Diet and HAPPINESS
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2018
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
You know that saying about eating your feelings? Well, it's even more true than you could ever imagine. Our mood is affected by every bite we take!
In this episode, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll sits down Lee Crosby, R.D., L.D. who reveals how to turn that frown upside down with food! Happiness can be linked to what's in your stomach, but you might be surprised by what food it should be!
You'll also learn whether "comfort food" is really comforting.
Plus, Dr. Michelle O'Donoghue joins the show to share her personal story of a plant-based diet completely changing her battle with multiple sclerosis. Her passion has driven her to become a cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. O'Donoghue has become a beacon of hope for others with MS.
In This Episode
- The link between meat and bad moods and depression
- Why vegetarian diets help lower stress and anxiety
- How fruits and vegetables help make you happy
- How certain carbohydrates promote happy feelings
- Why vitamin D is essential to smiling
- The role of food in fighting Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- The foods we should be eating to be happy!
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Podcast website: https://www.pcrm.org/podcast
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee, the Weight |
| 0:09.1 | Lost Champion, Chuck Carroll here with you this week's episode, Food and Mood. |
| 0:16.6 | What you eat kind of dictates how you feel. |
| 0:21.3 | Before we get rolling, I want to remind you please follow the show on Twitter at PCRM, |
| 0:26.3 | like the Physicians Committee on Facebook and on the Graham as well. |
| 0:30.2 | If you feel like giving another follow at Chuck Carroll WLC, good for both Twitter and Instagram. |
| 0:37.9 | Coming up a little bit later in this episode, I'm good to be speaking with Dr. Michelle |
| 0:41.7 | O'Donohue. |
| 0:42.7 | This woman is just remarkable. |
| 0:45.0 | She is a hero. |
| 0:47.1 | She's going to be talking with me about how a Whole Food Plant-based diet literally changed |
| 0:53.4 | her life. |
| 0:54.4 | She suffers from multiple sclerosis and has gone on to become a cardiologist and associate |
| 1:02.3 | professor at Harvard and now using what she's learned that wisdom paying it forward to |
| 1:07.0 | her patients. |
| 1:09.3 | Extraordinary conversation that I have with her at the recent International Conference |
| 1:12.6 | on Nutrition and Medicine and you're just not going to believe how inspiring she is. |
| 1:19.2 | But we start with food and mood and I will welcome registered dietitian from the Barnard |
| 1:25.9 | Medical Center. |
| 1:26.9 | Lee Crosby back to the show. |
| 1:28.3 | Hello, Lee. |
| 1:29.3 | Hello, Chuck. |
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