We've all heard that you are what you eat, but what if changing what you eat could make you happy?

For other folks, especially people who are really eating poorly, who aren't moving their bodies,

who aren't connected to their community, who aren't in touch with some aspects of their spiritual health,

there's so much that you can do to really shift your human experience,

have a much more connected and much more positive human experience.

And food is a part of that.

Psychiatrist, author, and farmer, Drew Ramsey, MD is one of psychiatry's leading voices

when it comes to using nutrition as a form of mental health interventions.

An assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

and Chair of the American Psychiatric Association Council on Communications,

Drew also was founder of the Brain Food Clinic in New York City,

which offers treatment for depression,

anxiety, and emotional wellness concerns by relying upon the latest in brain science, nutrition,

and mental health research. Drew talked with Live Happy Science Editor Paula Phelps about how

changing the way you eat can change the way you feel for good.

Drew, it is a pleasure, as always, to have you on the Live Happy Now podcast,

and we're back here talking about one of our favorite topics, which is food.

Paul, it's great to be with you all, and we've done so many, much work over the years together,

and it's really, it's nice to be back

with you also now that it feels like it's getting some traction, this connection between food

and brain health and depression. So, yeah, it's great to be back. Yeah, I think one thing that

people might be surprised is that you're a psychiatrist but you're so interested in food and finding a

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