How Does Mental Health Play a Role in Nutrition and Diet and Vice Versa with Dr. Antonella Aguilera-Ruiz, the Head of Clinical Program at Peace of Mind

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Alternative Health, Medicine, 810564, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Anthony Crifase is joined by Dr. Antonella Aguilera-Ruiz, the Head of the Clinical Program at Peace of Mind and a Naturopathic Doctor at Wild Lemon Health. They discuss how nutrition and diet influence mental health issues and vice versa, the importance of choosing the right type of therapy, and how our body systems connect and impact each other.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Root Cause Medicine Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Anthony Krafasi.
0:06.4	Today, we're talking with Dr. Antonella Aguilera Ruiz about mental health. Here's a clip from today's show.
0:15.2	That's just my experience and practice is if we look at it from both angles, for the most part, we get better results.
0:21.9	Do we want to look at thyroid and hormone health? We want to look at inflammation. We want to
0:26.3	look at the state of the gut. We want to look at those nutritional sufficiencies or insufficiencies
0:31.2	because they're all going to affect mood. And I think sometimes we're just saying that's low mood
0:36.0	or that's anxiety, but there might be some physical components that at least clear the picture. And I think sometimes we're just saying that's low mood or that's anxiety, but there might be
0:38.3	some physical components that at least clear the picture. And then we know what part of mood
0:43.0	we want to address or what tools we can match to better address that part rather than it all
0:48.8	being mood when there's other root causes there. That's just a small taste of the great show we've got coming up.
0:55.4	Rupa Health is the best way to order, track, and get results from 20-plus lab companies in a
1:02.4	single place. Dr. Antonella Aguilera Rubies is a naturopathic doctor at her private practice, Wild Lemon Health,
1:14.3	and the head of clinical programs at Peace of Mind, which is a community focused on mental health resilience programs.
1:22.2	When Dr. Aguilera Ruiz was 17 years old, she found herself struggling with a chronic case of mono. As her health
1:30.5	deteriorated, it wasn't until she saw a practitioner who used a holistic approach, including
1:36.4	nutrition, herbs, and more that she slowly started to get better. Dr. Aguilera RuRuiz has a passion for combining integrative and functional
1:47.0	medicine to provide another set of tools for those patients dealing with anxiety, depression,
1:53.1	and other mental health conditions. Dr. Antonella, thank you so much for joining me on today's
1:59.7	podcast. I really am excited to talk with you today. As am I, thank you so much for joining me on today's podcast.
2:03.4	I really am excited to talk with you today.
2:04.4	As am I.
2:05.7	Thank you so much for having me.
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