The Happy Eating Podcast Carolyn Williams PhD, RD & Brierley Horton, MS, RD

For every 9 boys diagnosed with ADHD, there’s one girl diagnosed. But ADHD isn’t a gender-related condition. It’s that girls and women are so under-diagnosed. One of the reasons is because our symptoms look completely different from the hyperactive boy we all remember from elementary school. In fact, lots of women with ADHD did very well in school, are successful adults with good careers and generally appear to really have their lives together. Case in point—Carolyn! So in today’s episode, you’re getting a look behind the curtain of Carolyn’s mind. And you may find you relate. Let’s dive in.

What are Brierley & Carolyn So Perplexed by this week??? 2024 Edition!

There’s a gene defect that up to 50 percent of us have, but it’s not commonly discussed. It’s called the MTHFR gene, and if you have it your body can’t break down some key B vitamins like it should. The cascade effect is then a higher risk of heart disease, autoimmune diseases, migraines, cancer, and—because this is the Happy Eating Podcast—mental health conditions. In today’s episode, we break down the MTHFR gene: what it is exactly, what the health effects are if you have it, and a super-simple way to “treat” it.

What are Brierley & Carolyn So Over this week? I’m So Over Half-Sized Clothing!

Welcome to a new type of episode for the Happy Eating Podcast! This week we’re tackling three hot trends popping on social media and telling you whether they’re legit (aka hot!) or not. Should you try the oatzempic diet? Is cold plunging actually helpful? And what is tongue scraping?

What are Brierley & Carolyn giving a shoutout to  this week?  A Shout-Out To Men On Dating Apps!