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Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

#74 How Diet Can Save Your Mental Health with Professor Felice Jacka

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

4.810.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

We all know that a poor diet negatively impacts our physical health. In fact, it is now the leading cause of early death in men and number two in women. But it’s not only our physical health that is affected – the effects on our mental health can also be devastating. This week, I am joined by world leading expert in the field of nutritional psychiatry, Professor Felice Jacka, to discuss her ground-breaking research into the link between food and our mental health. We discuss why lifestyle medicine should be the starting point for many mental health conditions and why there is an urgent need to train medical practitioners to give such lifestyle advice. We delve into the important role the gut microbiome plays in this area and how a diet rich in diversity is key. We also talk about the link between a mother’s diet in pregnancy and their child’s emotional health. At a time where the modern food environment is so broken and depression and anxiety are on the rise, this conversation is more important than ever. It really is a fascinating listen – I hope you enjoy it!

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0:00.0

What I think is fascinating is that healthy dietary patterns and unhealthy dietary patterns

0:04.9

are not related to each other. They're not just the opposite of each other.

0:08.8

There will be lots of people who have really particularly like kids,

0:11.6

have lots of healthy food at home, but then they have lots of junk and processed foods when they're

0:15.5

out and about. That is still problematic for mental health.

0:19.5

Hi, my name is Rongan Chasji, GP, television presenter and author of the best

0:25.2

Sunningbooks, the Stress Solution and the Four Pillar Plan. I believe that all of us have the

0:30.1

ability to feel better than we currently do, but getting healthy has become far too complicated.

0:36.2

With this podcast, I aim to simplify it. I'm going to be having conversations with some of the

0:41.2

most interesting and exciting people both within as well as outside the health space to hopefully

0:46.8

inspire you as well as empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately

0:52.5

to transform the way that you feel. I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier because

0:58.0

when we feel better, we live more. Hello and welcome back to episode 74 of my Feel Better

1:07.3

Live More podcast. It was so good to be back last week with a new season and I am absolutely

1:12.9

delighted with your response. Last week's guest, Ross Edgeley is certainly an inspirational

1:18.4

figure and I'm so pleased that many of you have used our conversations together as inspiration

1:23.8

to get going on your own health journey or to take on some new challenges in your own life.

1:28.6

Thank you for all the feedback on social media.

1:32.4

Now today's show is all about how our food choices affect our mental health. We all know that

1:38.5

say poor diet negatively impacts our physical health. In fact, it is now the leading cause of

1:43.8

early death in men and the number two cause in women. But it's not only our physical health that

1:49.8

is affected. The effects on our mental health can also be devastating. This week I am joined

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