A VERY Happy Podcast with Fearne Cotton and Nature Doc
We discussed why what you eat has a direct effect on your mood and a child’s behaviour. If you are a parent wondering how to feed your child well in today’s world (neurodivergent or not), then this is the podcast for you.
Theme: Physical Resilience
Pupil type: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
Type: Podcast
Implementation timeframe: Quick Win

This is what they talked about:
- What it means to be neurodivergent and my own ADHD diagnosis
- What functional medicine is and how it can help identify nutrient shortfalls and imbalances of the gut microbiome, neurological system and immune system
- The importance of a protein-rich breakfast to ensure the best start to your day
- How to help navigate food choices for your children, to pick healthier options
- Helping your child get to sleep and stay asleep
- Fussy eating and what underlying factors might be driving it
- PANS/ PANDAS – Has your child developed tics, anxiety and OCD after a Strep infection?
- How your child’s brain can be affected by a virus or bacterial infection
- Why antibiotic use at birth could be affecting your child now and how to get the gut microbiome back on track
- Why Fearne would prefer a zinc supplement to an oyster!
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