Alex Partridge

I'm hesitant to ask you about particular foods that might help with focus, and maybe you'll say blueberries or eggs because they contain particular chemicals that help with dopamine regulation and all of that.

But is there a wider question here of, in order to repair or make a start at stitching together your relationship with food, do you first need to address the trauma that you experienced when you were younger?

So interesting.

I remember last time you mentioned about kefir and blueberries.

And it's always funny to think how bad of an idea it would be to assume that if you just had kefir or just had loads of eggs or blueberries, that would cure RSD and the horrible 20,000 comments you received would be evaporated and finished with.

Is it a risk that you could potentially have a diet that isn't optimal for your brain and therefore potentially emotional dysregulation and RSD could get worse and then as a consequence of RSD you then go into this cycle of eating comfort food to deal with the RSD and therefore the emotional dysregulation gets worse and so on and the cycle could be quite risky.

Is there a risk there?

Yes, cutting down, getting rid of the resistance to make it as easy as possible.

Miguel, we've spoken a lot about the emotional side of eating and nutrition and the shame that can come with that conversation.

But just before we go, is there any groundbreaking new research that you think will blow the mind of the ADHD Chatter audience in regards to diet and nutrition?

I was smiling, Miguel, as you said that, because I imagined myself going to the supermarket after this conversation and going, I'm going to do this health kick and buying all the beetroot and the carrots and the broccoli and maybe doing it for two days.

And then they all go moldy in the fridge and it's another disaster.

Consistency, is that a little side tip?

Like, have you got any tips to sort of stay consistent?

I know you don't beat yourself up if you're not consistent all the time, but is there any tips there to try and stay consistent?

are having a bit of a beige day or a beige week no so i think i'd probably like to leave it as that yeah no that's closing advice a brilliant closing advice i want to move on miguel to often the most unpredictable part of the show lovely i love predictability i never know what's going to be in the washing machine of woes which is behind me and that's where the audience questions come out of

And it's called a washing machine because my ADHD item is the washing machine because I always forget my clothes in the machine after the cycle is finished.

So this is also a bit of a public service announcement to remember to empty your machine if it's full still.

Although I have been using the Timo app, which has helped me remember that I'm still a work in progress.

Right, this week, Dr. Miguel, the audience, on the topic of ADHD and autism and ADHD and nutrition specifically, the three most upvoted questions are the first one.