We’re seeing a mental health crisis in America, with depression beingone of the biggest cost drivers in our healthcare system. This week on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m joined by Dr. Uma Naidoo to talk about how we can think differently about connecting diet to food to help a majority of people with mental health issues.
Michelin-starred chef David Bouley described Dr. Uma Naidoo as the world’s first “triple threat” in the food as medicine space. She is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, professional chef, and Nutrition Specialist. Her niche work is in nutritional psychiatry and she is regarded both nationally and internationally as a medical pioneer in this more newly recognized field.
In her role as a Clinical Scientist, Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based clinical service in Nutritional Psychiatry in the US. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Naidoo is the author of the recently released book, This is Your Brain on Food. In her book, she shows the cutting-edge science explaining the ways in which food contributes to our mental health and how a sound diet can help treat and prevent a wide range of psychological and cognitive health issues.
Why aren’t you sleeping Dr. Mark ?
I’m #1 woohoo. Ok back to sleep zzzzz
I agree. Over 90% of health issues all relate to the mind, unconscious deep seated beliefs, and mental re enforcements that people do to themselves that perpetuate anxiety and depression.
2016 Trump is elected. 2020, mental health issues are yet another pandemic. Coincidence or symptom? LOL
People are not designed to be held inside all the time. It’s depressing. Add loss of a loved one or income and it’s more catastrophic.
Dems want you inside.
Trump wants us outside.
Wow. So the big corporations that make medications that produce side effects that increase the chance you’ll want to prescribe yet another ($$$) medication must really be broke and hurting huh doc? Wow. How many years did she go to school to become a Dr? Am I the only one who sees an issue with this? Nah….
Nope,I’m with you on this.You’re not the only one by a long shot.
Had a friend of mine (died a few years ago at age 87) who had been on 35 (yes 35!) prescription medications. Seems each one had side effects that were dealt with by yet another prescription. His wife had to keep a spreadsheet to keep tabs on what to take when. She finally got a hold of the doctors and told them to get their ‘stuff’ together, and got him down to 8. No one, but NO ONE, needs to be on 35 prescription medications. Ever. I’m not sure anyone needs to be on even eight at the same time. I’m surprised they put up with it for as long as they did.
Glen M Wow!.That is absolutely insane!.Someone was making a fortune at her expense.That is pure EVIL!.
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We have a trillion dollar industry that profits when people are sick
What could possibly go wrong..
just about everything
Everything imaginable
Yes. As 69-year-old woman who has multiple autoimmune conditions every day is s struggle. Normally my “resialiance” is really quite good but I am in a slump right now. I am on the AIP Protocol and eat 100% organic BUT I am gaining weight, I struggle with the pain of Hydrinitis Supertiva and this has been a very bad 18 months od boils, abscesses and cellulitis. So the struggle is rea for many of usl.
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Or be miss diagnosed for years. Hyper POTS/Hyper adrenaline/MVPS causes severe anxiety. True, diet is a huge help.
Thank you for adding subtitles, more people should do that.