EFR 876: Neuronutrition - How the Brain and Body's Neurobiological Response to Stress Influence Your Diet with Timothy Frie

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Fatty15, Pique, and Strong Coffee.

Neuronutritionist Timothy Frie joins us today to delve into the intricate connections between dietary choices, trauma, and brain health. Tim shares his expertise on how our eating behaviors are often unconsciously shaped by past trauma, stress, and grief, emphasizing the importance of neuro nutrition in healing and recovery. The discussion highlights the transformative power of the MIND diet, which integrates Mediterranean and DASH dietary principles, to enhance mental well-being. We explore the challenges faced by individuals with chronic illnesses and mental health conditions, focusing on the nutritional needs of the brain and nervous system. Key topics include the Cell Danger Response, the impact of protein and micronutrient deficiencies, and the role of neuroplasticity in trauma recovery. The episode underscores the significance of personalizing nutrition to support cognitive function and overall well-being, advocating for a varied and colorful diet to optimize mental health.

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In this episode we discuss...

(00:00) Understanding Nutrition's Impact on Brain Health

(13:19) Nutrition's Role in Brain Function

(18:35) Neuronutrition and Traumatic Stress

(22:35) Cell Danger Response and Health Challenges

(28:21) Nutrition, Brain Health, and Wellbeing

(37:05) Protein Deficiency's Impact on Cognitive Function

(43:11) Neuroinflammation and Nutrient Deficiency

(47:40) Nutrition, Trauma, and Stress Impact

(57:55) Understanding Trauma, Neuroplasticity, and Nutrition

(01:05:35) Trauma, Therapy, and Neuroplasticity

(01:17:36) Supplementation and Trauma

(01:24:41) Exploring Neuro Nutrition and Curiosity

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0:00.0	The following is an Operation Podcast production.
0:03.4	For me, I had never really learned how to eat in a way that met my body's nutritional
0:09.8	needs.
0:10.3	I'd spent my entire life struggling to understand, okay, am I hungry?
0:14.9	Should I eat now?
0:15.9	Should I eat this much?
0:17.4	And I think a lot of people can relate to that, but they're just so used to dieting and looking to different diets to tell us how to eat without realizing, though, there's a reason we reach for a diet when we feel stressed or when we want to change our body. And it's because we've never learned how to feed ourselves. We've never really learned what nutrition is. So I think this kind of sounds silly to say, but I think
0:38.0	we need to define what nutrition is. It's not just the food that you eat. That's your diet.
0:43.5	You know, the time you eat it, how much you eat. Those are all, you know, dietary behaviors.
0:47.1	That's your diet. Nutrition is all about cell metabolism. It is about your cells having the
0:53.2	nutrients that they need to sustain
0:55.3	life and create life for you. And we never learn how to eat in a way that is conducive to
1:01.1	creating our life. We learn how to follow rules. We learn about different sorts of food categories.
1:07.6	We learn how to read a nutrition label, but how much carbohydrate do we actually
1:11.7	need to be able to focus? How much protein do we actually need to not only build muscle and
1:16.4	maintain our skeletal muscle mass, but how much protein does our brain need to produce neurotransmitters?
1:21.9	It's, you know, dietary protein amino acids are necessary for our brain's existence.
1:26.9	And I think we've just kind of lost sight of what nutrition actually is.
1:31.6	I'm Timothy Fry.
1:32.4	I'm a neuro-nutritionist and nutritional neuropsychology researcher.
1:35.4	And this is Everford Radio.
1:42.6	Hey, everyone.
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