Mental Health Miniseries: Uma Naidoo, MD

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🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We drink pressed juices and load up on whole grains to better our bodies, but what we eat and drink can nourish our brains too. That’s according to the rapidly growing field of nutritional psychiatry, which explores the benefits of food on cognitive well-being. On episode two of our three-part mental health miniseries, Uma Naidoo, MD, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Michelin-star chef, tells us how meals can impact our mood. She also offers guidance on building out our grocery lists with nuts, fish, turmeric and other foods that can help fight anxiety and depression, and she breaks down the surprising connection between the brain and the gut. By following Dr Naidoo’s six pillars of nutritional psychiatry, everyone can fill their plate with mood-boosting food.

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0:00.0	Oh hello, welcome to trained body and mind, a podcast exploring the cutting edge of holistic
0:05.3	fitness.
0:06.3	I'm your host Jacqueline Byer.
0:08.1	Each episode I connect with the world's leading experts and athletes to talk about mindset,
0:12.2	movement, nutrition, recovery, and sleep.
0:14.9	What we like to call the five facets of fitness.
0:17.4	We're in the midst of our mini-series on mental health.
0:21.1	Last time we heard from Dr. Jennifer Heiss about the profound effects of fitness on the mind.
0:25.1	Today, we're talking about the profound effect of food on our mood.
0:28.9	And while we might eat to achieve healthier bodies and a stronger performance, I don't
0:33.1	think many of us count on food for mental health gains.
0:36.4	But once you start diving into the research, it puts a whole new spin on eating your feelings.
0:40.6	In the gut microbiome, our 39 trillion microbes of different types.
0:53.2	And they're there to really help us thrive, help us with our sleep, to cater and rhythm,
0:58.2	hormones, vitamin production, immunity, and so much more.
1:01.8	They also help with mental health.
1:04.2	In order for them to thrive, they need to be fed.
1:06.6	So if you're feeding them healthier meals, fiber, good nutrients, full of antioxidants,
1:13.4	your gut thrives, then you continue on a healthy path.
1:17.2	But if you're feeding them fast foods, processed foods, junk foods, a lot of bad end refined
1:22.5	sugars, then the bad microbes thrive.
1:25.4	And they overcome the good microbes.
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