EPISODE · Aug 9, 2023 · 46 MIN
Dr. Uma Naidoo: Your Brain on Food
from Niklas Gustafson: Hungry for Change · host Niklas Gustafson
We often embark on a healthy diet with goals like improving fitness, losing weight, enhancing digestion, promoting cardiac health, and extending longevity. While these benefits are undeniable, we frequently overlook the profound impact on the brain. Recent studies have highlighted the influence that diet can exert on conditions such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, and many others. Dr. Naidoo is a physician known for being a triple threat in her field, she is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, a professional chef, and a nutrition specialist. Her wonderful work has led to her being regarded nationally and internationally as a pioneer in the field of nutritional psychiatry. She is the author of This is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, and More. Through her passion for food and nutritional psychiatry, she shares her expertise on the integration of food, mental health and medicine. Join us as we discuss the microbiome, anxiety, alcohol, ADHD, and much more! (00:00) – Intro (01:04) – Dr. Naidoo’s views on health 02:29 – Recent research connecting diet and mental health 03:53 – The effects of gluten on mental health 07:03 – Debate around gluten and pesticides such as glyphosate 07:32 – The microbiome as the second brain, connection to mental health 10:11 – What foods contain the worst ingredients 12:17 – The effect of sugar on the microbiome 13:48 – What diet can help with anxiety? 16:58 – Glutamates and the gut 18:56 – Benefits of quitting alcohol 23:16 – Superfoods for mental health 25:47 – Supplementation, magnesium deficiency 28:26 – Thoughts on tryptophan 29:36 – Artificial sweeteners 31:39 – Dr. Naidoo’s recommendation of having different colored foods 32:36 – Treating ADHD through diet 34:47 – Thoughts on red meat, omega-3 and omega 6 ratios 37:00 – Keto diet helping anxiety and other benefits 40:22 – Closing thoughts and Dr. Naidoo’s book “This is Your Brain on Food” Follow Dr. Naidoo: Website: https://umanaidoomd.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/drumanaidoo Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrUmaNaidoo Twitter: https://twitter.com/drumanaidoo Follow me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niklasgustafson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NiklasGustafsonHealth/ Twitter: @niklasgustafson TikTok: @eatwithniklas Natruly: https://www.natruly.com/
What this episode covers
We often embark on a healthy diet with goals like improving fitness, losing weight, enhancing digestion, promoting cardiac health, and extending longevity. While these benefits are undeniable, we frequently overlook the profound impact on the brain. Recent studies have highlighted the influence that diet can exert on conditions such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, and many others. Dr. Naidoo is a physician known for being a triple threat in her field, she is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, a professional chef, and a nutrition specialist. Her wonderful work has led to her being regarded nationally and internationally as a pioneer in the field of nutritional psychiatry. She is the author of This is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, and More. Through her passion for food and nutritional psychiatry, she shares her expertise on the integration of food, mental health and medicine. Join us as we discuss the microbiome, anxiety, alcohol, ADHD, and much more! (00:00) – Intro (01:04) – Dr. Naidoo’s views on health 02:29 – Recent research connecting diet and mental health 03:53 – The effects of gluten on mental health 07:03 – Debate around gluten and pesticides such as glyphosate 07:32 – The microbiome as the second brain, connection to mental health 10:11 – What foods contain the worst ingredients 12:17 – The effect of sugar on the microbiome 13:48 – What diet can help with anxiety? 16:58 – Glutamates and the gut 18:56 – Benefits of quitting alcohol 23:16 – Superfoods for mental health 25:47 – Supplementation, magnesium deficiency 28:26 – Thoughts on tryptophan 29:36 – Artificial sweeteners 31:39 – Dr. Naidoo’s recommendation of having different colored foods 32:36 – Treating ADHD through diet 34:47 – Thoughts on red meat, omega-3 and omega 6 ratios 37:00 – Keto diet helping anxiety and other benefits 40:22 – Closing thoughts and Dr. Naidoo’s book “This is Your Brain on Food” Follow Dr. Naidoo: Website: https://umanaidoomd.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/drumanaidoo Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrUmaNaidoo Twitter: https://twitter.com/drumanaidoo Follow me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niklasgustafson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NiklasGustafsonHealth/ Twitter: @niklasgustafson TikTok: @eatwithniklas Natruly: https://www.natruly.com/
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