It's True. ADHD Makes You Eat More.

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▼ Timestamps ▼
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00:00 - Introduction
01:50 - Reward Processing
04:40 - Altered Inhibitory Control
05:48 - Altered Emotional Regulation
10:35 - What can we do about it?
- 10:53 - Savor our food
- 12:13 - Do not distract yourself
- 12:47 - Don’t keep unhealthy food available
- 15:13 - Control your emotions
20:49 - Obesity
- 21:37 - Increased Inflammation
- 24:19 - Insulin
28:50 - Anti-obesity mechanisms
- 28:59 - Gastric stretch
- 30:34 - Start exercising
- 31:02 - Eat anti-inflammatory foods
31:39 - Summary & Conclusion

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Follow along as Dr. K goes into the links between ADHD & obesity, where it begins, why it happens, and what we can do about it. What's something you learned from this video? Share with us in the comments!

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[benstone]

As someone with ADHD, I feel I sometimes go back and forth between forgetting to eat and binge eating

[dullbatarang]

Every time I see stuff online about ADHD and food, it's about how people always forget to eat and how they can't get enough food. It made me feel weird having the opposite problem, where if I had a second that wasn't occupied and I was bored, I would fill it by eating. Thank you so much for showing the other side that isn't as represented.

[RedSntDK]

The way I've explained this to friends is "Within me are two labrador retrievers: And they're both starving!"

[rosselliott]

If I'm eating from a package of cookies, the thought of the next cookie is more exciting than the excitement I get while I am still chewing a cookie.

[skyre]

I also struggle with impulsive eating and eating out of boredom rather than hunger

[Blue-Spirit]

This is so relatable. Eating when sad is a distraction from strong emotions I don't notice are present. My family doesn't understand why I don't have this packaged food in my home. I tell them it will be gone in a day and they tell me "Just don't eat all of it at once", like its helpful advice. This was a great holistic explanation of this problem.

[juliasmith]

Some of the best advice I got was that weight loss and maintenance isn't about discipline, it's about strategy.

[Geo-stjv]

This makes so much sense, no wonder, I was always scared because my binge eating was "different" from everyone else. like they binge too but at least the binging makes them happy, it doesn't even make me feel happy, I usually just feel the same after

[aniE]

I purposely don't bring the foods into the house that I'm going to impulsively eat. Forcing me to need to cook the thing or go out to get it . Breaking that impulse. Yes, sometimes I do make the cookies and then want to eat all of them. But that's still less than if I had a package of cookies easily accessible.

[freddoublestuff]

I have ADHD and have lost 60 pounds, twice, never could keep it off for more than 5 years a time . Doctors told me everything from lack of self control to 1, 200 cals a day for life - hard pass, to never eating junk food again. I knew that I was an emotional eater but this is so helpful ❤️

[swordsnorchids]

It's hard to keep up with eating healthy when you're struggling I've noticed mentally and energetically.

[sacrilegiousboi]

Yet another perfect example of why people with ADHD crave and anticipate more things in general than neurotypicals - because the reward they get from things is less.

[chukwudichukwulobe]

All my life I've been shamed by being called greedy or a glutton because of the way i eat
I never get satisfied with food, sometimes I eat food absentmindedly and don't realized how much i eat.
I also eat to comfort myself when I'm feeling any negative emotion or when I'm bored
Even those shaming by people makes me want to eat even more.
I got diagnosed with ADHD last December at 20, and everyday I'm learning more about myself and how to get better.

I'm very grateful for this channel

[dutyfreeadventures]

Jesus. Fucking. Christ. You just perfectly described every single one of my ongoing struggles and also the makeshift solutions I've stumbled upon (foods that the belly, exercise, not buying things that can be grabbed and eaten without a barrier.).

You've also put into perspective my issues I don't "feel emotions" but I absolutely 100% feel pressure, I feel like I should be doing more, I feel frustrated, I feel a constant sense of dread for not doing more things and a sense of urgency to do more things. Never classified those as emotions before but they totally are. It really hit home.

This is alan amazing expansion and I really value the time you've put into explaining things

[kogamamoru]

Wait...WAIT. You mean the sheer absolute misery I go through every time I try and diet isnt normal? The cycle of craving bad food, resisting, feeling upset at not indulging and thus craving more until I break isnt my fault?

[mcmann]

For those who are struggling with impulsive eating and the lack of pleasure coming from it, drink water. Dr. K talks about gastric stretch and one thing that is incompressible is water. Fills you up very quickly.

[CrazyKiwiChan]

This is so true. I get extremelly sad when I see other people around me just eating those low quantities of food and feeling fine, whilst me I could literally eat forever! I was only lucky as of growing up since I simply don´t gain weight, no matter how much I eat (obviosly I gain weight, but it is at such a slow pace). I would consume easily 4500 calories a day, and could eat more! Even though that I have put my health on check, it is so hard not to eat a lot, especially sweet food, and my burnout only makes things worse. I would love to send this comment not only to resonate with some people, but also to seek some emotional support... Thank you Dr.K, and everyone!

[sarahs.]

Quick notes for my reference:

1. Savor food
(pay attention!)
(no distracted meals)

2. Space out idea > action gap
(easy access = healthy, fiber, antiinflammatory foods)
(hard access = unhealthy, packaged, processed foods)

3. Daily Emotional Management
(alexithymia = emotional blindness)
(negative emotions influence you whether you know it or not)
(do anything, just do something!)

4. Exercise
(processing emotions!)
(changing insulin response!)

[bordenfleetwood]

Loved the Starcraft references. Took me straight back to high school.

I've also been dealing with some of this with my partner. She deals with moderate to severe ADHD, and was obese (and getting worse) when we got together. Super smart lady, but didn't have impulse control when it came to food. I used to be a personal trainer, so this was difficult to watch.

I convinced her to start exercising with me, and she, in her own efforts to pursue health, has hit upon a lot of these ideas. She's made enormous strides, and while the ADHD struggles continue, the diet and craving issues are actually becoming a lifestyle institution now.

[Fecius]

You are saving my life. Thank you for your videos! Also I found a person on your discord server that helps me a lot. I am very lucky that I found you!!!!