Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

Let me ask you listeners, do you feel like your brain is always on a hamster wheel running, running, running, never able to slow down?

Do you feel wired but tired like you're exhausted all throughout the day but then you can't get your mind to turn off at night?

Are you relying on caffeine or sugar for energy boosts just to get through the day?

Do you wake up feeling anxious, tense, or easily overwhelmed by small things? Or maybe you feel

on edge most of the time. Do you find it hard to focus or calm down because your mind won't stop racing?

If you answered yes to any of these, your nervous system may be on overdrive. And it might be a new

thought that what and how you eat during the day could be shaping your mood, your focus, or even the

way you handle stress. So today we're diving into this fascinating topic of how your diet affects

your nervous system. So whether you feel like you're in a constant state of fight or flight,

dealing with ongoing anxiety and stress, maybe you've been living with painful neuropathy

from damaged nerves, or you just want to be able to feel calmer, more focused, and more

in control of your emotions day-to-day.

This is the episode for you.

And before we get too much further into this topic, let's just do some introductions.

My name is Leah Kleintrote.

I'm a registered and licensed dietitian here at Nutritional Weight and Wellness.

And my co-host for the show is Teresa Wagner, also a registered and licensed dietitian here at nutritional weight and wellness. And my co-host for the show is Teresa Wagner,

also a registered and licensed dietitian. Yes, it's good to be here with you again, Leah.

Good to be here with you. I am excited about this topic. I feel like it's one that we haven't talked

about in a little while. And so as we are diving into today's topic, let's briefly go over what the nervous system is

and the function it has in the body. The nervous system is a part of your body's communication

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