The Gut-Brain Connection: Mindful Mood & Nutrition Tips for ADHD

Your gut health could be shaping your mood, focus, and emotions more than you think.

On this week's Summer ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit Episode, we dive into the fascinating gut-brain connection with IBS specialist, Cara Wheatley-McGrain, to talk about the small, everyday changes that can transform your mood, focus, and emotional wellbeing.

This episode is packed with insights on the gut-microbiome and practical strategies to help you eat in a way that nourishes both your brain and your gut, with tips on the three stars of the show: fibre, prebiotics and probiotics.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You’ll Learn:

• How what you eat impacts your gut, mood and overall health
• The link between gut health, immune system, stress, and anxiety
• How processed foods and additives affect the microbiome
• The role of fibre and fermented foods in reducing stress
• Why inflammation and malabsorption matter for ADHD
• Simple strategies to improve your gut health
• The role of prebiotics and probiotics, and where to find them
• How to make small, sustainable changes to protect your gut

Timestamps

• 02:00 – The Role of Nutrition in Brain and Gut Health
• 03:30 – Understanding the Gut Microbiome
• 05:16 – ADHD Bloods: Ferritin, Iron, and Absorption
• 08:30 – Tracking Symptoms and Responses to Food
• 11:55 – Healthy Gut Microbiome and Serotonin
• 17:49 – Modern Diets vs Evolutionary Gut Needs
• 18:29 – Eating Tips to Optimise Your Gut Microbiome
• 21:27 – The Role of Prebiotics and Probiotics in Gut Health

Stress can have a huge impact on your gut microbiome, so while it’s brilliant to eat in ways that support your gut, your diet doesn't need to be "perfect"! It’s about finding what works for you and your lifestyle so your body and mind can thrive.

Links and Resources:

• Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
• Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
• Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
• Connect with Cara via her website or find her on Instagram.

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.