Ep. 388 | How to Calm Your Mind & Reduce Anxiety with Food | How to Heal Your Gut with Food & more with Dr. Uma Naidoo
What if the foods you reach for when you’re stressed are actually making you more anxious? In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Uma Naidoo, a triple threat expert in psychiatry, nutrition, and professional cooking, reveals the gut-brain connection driving mental health issues and cognitive decline.
As Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Naidoo shares:
The inflammatory impacts of processed foods and added sugars
How poor diet contributes to anxiety, depression and Alzheimer’s
Key strategies for reducing neuroinflammation through food
Her go-to list of brain-healthy ingredients
Tips for meal planning and grocery shopping
Simple ways to eat balanced despite a busy lifestyle
Dr. Naidoo’s passion comes from her own journey recovering from an eating disorder by harnessing nutrition’s power to heal. Tune in now for paradigm-shifting insights on nourishing both your mind and body. This vital conversation will inspire you to take control of your mental health by fighting inflammation at the source - your plate!
ABOUT Dr. Uma Naidoo
Michelin-starred chef David Bouley described Dr. Uma Naidoo as the world’s first “triple threat” in the food and medicine space: a Harvard trained psychiatrist, professional chef graduating with her culinary schools’ most coveted award, and a trained Nutrition Specialist. Her nexus of interests have found their niche in Nutritional Psychiatry. Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the United States.
She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She was considered Harvard’s Mood Food expert and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Naidoo is also the national bestselling author of This Is Your Brain On Food. In her book, she shows the cutting-edge science explaining the ways in which food contributes to our mental health and how a diet can help treat and prevent a wide range of psychological and cognitive health issues, from ADHD to anxiety, depression, OCD, and others.
Order Calm Your Mind with Food: A Revolutionary Guide to Controlling Your Anxiety
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