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Donna Cipolla is a well-respected gastroenterologist with a career full of achievements. She\u2019s also a registered dietician and a mom who is deeply invested in her child's wellbeing. Donna has a child with ADHD, and she went down the journey of trying to help her son naturally after he hit rock bottom as a college student.\xa0

In this episode of the Soaring Child podcast, Donna shares not only her personal journey parenting a child with ADHD, but also her expertise as a medical doctor and the effectiveness of natural strategies for ADHD.

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Link mentioned in the show:\xa0

Thriving with ADHD book - adhdthriveinstitute.com/book

Key Takeaways:

[4:20] Donna\u2019s personal journey with ADHD

[6:43] The challenges Donna\u2019s son faced as a result of his ADHD

[8:45] Why Donna explored natural strategies for her adult son with ADHD

[11:55] The connection between gut health and ADHD symptoms

[14:46] How the medical community can incorporate more holistic principles into their practices

[18:05] How Donna\u2019s son is doing now

[22:34] What Donna would tell skeptics

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Memorable Moments:

\xa0\u201dI tried everything I knew as a physician\u2026No one ever - ever - suggested any kind of dietary intervention.\u201d

\u201dI thought I was doing good - giving him a good, healthy diet, but little did I know until I got into your program that there was so much more to dietary interventions than just the things that I knew as a dietician to do.\u201d

As a dietitian and as a gastroenterologist\u2026I\u2019m well aware of the relationship between the brain and the gut interactions when it comes to gastrointestinal diseases...that same interaction affects the brain in terms of ADHD.\u201d

\u201dI was so frustrated as a dietician that the physicians did not appreciate the role of nutrition in preventing disease nor in treating disease and I thought, \u2018Ya know, if I can become a physician, I can then write the diet orders and I can help thousands of patients with my expertise in nutrition to treat them.\u201d

\u201dAs a patient, you turn to that doctor as the expert so somehow we have to get the word out there that nutrition, diet, and alternative methods are vital to the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD

\u201cMy biggest regret is that I didn\u2019t know sooner\u2026.My son, for 19 years, was on a path I thought was best, which was medication\u2026How many years of his life did he lose because I didn\u2019t know and try an alternative diet therapy?\u201d

\u201dYou have nothing to lose and everything to gain.\u201d

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How to Connect to Donna Cipolla

Website: https://www.connecticutgi.org/donna-cipolla-md

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Dana Kay Resources:

Website: https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/\xa0

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ADHDThriveInstitute/\xa0

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adhdthriveinstitute/\xa0

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ADHDThriveInstitute\xa0

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adhd-thrive-institute/mycompany/\xa0

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ph/adhdthriveinstitute/\xa0

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adhd_thriveinstitute\xa0

International Best Selling Book, Thriving with ADHD \u2013 https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/book/\xa0

Free Reduce ADHD Symptoms Naturally Masterclass - https://bit.ly/3GAbFQl\xa0

ADHD Parenting Course \u2013 https://info.adhdthriveinstitute.com/parentingadhd
ADHD Thrive Method 4 Kids Program \u2013 https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/packages/