What is the ADHD
Gut-Brain Connection?
The gut-brain axis is the two-way communication network between your child's digestive system and their brain. 90% of serotonin is made in the gut. Dopamine precursors are produced there. GABA — the brain's calming neurotransmitter — is synthesised by gut bacteria.
Every chemical an ADHD brain already struggles to regulate begins, in part, in the gut.
When the gut is balanced, the brain receives steady, calming signals.
When it's not — through poor diet, inflammation or nutrient depletion — those signals become dysregulation, reactivity and overwhelm.
This isn't alternative medicine. It's neuroscience. And it changes everything.
How does the Gut-Brain Connection
affect ADHD symptoms?
My method is built upon my qualifications in teaching, nutritional therapy, and degree in sports and exercise science, including 5 years of experience teaching in schools, leading departments, developing special educational needs curricula/strategies, and mentoring and coaching aspiring teachers.
My approach is grounded with my experience as an Autistic ADHDer, dyslexia, and experience supporting children individually, with ADHD as a tutor and registered nutritional therapist.
When the gut is struggling, so is your child's brain.
Children with ADHD consistently show differences in gut microbiome diversity. The result? Disrupted neurotransmitter production, increased inflammation, and a brain working harder than it should just to get through the day.
Emotional Dysregulation
Low gut diversity means less GABA and serotonin — removing the brain's chemical braking system. Big emotions arrive fast, escalate quickly, and take a long time to settle. It's not a behaviour problem. It's a biochemistry problem.
Hyperactivity
Gut inflammation suppresses dopamine signalling and increases nervous system excitability. Combined with nutrient deficiencies in omega-3, magnesium and zinc, the dopamine system under-regulates — and seeks stimulation constantly.
Focus & Attention
Dopamine is built from nutrients — iron, B6, magnesium, zinc — all commonly depleted in ADHD children. Add blood sugar instability and cortisol spikes, and you have a brain that genuinely cannot sustain attention. Not because it won't. It doesn't have what it needs.
The 3 pillars:
Nutrition, Lifestyle, Mindset
The ADHD Gut-Brain Method isn't a diet plan. It's a complete, evidence-based framework addressing the root causes of your child's symptoms —-not just managing them
Three pillars. one method. lasting change
🌿 Nutrition
Fix the foundation. We identify the specific nutritional gaps driving your child's symptoms and build a bespoke plan around their needs and your family's life. Whole foods, targeted supplements, gut health, blood sugar balance. Nothing is banned. Everything is added to.
☀️ Lifestyle
Build the environment Sleep, movement and routine each have a direct neurobiological impact on ADHD. We address the lifestyle factors that are amplifying symptoms — and put simple, sustainable structures in place that support the brain every single day.
🧠 Mindset
Reframe the story. ADHD is not a deficit. Children who thrive are those who learn to understand and work with their neurology. This pillar builds executive function strategies, self-esteem, and the confidence — in your child and in you — to move forward.
The ADHD Gut-Brain Method adds rather than takes away.
Emphasising the essential role of 3 pillars: nutrition, lifestyle and mindset.
How It Works
Phase 1
We will start with a 90 minute comprehensive assessment of your child's current health, lifestyle, and nutritional habits.
Discussion of specific goals, based on health concerns.
Development of a personalised nutrition, lifestyle and mindset plan.
Phase 2
Over the next 12 weeks we will check in regularly to ensure you are on track to reaching your goals.
After each session I will make slight changes to your child's plan based on the symptoms and goals
I will be providing you with most current nutrition and lifestyle science
techniques.
Phase 3
Functional testing may be used throughout such as hormone panels and gut profile tests so we can dive deeper and uncover areas which need support.
Throughout the process I will give you and your child unlimited support to develop your nutrition, lifestyle techniques, habits, mindset and movement patterns.
I've come to realise, we all need a little help on our ADHD journey
What you'll get
• Initial consultation (90 minutes) - includes full health and lifestyle assessment including medical and family history
• Six (30-minute) biweekly follow-up accountability and support sessions
• Access to phone, message, and email support throughout
• Functional laboratory test recommendations and analysis of results (cost of tests not included)
• Bespoke nutrition and wellness plans
• Supplement programmes (25% discount)
• Resource pack tailored to you and your child including detailed information about your child's health concerns
• Recipes and menu plans
• Direct and regular communication with education provider (optional)
• Initial consultation (90 minutes) - includes full health and lifestyle assessment including medical and family history
• Six (30 minutes) biweekly follow-up accountability and support sessions
• Access to phone, message, and email support throughout
• Functional laboratory test recommendations and analysis of results (cost of tests not included)
• Bespoke nutrition and wellness plans
• Supplement programmes (25% discount)
• Resource pack tailored to you and your child including detailed information about your child's health concerns
• Recipes and menu plans
• Direct and regular communication with education provider (optional)
FREE ADHD CoNSULtation
Book a Free Call
Start with your FREE 30-minute ADHD consultation to discuss your child's goals and ADHD.
In this conversation we will explore:
1. What your current stuggles are with your child's ADHD
2. What you have already tried and why you feel it's not working
3. Creat a plan to support you and your child together