Episode 36: Easy, Practical Advice About Nutrition for Kids with ADHD
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ADHD, Autism, And Anxiety: Breaking Out of The Box
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What is the guest’s personal experience with panic attacks and how does it shape her perspective?
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Hello listeners and welcome to this episode of ADHD Autism and Anxiety Breaking Out of the Box. I'm excited today to dive into something that we have not really talked about before on the podcast, and that is nutrition. And many of us wonder when we are raising our kids with ADHD, autism, and anxiety, how much does diet really matter? And so today I'm excited to have with us Sami Barnett. She is a clinical nutritionist, author, speaker, host of the Anxiety Compass, and self-described professional anxiety translator. After living with panic disorder from a very young age, experiencing up to twenty panic attacks a day for years, she became fascinated by the connection between anxiety, the nervous system, nutrition, and human behavior.
Today, Sammy helps children and adults understand anxiety through practical tools, real life stories, and a healthy dose of humor, showing that sometimes anxiety isn't the enemy, it's the messenger. Welcome, Sammy. Thanks for having me on. Very excited to be here. I went from Australia. I know, right? Um, I know. And I'm here in Tampa, Florida. And so when I was thinking about this earlier, I was like, I wonder what time it is there.
It's eight o'clock in the morning at the moment and it's cold because we've got winter.
Yeah, yeah. Well it's yeah. Six PM here. So we are you're you're a day ahead of us. I know. I know. Yeah. I am excited to talk with you. Yes, because you bill yourself as someone with a good sense of humor, which I don't have, so I'm excited to have a guest with a good sense of humor. Um And Two, because I really want to drill down into this today. I really want to help. Our listeners understand the role of nutrition. And um will you start by telling us a little bit about What does it feel like? to have a panic attack. Um what What was that experience like for you? What does it really feel like in your body, in your mind to have a panic attack?
Ooh, well my first panic attack was when I was only ten years old, so It was out of this world because it's like there's a silent apocalypse happening inside your body and no one else knows that it's happening. They just see you freaking out. And so for me, uh my first panic attack actually happened at a school disco and we were dancing to all of But Macarena song, I'm sure you've heard of the Macarena. And we were doing the moves and it hit me out of nowhere, like just out of nowhere. It was like the noise sort of did was in the background. It was it was uh it was I I don't know how to explain, but the the noise was like you know when you watch a movie and they sort of black out the noise in the background.
Uh it felt like the ground was starting to fall underneath me, so I couldn't sort of Find anything stable. All of my friends and school, like colleagues and that were strangers. They just turned into strangers. And I it was like I was trying to hold on to something to feel s grounded. My hands were really clammy. My heart just started racing out of nowhere. And it it kind of feels like when you're in when you're in it that you're dying or perhaps you're going crazy. Especially when you've never heard of what a panic attack is before and I don't think anyone can really know what it is until you've actually experienced it.
How does gut health and nutrient absorption affect anxiety and panic in kids with ADHD?
Because I've had it for years and years and years and then my sister experienced it one day and she said to me, Oh my goodness, so this is what you've been experiencing like It blew her mind just how full on a panic attack is. And it I mean you can go into so many other things that are happening. Um, but yeah, I think that the hardest thing for me is every time it sort of hit, it felt like I wasn't really in my body.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the guest’s personal experience with panic attacks and how does it shape her perspective?
0:01–4:26
2
How does gut health and nutrient absorption affect anxiety and panic in kids with ADHD?
4:26–9:14
3
Why is stabilizing blood sugar important for managing anxiety and ADHD symptoms?
9:14–14:33
4
What role does protein play in neurotransmitter production for neurodivergent children?
14:33–19:23
5
How can mindful eating and chewing habits improve nutrient absorption?
19:23–24:07
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What are practical after‑school snack ideas that support focus and calm?
24:07–28:17
7
What does the guest’s book teach about turning anxiety into a super‑power?
28:17–32:03
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Where can listeners find the book and additional resources on nutrition for ADHD?
32:03–36:18
Speakers
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