How to Calm Your Anxiety Through Your Diet, with Dr. Uma Naidoo
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Due to the pandemic, anxiety prescriptions have more than doubled. Although people are more anxious than ever, the choice to start taking anxiety meds is a big decision and comes with its own set of side effects. Luckily, there are some natural ways to treat your anxiety, and it all starts in the kitchen. In the second episode of a series with "This is Your Brain on Food" author Dr. Uma Naidoo, she and the Amens discuss which foods will help you feel better and relax, and which ones will cause your anxiety to skyrocket.
For more info on Dr. Naidoo's new book "This is Your Brain on Food", visit https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Food-Indispensable/dp/0316536822
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman and I'm Tanna Aeman. In our podcast we provide you with the tools you need to become a warrior for the health of your brain and body. |
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| 0:49.7 | Welcome back. |
| 0:50.3 | We're having so much fun with Dr. Unma Naidu. She is Harvard and Cambridge |
| 0:55.3 | trained psychiatrist and professional chef. I can't even think of a better |
| 0:59.1 | combination. It's so much fun talking about all of this and she has a new book out that we're talking about |
| 1:04.0 | this is your brain on food comes out August 4th and I love this I actually like the timing |
| 1:10.3 | I know no one wants to have a book coming out right now because of the timing but I like the timing and I'll tell you why we talked a little bit about it in the last episode so welcome back Dr Nodu. |
| 1:18.3 | Thank you. The last episode we talked a little bit about why this is actually a good time because people |
| 1:24.5 | are more anxious, more depressed, but also I practice martial arts and one of the reasons I practice |
| 1:28.6 | martial arts is because I like the empowerment as someone who felt disempowered as a child. |
| 1:33.8 | I like doing something that makes me feel empowered. |
| 1:36.8 | Well, right now people are more anxious, |
| 1:38.2 | more depressed because they don't feel empowered. |
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