TPP 052: Dietitian and Nutritionist Jill Castle with the Facts About ADHD and Nutrition
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the background and expertise of nutritionist Jill Castle?
When we talk about nutrition and ADHD, there's a big checklist that I am personally going to go through and 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 that you want to think about nutritionally and that should be top of mind when you're working with a child with ADHD.
Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber. And today's an episode I know many of you are going to be excited about because I've been getting requests from listeners to cover this topic. And that is ADHD and nutrition. To get into it all, I'm bringing on to the show one of America's leading experts in the field of childhood nutrition, Jill Castle. Jill is a registered dietitian nutritionist 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.
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 this 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 making small changes that can have a big impact. jill truly is an expert in her field i learned a lot in this conversation i hope you enjoy it
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And now let's get on with the show. Hi, Jill. Thanks so much for coming on to the show today. Oh, you're welcome, Debbie. I'm glad to be here. Well, before we get started, I will fess up that while I make an effort to practice good nutrition as a whole, I think we're doing a pretty good job, both for myself and for our family. I am not one of those people who has fully dived into the issues of food and nutrition, especially as a tool for helping us with issues related to my son's ADHD and Asperger's.
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I'll also admit to having some guilt about that. I know for many people, nutrition can be a game changer. So I'm just personally really looking forward to our conversation today. And this is also something I know is important to a lot of members of our community. So thank you again for being here.
Oh, my pleasure. I totally get it. There's a lot of guilt sometimes with nutrition and feeding, and there's a lot to learn about children with ADHD and nutrition. So I'm excited to be here to help, hopefully, your community learn a little bit more.
So as a way to get started, could you tell us a bit about your background, kind of who you are and what you do? And I always like to learn a little bit more about why you got into this line of work.
Sure, sure. So I'm a pediatric dietitian. I've been in the field for, I'm going on almost 26 years now, and I started out in Sort of in the traditional route, I did my internship in Boston. So I trained there and I had my first two jobs in pediatric roles within hospitals there in Boston.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the background and expertise of nutritionist Jill Castle?
0:00–5:14
2
What does current research say about the link between ADHD and nutrition?
5:14–10:14
3
Which nutrient deficiencies are most common in children with ADHD?
10:14–15:33
4
How do iron, zinc, magnesium, and essential fatty acids affect ADHD symptoms?
15:33–20:46
5
Can nutrition replace or complement medication for managing ADHD?
20:46–24:55
6
What practical steps can parents take to avoid feeling overwhelmed by dietary changes?
24:55–29:47
7
How can families involve kids in the nutrition plan and make it sustainable?
29:47–34:26
8
What resources and tools does Jill Castle recommend for parents of ADHD children?
34:26–37:36
Speakers
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