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Nutrition in ADHD. Food and nutrition plays a key role in human health. We need to eat well to provide the nutrients required for our complex bodies to function. Neurodivergent persons' needs are even higher, and yet it is even more difficult for us to eat right. Food is addictive, in more ways than one. When we ADHD folk eat, we often look for that dopamine kick. When we add in the need for more serotonin, and we want carbs and salt… Obviously the long term effect of poor di

Let's first look at what ADHD is, so we can later relate the natural medicine treatments. ADHD is a genetic disorder resulting in imbalance in neurotransmitters in the prefrontal cortex, causing it to not function properly. There are also structural changes, such as reduced reward pathways, and a difference in the frontal lobe development. These parts of the brain are towards the front of your head, and are all related to conscious thought and what we call "executive function