Episode 248 — Stop Guessing – PERSONALIZE Your Child’s NUTRITION
Guest: Julie Matthews • Date: March 20, 2025
Episode Overview
This episode is about the transformative power of food for you and especially your child. We’re joined by Julie Matthews, a Certified Nutrition Consultant and published researcher specializing in personalized nutrition for complex neurological conditions, particularly autism spectrum disorder and ADHD for over 20 years. The secret this week is… Stop Guessing – PERSONALIZE Your Child’s NUTRITION.
About Julie Matthews
Julie Matthews is a Certified Nutrition Consultant and published researcher who received her master’s degree in medical nutrition with distinction, from Arizona State University. She has specialized in children’s nutrition and complex neurological conditions, most notably autism spectrum disorder, for over 20 years. Julie sits on the Nutritional/Medical Advisory Board of the Autism Nutrition Research Center and helps children, families, and clinicians from 146 countries with her online resources, nutrition programs, and professional training courses.
Julie has educated parents and health professionals on how to use personalized nutrition and therapeutic diets to help children thrive at conferences in more than sixty-five cities over three continents including Medical Academy of Pediatric & Special Needs (MAPS), Integrative Medicine for Mental Health (IMMH), and American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). She has been featured in newspapers and blogs, and on podcasts, radio, and television including CBS. She has co-authored peer-reviewed research studies demonstrating the efficacy of nutrition and therapeutic diet intervention for ASD.
When she is not studying the latest nutrition research, supporting families, or experimenting with new recipes in her kitchen, she can be found camping with her daughter, hugging redwood trees, and gardening.
You’ll Discover
Why PERSONALIZATION Is So Key (5:38)
A Step By Step Plan To Diet Changes (9:10)
Common Root Causes You Can Address With Diet (16:25)
Gut Issues Are Easy To Miss (20:48)
Intuition vs. Addiction (25:30)
Ways To Help Your Child Get On Board (29:58)
Why Comfort Foods AREN’T Helping Your Child (34:09)
The Balance To Strike (38:54)
Referenced in This Episode
Autism Health Summit April 11-13, 2025 in San Diego, CA - use code AHS50 for a discount
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