Tricia Lee, RD

Registered Dietitian | Pediatric Nutrition Specialist | Autism & ADHD Nutrition Expert
Independent Clinician, Breakthrough ADHD Center

With over 25 years working alongside children and their families, I have built my entire career around one conviction: that what a child eats is not separate from how their brain functions, how their body feels, or how they show up in the world every day.

I am a Registered Dietitian specializing in pediatric nutrition, and within that, my deepest focus has always been children with autism and ADHD. I have spent decades in some of BC's most complex and demanding clinical environments, including BC Children's Hospital, Sunnyhill Health Centre, Surrey Memorial Hospital, and the Centre for Child Development. Those settings shaped me. They taught me how to hold the full complexity of a neurodivergent child's nutritional needs, not just what they eat, but why they eat the way they do, what their body is actually absorbing, and what their nervous system needs to settle and function.

I am also a mother of three. That matters, because I understand this journey from both sides of the table. I know what it feels like to sit across from a clinician and wonder if anyone truly understands how hard mealtimes can be, how exhausting picky eating becomes over months and years, and how much is riding on getting this right. I bring that lived understanding into every conversation I have with a family.

For children with ADHD and ASD, nutrition is rarely straightforward. Sensory sensitivities, rigid food preferences, gut dysfunction, and the neurological underpinnings of appetite and digestion all intersect in ways that require a specialist, someone who understands how these children experience food differently, and who can build a path forward that is realistic for the whole family. That is the work I do every day.

As an independent clinician at Breakthrough ADHD Center, I offer personalized nutritional support tailored to the specific profile of each child, whether that means addressing the gut-brain connection, navigating the complexities of a restricted diet, supporting growth and development, or managing specialized feeding needs. My goal is always the same: to give families clarity, confidence, and a plan that actually works in their real lives.

My clinical toolbox includes:

• Pediatric nutrition assessment and planning for ADHD and ASD
• Specialized diets for autism and ADHD (including elimination diets, gut-supportive protocols)
• Picky eating and sensory-based feeding strategies
• Gut health and digestion support
• Constipation and gastrointestinal management
• G-tube feeding guidance and management
• Growth and developmental nutrition support
• Parent education and practical family meal planning

I am proud to work alongside the multidisciplinary team at Breakthrough ADHD Center, where nutrition is understood as a foundational part of brain health, not a footnote to it. Neurodivergent children deserve nutritional care as specialized and thoughtful as every other part of their support plan. That is exactly what I am here to provide.

Credentials:
Registered Dietitian, CHCPBC (#557)
Member in good standing, Dietitians of Canada