Dr Rachel Gow

Founder, Nutritious Minds, UK

Science Fellow, Think Through Nutrition, UK

About


Rachel V. Gow, Ph.D is a Nutritional Neuroscientist, Neuropsychologist and Neurodevelopmental specialist with expertise in a range of mental health conditions and associative learning and behaviour differences. In addition, Dr. Gow is a Registered Nutritionist (under the category of Science).

Dr. Gow’s son, who has ADHD and Dyslexia, is the driving force behind all her endeavours in the neurodiverse arena.

In October 2019, Dr. Gow launched Nutritious Minds Consulting and then Nutritious Minds Trust.

Between 2012-2016, Dr. Gow was the Lead Associate Investigator of the Neuroimaging, Omega‐3 and Reward in Adults with ADHD (NORAA) trial at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. This study was the first randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, clinical trial globally to test the effects of omega‐3 fats in the brain activity of adults with ADHD using neuroimaging techniques.

Collectively, Dr. Gow has approximately 18 years of research and experience in psychological research in child/adolescent and adult clinical populations.

Dr Gow has published 22 peer reviewed book chapters and scientific papers. She has extensive knowledge in neurodiverse learning and behavioural differences and the effects of dopamine enhancing brain‐selective nutrients.

Her newly published book, Smart Foods for ADHD and Brain Health, is available to order on Amazon (Jessica Kingsley Publishers part of the Hachette UK Group).

Professor Sinclair is a Former Chair of the Australian Academy of Science, Nutrition Committee. He is an active researcher in a range of areas related to fatty acid metabolism in man and animals and the composition of foods (lipids and fat soluble vitamins).

His latest research interests are in the role of essential nutrients in brain function (zinc, DHA), metabolism of DPAn-3, lipidomic analysis of chylomicrons and omega 3 fatty acid metabolism in fish and mammals.

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