The Institute for Optimum Nutrition - Nourishing The Neurodivergent Brain
Published to Upcoming Events on Aug 06, 2024
This online course helps to educate nutrition professionals and final year nutrition students on the intricacies of working with neurodivergent adults and children. This information will empower the listener to help support the plethora of comorbidities which can go alongside dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD and autism.
These include highly selective eating, emotional dysregulation and burnout, difficulty sleeping, gut issues such as reflux and constipation, hypermobility and chronic pain; as well as the interplay with a diet high in ultra-processed foods and chronic inflammation, infections and allergies.
Neurodivergent folk often bring with them complexity over and above most other conditions in terms of their test results – you will often be challenged with a combination of gut dysbiosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, a high histamine state with high oxalates and high glutamate alongside, as well as multiple nutrient deficiencies. So where do you start first?
Practical complexities may also be prominent be due to highly restrictive eating, a very strong view on what they will or will not be able to change and they can sometimes be disorganized and unable to stick to a health plan
Tags: cpd
Mentoring at the NNA
Our successful mentoring scheme, with monthly Skype calls helps recent graduates and final year nutritional therapy students to set up in practice, build up confidence and hone their clinical skills.