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Dr. Rachel V. Gow

Child Neuropsychologist, Registered Nutr. Specialist in ADHD and focus on nutritional science-based approach to brain (/mental-) health.

Author of Smart Foods for ADHD & Brain Health. Founder of Nutritious Minds Trust Charity 🍓

17/07/2025

📣 CALLING ALL PARENTS OF NEURODIVERGENT CHILDREN!

❔🙋🏻‍♀️Are you raising a child with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, OCD, or other neurodivergent conditions?

🎭🎨🎶 We are exploring the idea of launching a 1-week Nutritious Minds Trust programme that nurtures creativity through music, art, movement, and more – tailored for neurodivergent children.

🎯 We need YOUR voice! Please take 5 minutes to complete our short survey to help us shape this important initiative and secure funding to make it happen. Your input is invaluable.

📲 Link in bio or click here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B22HZ53

🗣️ Please share this flyer & link with other parents – together we can make a difference.

 

03/07/2025

📣 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: NeuroBloom 2025 ~ A 1-Day Nutritious Minds Trust Charity 🍓Conference
 📅 Friday 31st October 2025 | 📍 The Exchange,Twickenham

🧠 In honour of ADHD Awareness Month, join us for NeuroBloom: Nurturing ADHD & Neurodivergent Minds — a 1-day immersive and inclusive summit where lived experience meets science, education, wellness, and community.

🧬This is where cutting-edge research connects with real-world stories.
 🌱 A space for learning, sharing, and action — from brain health to inclusion, epigenetics to education, wellness to advocacy.
Expect:
 ✔️Expert Talks from clinicians, researchers & educators ✔️Lived Experience Panels ✔️Brain-Friendly Marketing Stands ✔️Post-event Networking & Drinks ✔️Morning Yoga & Sound Healing to close the day 
Thematic Pillars:
1. Fuelling Minds – Brain health, gut-brain axis, nutritional psychiatry/neuroscience research, epigenetics
2. Living Neurodivergently – Women’s health, supporting ND families
3. Learning Differently – Inclusive education, SEND & diagnosis systems
4. Wellness & Regulation – Movement, breathwork and more.
5. Reforming Systems – Advocacy, NEETs, playground-to-prison pipeline

🎟️ Tickets available now on Eventbrite (link in bio) 👉🏼https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurobloom-nurturing-adhd-neurodivergent-minds-research-to-real-world-tickets-1458482754179 
🔹Whether you’re a parent, educator, student, researcher, health professional or neurodivergent yourself — this is an event not to be missed.

🛍️ Want to sponsor, speak or host a stand? Get in touch. 
🫶🏼Let’s celebrate ADHD, share knowledge, and build inclusive futures together.

01/07/2025

📢 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT
 🎙️ I am honoured to be speaking at the NMI Summit 2025 in London this October; presenting a session on: “The Role of Nutrition in ADHD and Brain Health”. I will be exploring the impact of nutritional insufficiencies in ADHD and other neurodivergent conditions, drawing on key findings from my recently published paper: 📄 “A Closer Look at the Role of Nutrition in Neurodivergence” (Frontiers in Nutrition).

🧠 Attendees will receive evidenced-based knowledge on the critical importance of nutrients that support brain activity, neurotransmitter function, and the systems that regulate mood and cognition.

🥼I will also reflect on the challenges of conducting nutrition research in psychiatry and highlight why understanding nutrient synergy is essential to bridging current knowledge gaps. Most importantly, I’ll be sharing how these insights can be applied in holistic, personalised care to better support individuals with ADHD and other neurodivergent conditions.

🗓 3–4 October 2025 📍 Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London SW7 🎟️ More details & tickets via | nmi.health/summit-2025

👩🏻‍⚕️As a neuropsychologist and specialist in nutritional neuroscience, my work bridges the gap between cutting-edge science, clinical research, and real-world support for families. From leading research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Amen Clinics to lecturing at St Mary’s University and the University of Roehampton, my focus has consistently centred on neurodivergence, brain health, and the transformative potential of nutrition-led interventions. I amalso the author of Smart Foods for ADHD and Brain Health and founder of , a charity dedicated to empowering neurodiverse children and families through education, advocacy, and integrative care.

🎟️ Join me and this world-class speaker line-up:

▫️Prof Julia Rucklidge ▫️Dr Thomas Guilliams ▫️Dr Joseph Firth (digital lifestyle medicine) ▫️Dr Miguel Toribio-Mateas ▫️Dr Pratima Singh ▫️Prof Ted Dinan ▫️Dr Jonathan Prousky ▫️Dr Iain Campbell ▫️Benjamin Brown

👩🏽‍💻Head over to https://www.nmi.health/summit-2025 to get your ticket today! You don’t want to miss this! xo 💋

26/06/2025

🐑 The “black sheep” metaphor describes someone who stands out from the group, family or community (school), because of their often unspoken differences. For many neurodivergent individuals, especially those with ADHD or Autism, this experience can run deep.

🪞From a young age, they may feel like the outsider — misunderstood, overlooked, or labelled as “too much,” “too sensitive,” “too intense,” or “too difficult.” Their ways of thinking, feeling, and interacting can be wildly different from the ‘norm’ — not because they’re wrong, but because they process the world differently. That difference can be isolating.
The black sheep often becomes the scapegoat - carrying the weight of a family or system’s dysfunction, unspoken truths, or intergenerational pain. However, many of these individuals are truth tellers - blunt, brave, and deeply principled. They see through illusions. They challenge broken systems. They ask the questions others avoid. They hold the mirror up.

🧠 Being the black sheep can be lonely, but it’s also powerful. It means seeing things others don’t. Feeling deeply. Refusing to conform just to fit in. It’s a symbol of resilience and authenticity. Sometimes, the black sheep is the one who breaks cycles. Starts movements. Sparks change. Please remember, that being different can be the very thing that makes the difference.

24/06/2025

🍴What a wonderful lunch yesterday with the one and only Darcus Beese, OBE - Music exec, trailblazer, and the first Black president and CEO of a major record label (Island Records UK). We talked music, clubbing in the 90s, ADHD, the brain, and future plans for Nutritious Minds Trust Charity 🍓

📖If you haven’t yet read “Rebel with a Cause” - his powerful memoir, you need to. It’s beyond inspiring.

19/06/2025

🍓 A Huge Thank You to Our Speakers! 🍓

Nutritious Minds Trust Charity 🍓 events are all about giving voice to those with ADHD and neurodivergence—offering a platform to share experiences, build strength, provide motivation and inspire others.

On Saturday 14th June, during our Conversations on the Couch session, we proudly welcomed three incredible new speakers—Chance Price and Scarlett Grant, who took to the stage for the very first time, and Miss C (Chloe Sinclair), our newest ambassador, delivering her first full talk with us. 🌟👏🏻

It takes real courage to step onto a stage, to speak out, and be vulnerable in front of an audience. Please join us in celebrating their bravery and brilliance!

We’re also deeply grateful to our expert speakers:
🎓 Dr Robert Lustig
✍🏼Kate Spicer
🍎 Salka Rayne
🧠 Professor Michael Crawford
🎶 Jumpin’ Jack Frost
🌿 Lucinda Miller
🥼Dr Pablo Jaczmien
👩🏼‍🍳Anita Drodz
🎙️ Emy.P.

The insight, passion, knowledge and honesty in the tent was nothing short of phenomenal.

🫶🏼 If you’re passionate about brain health, neurodivergence, and making a meaningful difference, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out to find out how you can get involved and help us keep creating spaces where every voice is heard.

🎙️ Let’s keep giving young neurodivergent people a stage. Let’s keep the conversation flowing. Their voice is so important xo 💋

Photo Credit: Coco 🙏🏼💛

18/06/2025

🌿 A huge thank you from all of us at The Nutritious Minds Trust Charity 🍓
On Saturday 14th June in Wimbledon Park, we proudly hosted our Neurodivergent Tent and Zone, created to uplift and support individuals with ADHD, neurodivergence, and brain health struggles — celebrating difference, community, and brain health through expert talks, wellness sessions, and meaningful conversations.
🫶🏼 We’re incredibly grateful to the generous brands, businesses, and individuals who stood with us — whether by hosting a stand, joining the community, or donating beautiful raffle prizes. Special thank you to KDD Your support made all the difference.

Thank you to our marketing stand exhibitors joining us on the day:
1. Bare Biology
2. ACV Drinks
3. Biomel Life
4. Herbtender
5. Harley Row Clinic
6. Crystal Healing by Sarah-Jane
7. YouJuice
8. Zenergetics
9. London Nootropics
10. NINI Organics
11. Well.Actually & Kappa Mushrooms
12. Toneko (Fermented Green Papaya)
14. RYM Nutrition
15. Hobbycraft

🎁 And an extra special thank you to those who donated raffle prizes in support of our mission:
🔹Viridian Nutrition
🔹Dr. Vegan
🔹Botanica Health
🔹Freja
🔹Revive Active
🔹Herbtender
🔹NEOM Organics London
🔹London Nootropics
🔹NINI Organics
🔹Crystal Healing by Sarah-Jane
Lumie
🔹Saint Nicholas Monemvasia Olive Oil
🔹Ritual Cacao
🔹Cheerings

🌞 We were blessed with a sunny day and a vibrant community of people who believe in making a difference. We hope you made connections, felt inspired, and enjoyed being part of this growing neurodivergent movement. Here’s some highlights — see if you can spot yourself! xo 💋

Photography: Coco thank you 🙏🏼 💛 xo

17/06/2025

New Publication in Frontiers in Nutrition! 🧠📚 
We’re proud to announce news that our new research paper has just been accepted for publication!
 “A closer look at the role of nutrition in children and adults with ADHD and neurodivergence” – has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Nutrition.
📖 Authored by Dr Rachel V. Gow, Dr Simon Dyall (Lead Authors), Carla Smith & Catherine Hunter (MSc Clinical Nutrition students, University of Roehampton), and Research Assistant, Emily Davies.
🔍 Our findings explored brain essential nutrients—including omega‑3 fatty acids, magnesium, zinc, B vitamins, and vitamin D—as well as food intolerances (like dairy and gluten) are associated with ADHD symptom severity across children and adults.
💡 Key insights: – Lower omega‑3 levels were linked to learning/language difficulties – Lower magnesium levels correlated with higher disruptive behaviour scores
🎓 A big thank-you to the University of Roehampton, all collaborators who made this possible and of course the wonderful families who participated in this study.
🔗 Read the Abstract now (full paper to follow) now via : https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2025.1586925/full

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