutrition and food sensitivities and

attention deficit disorder for over 25 years as a research associate in the

Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University,

where she has led and published several studies on this topic.

She's considered a pioneer in this important field of study,

and in addition to practicing as a nutritional

counselor she gives frequent lectures on ADHD and publishes the your

a d d slash a d hd hd newsletter you can find out more information about her newsletter and about her

publications on her website which is W.W. your ADHD newsletter. com written just as it sounds she's also the author of a book

called Solving the Puzzle of your ADHD child natural alternatives for hard to

raise children.

So Laura, thank you so much for joining us today and welcome.

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