ADHD with Jenna Free EP. 19: ADHD & Food - Why ADHDers Struggle & The Intuitive Eating Solution | ADHD with Jenna Free
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Aug 4, 2025 Explore the unique relationship between ADHD and food, focusing on challenges like binge eating and emotional dysregulation. Hear a personal journey from rigid dieting to intuitive eating, emphasizing the importance of nourishment and enjoyment. Discover how dismantling diet culture can create a healthier mindset, along with practical tips like honoring hunger to avoid binge cycles. Learn about the transformative power of regulation work and how it fosters a balanced approach to eating.
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ADHD Eating Struggles Are Common
- Most ADHDers report some struggle with food, often swinging between forgetting to eat and bingeing.
- This pattern is commonly tied to dysregulation rather than just medication appetite effects.
Host's Dieting To Intuitive Eating Journey
- Jenna started by dieting at 16, which led to rigidity and likely orthorexia-like patterns.
- She later stopped dieting, began eating when hungry, and naturally found balance before learning the formal intuitive eating framework.
Use Regulation Plus Intuitive Eating
- Combine regulation work with intuitive eating to rebuild a healthy, lasting relationship with food.
- Aim for middle-ground eating habits rather than extreme restriction or binge cycles.