586: Harvard Psychiatrist Reveals the Most Harmful Foods You Need to Stop Eating to Heal the Brain | Dr. Georgia Ede
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Jesse Chappus
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🗓️ 21 February 2024
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/w76HgPmnwhU
Dr. Georgia Ede (IG: @georgiaedemd) is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in nutrition science and brain metabolism. Her twenty-five years of clinical experience include twelve years as a college psychiatrist and nutrition consultant. Dr. Ede speaks internationally about dietary approaches to psychiatric disorders.
She co-authored the first inpatient study of the ketogenic diet for treatment-resistant mental illnesses, developed the first medically accredited course in ketogenic diets for mental health practitioners, and was honored to be named a recipient of the Metabolic Mind Award.
Dr. Ede’s new book is Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The cause of the current mental health crisis
- The problem with carbohydrates
- What is low brain insulin?
- How sluggish brain glucose processing leads to Alzheimer’s
- Genetics and mental health
- How seed oils negatively affect the brain
- What is oxidative stress?
- The challenge with linoleic acid
- The 3 different types of omega-3s
- Should you take an omega-3 supplement?
- Can you get enough DHA/EPA from animal foods (without fish)?
- The ketogenic diet for mental health
- The benefits of intermittent fasting
- Transitioning to keto + measuring ketones
- Tools to hack your metabolism
- The root cause approach to mental health
- What should you feed your child for better mental health?
- Bella’s story of hope
- A food first approach to mental health
- Can a vegan diet be ketogenic & healthy for the brain?
- Dr. Ede’s experience on carnivore diet
- Is caffeine disrupting your metabolism?
- Nutrient testing is an important guide for supplementation
- Understanding the gut-brain connection
- The neurotransmitter imbalance theory of mental illness
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on the Ultimate Health Podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | If you've got PTSD, ADHD, OCD, eating disorders, early dementia, |
| 0:08.0 | whatever the issue is, I will try to help you. |
| 0:10.0 | My definition of a brain healthy diet is it has to nourish the brain, protect the brain, |
| 0:13.4 | energize the brain. You can see dramatic improvements, even remission of serious |
| 0:18.8 | chronic mental illnesses with ketogenic diets no matter how long a person's been ill, no matter what |
| 0:25.0 | medications they're taking or how many medications or what the dosages are, no matter what the |
| 0:29.0 | diagnosis is. Ketogenic diets are really unique in this ability to energize the brain and body |
| 0:36.7 | differently than other types of diets do. |
| 0:39.2 | 64% of them left the hospital on less psychiatric medication, |
| 0:43.0 | 44% of them achieved clinical remission |
| 0:46.0 | from serious mental illness. |
| 0:47.8 | These dietary interventions are powerful brain medicine. Hello and welcome to the ultimate health podcast episode 586. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm Jesse Chappas and I'm here to take your health to the next level. |
| 1:05.0 | Each week I'll bring you long-form conversations with health and wellness leaders from |
| 1:08.9 | around the world. |
| 1:10.2 | This week I'm speaking with Dr. George at Eed. Dr. Eed is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, |
| 1:15.7 | specializing in nutrition science and brain metabolism. Her 25 years of clinical experience |
| 1:21.4 | include 12 years as a college psychiatrist in nutrition. years of college |
| 1:23.3 | college psychiatrist in nutrition consultant. Dr. Eed speaks |
| 1:27.1 | internationally about dietary approaches to psychiatric disorders. She |
| 1:31.5 | co-authored the first inpatient study of the ketogenic diet for treatment |
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