EP. 84: ADHD and Nutrition with Nicole DeMasi Malcher

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join Tracy in episode 84 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. introduces you to dietician and nutritionist Nicole DeMasi Malcher.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Nicole is the founder of DeMasi Nutrition, a virtual private practice based in Los Angeles, CA. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist & Certified Diabetes Educator with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition. Nicole spent 10 years working at Los Robles Hospital in the ICU, and as a nutrition coach at UCLA, Kaiser Permanente and DaVita Dialysis. In her practice, she uses nutrition therapy & coaching to help people lose weight, improve their health, and prevent & treat medical conditions through personalized diet & lifestyle changes. Nicole was diagnosed with ADHD (combined type) about a year ago at the age of 32 & since then has been determined to understand how nutrition impacts ADHD symptoms. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">THIS EPISODE IS NOT FOR WOMEN WITH DISORDERED EATING.</span></p> <p><strong>Nicole shares:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The circumstances surrounding her later in life diagnosis</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her ADHD symptoms including those that she always wondered about but now recognizes as clearly ADHD</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she always felt different than others</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How her childhood and teen years were impacted by her ADHD </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What has changed since you were diagnosed?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The relationship between sugar and dopamine</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The food group that spikes our dopamine naturally</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What kind of carbo