Since our hormones have such a massive impact on ADHD, is cycle syncing your nutrition a helpful, or even realistic, tool for people with ADHD and menstrual cycles?

People with ADHD can absolutely become intuitive eaters! The process might look a little different than a neurotypical approach - this post goes over ways I make the 10 intuitive eating principles more applicable for folks with ADHD.

Meal planning can be intimidating for people with ADHD - planning falls into the category of executive function, and challenges with executive functions are a main characteristic of ADHD.

So there’s that, and also all the executive functioning skills that meal planning involves like…

In this blog post I start off by talking about what interoceptive awareness in intuitive eating is and how this impacts a person with ADHD’s ability to recognize and respond to their hunger signals.

I then go into how low blood sugar levels from not eating enough makes ADHD symptoms a lot harder to manage, and why this is a really common problem for people with ADHD.

Then I talk about how we can use interoceptive awareness to tune into and respond to our body’s hunger signals in ways that support our ADHD and why this is such a beneficial strategy for people with ADHD.

Both ADHD and our hormone cycles can have a massive impact on our moods, ability to concentrate, our sensitivities, energy levels and overall capacity. Making changes to how we eat, sleep, move, work, socialise and take care of ourselves in ways that support both ADHD and hormone health can literally change our lives.

One thing I recommend for almost all of my clients who menstruate is to begin tracking your menstrual cycle - doing so allows us to tune into the different phases of our hormone fluctuations so we can start to adjust the various aspects of our life around these monthly changes.

Perimenopause and menopause are transitional phases that can bring about various physical and emotional changes, but did you know that nutrition, strategic supplementation and herbs can play a vital role in helping to manage these changes? Read the blog post to learn more.