Hi, it's Mimi. Welcome to our new weekly Mimi moments, a new series focusing on short impactful

excerpts from some of the most powerful conversations that I've had on the show.

I hope it elevates your day, and if you want to hear the whole episode there's a

link in the show notes. Thanks for listening. Enjoy. Why do you think people

struggle with depression and anxiety so much? It's so multifaceted,

but there's so many things in our current ecosystem

that are not health promoting.

You know, our food system, it is so substantially been downgraded,

whereas now we have all of these chemicals in our food and a lot of processed

food and the majority of the you know American diet also known as the sad diet or the standard American diet is not health promoting and so when we have all of these inflammatory oils and substances and processed foods,

our brain is only about two to three pounds, but it uses 20 to 30% of our energy every day.

So it's a really, really energy consumptive organ.

So if you're thinking about what you're putting

into your mouth is so much more than just calories. It's information for

your cells. It's what your energy will be made from. It's what everything in

your body will run off of. So if you're fueling your body with Doritos and Twinkies and

processed foods and you're on the go all the time, then that's what your brain is going to run

off of. I would rather be, you know, fueled by like like grass fed steak and like wild blueberries or something because that's going to give so much better information to the brain.

Also, you know, we've gotten away from things like healthy fats.

Our brain is mostly fat and water.

So we need these healthy fats like avocado, olive oil,

to make sure that our brains work at top performance.

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