Episode 351: This Is Your Brain On Food with Dr. Uma Naidoo MD
Oh, My Health...There Is Hope!
Jana Short
4.9 • 336 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Oh My Heath ... There's HOPE! Jana talks with Dr. Uma Naidoo.
Dr. Naidoo is a Harvard nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutrition specialist who wrote the recent national bestselling book, “This Is Your Brain on Food.”
She founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the United States and is the director of Nutritional and Metabolic Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Director of Nutritional & Lifestyle Psychiatry at the MGH Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Naidoo is regarded as the US pioneer in the ground-breaking area of Nutritional Psychiatry
She is a regular expert resource for media and has appeared in publications including the Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, goop, and more, and has had appearances on ABC News, Live with Kelly & Ryan, and TODAY.
This 30-minute episode is on:
1) Leaning into your current situation to learn how to heal
2) Connecting food and psychiatry to your brain health
3) The gut-brain connection
4) How do people find the right diet for themselves in today’s food market
5) Creating a proactive generation instead of a reactive generation
6) This is your brain on food book, who is it for and why do you need it?
This episode is about:
In this episode, Jana and Dr. Naidoo discuss leaning into your situation to heal on your wellness journey. Connecting food and psychiatry to your brain health. How people find the right diet for themselves in today's food market, and about her best-selling book "This is your brain on food."
Get in touch with Dr. Uma Naidoo:
https://umanaidoomd.com/
https://www.instagram.com/drumanaidoo/
https://www.facebook.com/DrUmaNaidoo/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/umanaidoomd/
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Oh My Health There Is Hope Podcast |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to The Oh My Health There Is Hope Podcast. |
| 0:48.4 | Each episode you'll hear from health experts, major influencers, and other extraordinary |
| 0:53.0 | people to discuss holistic health, wellness, and to share their incredible stories with |
| 0:57.9 | you. |
| 0:58.9 | Most Janice Short is a Mindset Coach, NLP and RTT Practitioner, best-selling author, |
| 1:04.4 | and creator of best holistic life and health influencers' mastermind, working toward |
| 1:09.4 | changing the world one health expert at a time. |
| 1:13.4 | Aren't you sick and tired of being sick and tired? |
| 1:16.4 | Now, here's your host, Janice Short. |
| 1:29.9 | Hello, and welcome to Oh My Health There Is Hope The Podcast. |
| 1:32.9 | I'm your host, Janice Short. |
| 1:34.6 | And today we're here with a really special guest, Dr. Uma Nidu. |
| 1:38.9 | Dr. Nidu is a Harvard nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutrition specialist. |
| 1:45.7 | He wrote the recent National Best Selling Book. |
| 1:48.8 | This is your brain on food. |
| 1:50.6 | She founded and directs the first hospital-based nutritional psychiatry service in the United |
| 1:56.7 | States, and is a director of nutritional and metabolic psychiatry in Massachusetts General |
| 2:01.7 | Hospital, and director of nutritional and lifestyle psychiatry at MGH Academy, while serving |
| 2:10.2 | on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. |
| 2:13.1 | Dr. Nidu is regarded as a US pioneer in groundbreaking area of nutritional psychiatry. |
| 2:20.3 | She is a regular expert resource for media and has appeared in publications, including |
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