Have #ADHD? Do you crave #caffeine and love #protein? There might be a reason! #diet #energy #focus

Hey everybody. So the interesting thing about getting an ADHD diagnosis late in life is it often makes things from earlier in life make a whole heck of a lot more sense. And 2 of them that I'd like to talk about are protein and caffeine. Because, um, I've always been a person, I love my protein, and I've also Sort of avoided sugary stuff quite a bit. And after getting the diagnosis and doing some research on this, I found that because protein burns slower and helps stabilize your blood sugar, that might be part of the reason why I like it so much, as well as even some foods with a bit higher fat content. But the sugary foods make me feel rotten. And it's because I think it spikes and then crashes your blood sugar, which when you have ADHD is a bit of a nightmare. And then talking about caffeine, um, I've craved it my entire life. I mean, since I was a little kid, I always wanted the, the soda, or when I got a little bit older, the teas and the coffee, the diet sodas. And what I realized is that I was self-medicating. The caffeine is a stimulant which basically helps your brain regulate and release your dopamine a little bit better when you have ADHD. And so I was reaching for caffeine every couple hours in order to sort of manage that part of ADHD. And, you know, that's why I'm encouraging people to get out and get diagnosed, because maybe you can get something that'll help you even better than too much soda.