TPP 052a: Dietitian and Nutritionist Jill Castle with the Facts About ADHD and Nutrition

Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

For this episode about ADHD and nutrition, I spoke with one of America’s leading experts in the field of childhood nutrition, Jill Castle. Jill is a registered dietician / nutritionist with over twenty-five years of experience working with babies, toddlers, children, and teens, in a variety of settings from private practice and consulting to author and writer. Her specialty is taking the current research in pediatric nutrition and shaping it into practical, sane advice for parents and healthcare providers. Jill writes the blog, “Just the Right Bite” and hosts a childhood nutrition podcast called The Nourished Child. In today’s conversation, Jill shares her insights about what we know about the relationship between ADHD and nutrition, the impact of nutritional deficiencies in kids, and how to not get overwhelmed at the thought of making changes in your family and, more specifically, your child’s diet. She also shares some great tips for how to get started in making small changes that can have a big impact. Jill truly is an expert in her field, and I learned a lot in this conversation. I hope you enjoy it! Jill Castle is a registered dietitian/nutritionist and a childhood nutrition expert. With over 25 years of experience with babies, toddlers, children and teens, in a variety of settings from private practice and consulting to author and writer, and as a mother of 4, Jill is sought after as one of America’s leading experts in the field of childhood nutrition. Things you’ll learn from this episode What the current research says about ADHD and nutrition The common types of nutritional challenges and deficiencies faced by kids with ADHD How to address nutritional concerns with your child without getting overwhelmed Thoughts on dealing with shame or guilt surrounding a child’s nutritional habits Whether or not good nutrition can be a substitute for medication when it comes to treating a child with ADHD Tips for making small, positive nutritional changes in your home and with your ADHD child How we can get our kids invested in their own nutritional well-being Resources mentioned for ADHD and Nutrition in Kids Jill Castle’s website Jill’s podcast: The Nourished Child Jill’s books Jill’s Blog Post: A Healthy ADHD Diet for Kids Support the showConnect with Tilt Parenting Visit Tilt Parenting Take the free 7-Day Challenge Read a chapter of Differently Wired Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6	Hey there it's Debbie and welcome to Playback Friday. Every Friday I'll re-release one of my
0:35.2	favorite conversations from the archives. Unless you're a long time listener of the show
0:39.7	there's a good chance you haven't heard this one yet and even if you have you just
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0:49.2	When we talk about nutrition and ADHD there's a big checklist that I am personally going to go through and
0:56.5	I'm going to look at each child uniquely and individually because there really isn't one diet for every child, but there are some things
1:06.8	that you want to think about nutritionally and that should be top of mind when you're
1:11.0	working with a child with ADHD. of in forming and supporting parents raising differently wired kids.
1:24.0	I'm your host Debbie Reber and today's an episode I know many of you are going to be
1:28.4	excited about because I've been getting requests from listeners to cover this
1:32.0	topic and that is EDHD and nutrition.
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