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The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

At the Intersection of Food and Mental Health

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

Food, Arts

4.33K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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So often, conversations regarding healthy eating go straight to health matters below the neck - things like weight management, heart health, managing cholesterol and diabetes.  But some doctors believe that we should be focused on feeding what’s above the neck – our brains.  Dr. Drew Ramsey calls himself a nutritional psychiatrist. He’s an avid researcher of the connection between food, brain function, and mental health at Columbia University – and, he’s a farmer. Contributor Shauna Sever spoke to Dr. Ramsey about his work and how we can work more brain-boosting foods into our diet.


This story is part of a larger collaborative partnership with our colleagues at Call To Mind, an initiative from American Public Media to foster new conversations about mental health, for Mental Health Awareness Month. Listen to our full episode Food & Mental Health, in which we spend the entire hour exploring issues around food and mental health. The show features a conversation with Chef David McMillan about substance use disorder and recovery in the restaurant world.  Activist Virgie Tovar talks to us about fat discrimination, shame and body image. And, we hear from playwright and screenwriter Stephanie Covington Armstrong about her very personal experience with an eating disorder.


Broadcast dates for this episode:


  • May 7, 2019

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0:30.4

Joe Wicks is on a mission. I want to make this and sell it. He's creating a protein bar.

0:35.6

This is ultra processing. That could potentially kill you.

0:38.5

I want the maximum amount of each harmful ingredient while staying within the legal limit.

0:42.4

So just how ridiculous the food system really is.

0:45.8

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1:02.0

Hey, I'm Francis Lamb and this this is Splendid Table Selects, our mini podcast about the stuff that makes us better cooks and eaters.

1:11.3

You know, most of the time when we talk about healthy eating, the conversation goes straight below the neck.

1:12.4

It's usually around things like heart health or cholesterol or managing diabetes, you know,

1:17.7

that kind of thing.

1:18.5

But some doctors believe that we should actually be focused on feeding what's in our heads,

1:23.4

our brains.

1:24.7

Dr. Drew Ramsey calls himself a nutritional psychiatrist. He's a researcher on the

1:29.3

connection between food, brain function, and mental health at Columbia University. And he's a farmer, too.

1:35.9

Our contributor, Shauna Severs, spoke with Dr. Ramsey in New York City. Have a listen.

1:41.6

Hi, Dr. Ramsey. Thanks so much for talking with us.

1:45.1

Thank you. It's great to talking with us. Thank you.

1:45.8

It's great to be here.

1:47.2

So when you get a new patient in your practice who's struggling with their mental health, say

1:51.4

depression or anxiety, what are some of the questions that you seek to answer in those initial

1:57.1

meetings with them?

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