Author: Suren Chiu, RDN, LDN
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ADHD and Food Decision Fatigue: Why “What’s for Dinner?” Feels So Hard
By Suren Chiu, RDN, LDN You Open the Fridge. Then You Close It. Then You Open It Again. It’s 6 p.m. You’re hungry, or maybe you’re not, or maybe you were hungry two hours ago and missed it. You open the fridge, stare at the shelves, close it, scroll your phone, and eventually end up…
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Pumpkin Spice Smoothie: A Nourishing Recipe for ADHD-Friendly Nutrition
By Suren Chiu, RDN, LDN When you’re navigating ADHD, eating consistently can sometimes feel harder than it sounds. Executive functioning challenges, sensory preferences, forgetfulness, and difficulty recognizing hunger cues can make preparing balanced meals and snacks feel overwhelming. Sometimes, the most helpful nutrition strategy isn’t an elaborate meal plan — it’s finding simple, satisfying foods…
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How to Stop Feeling Guilty After Eating
9 Dietitian-Informed Ways to Make Peace With Food By Suren Chiu, RDN, LDN You finish a meal you enjoyed, and instead of feeling satisfied, a wave of guilt rolls in. I shouldn’t have eaten that. I was so “bad” today. I’ll have to make up for it tomorrow. If that sounds familiar, you are…
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Why Do I Forget to Eat With ADHD? (And What Actually Helps)
By Suren Chiu, RDN, LDN It’s 3 p.m. You look up from your screen and realize you haven’t eaten since last night. Your head hurts, your hands are a little shaky, and you’re suddenly irritable and starving all at once. If this sounds familiar, you’re not lazy, broken, or bad at taking care of yourself.…
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How to Trust Your Hunger Cues
By Suren Chiu, RDN, LDN If you’ve ever stood in front of the fridge wondering whether you’re actually hungry, bored, stressed, or just tired, you’re not broken. You may simply have spent a long time not being able to rely on your body’s signals. I’m Suren, a registered dietitian in Champaign, IL, and I…
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How to Start Intuitive Eating
By Suren Chiu, RDN, LDN If you’ve spent years dieting, tracking macros, or following food rules, the idea of “just listen to your body” can feel almost laughable. How are you supposed to trust hunger and fullness cues you can barely recognize anymore? If you can’t feel hunger or fullness, you are not broken and…
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Why Is Meal Planning So Hard With ADHD? (And What Actually Helps)
By Suren Chiu, RDN, LDN If you have ADHD and meal planning makes you want to throw your calendar out the window, you are not lazy, undisciplined, or bad at adulting. Meal planning is hard with ADHD because it asks your brain to do many of the exact things ADHD makes difficult: planning ahead, making…
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Can a Dietitian Help with ADHD Eating Issues?
If you or someone you love has ADHD, you already know that the challenges extend far beyond focus and attention. Mealtimes can feel chaotic. Forgetting to eat. Or eating everything in sight is a daily reality. And the relationship between food and ADHD symptoms is more complex than most people realize. The good news?…
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Stress Eating vs. Emotional Eating: What’s the Difference?
You’ve had a brutal day. A tense meeting, a pile of unread emails, maybe a difficult conversation with someone you care about. And before you’ve even consciously decided anything yet, you’re standing in front of the fridge. Or halfway through a bag of chips. And you’re not sure exactly when that happened. Sound familiar? You’re…
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Why Eating Feels Impossible When You’re Overwhelmed
You sit down and eat and feel nothing. Or worse, the idea of food actually makes you feel sick. Your stomach is tight, your brain is racing, and somehow a bowl of pasta feels like an obstacle rather than a savoring meal. If you’ve ever gone a fully day barely eating anything during an overwhelming…