Dr. Uma Naidoo: Food's Effect on Our Minds

Food is much more than just a source of sustenance and energy; it plays a crucial role in our overall health, influencing both our physical and mental well-being. It impacts our brain and mind equally as it does our physical body. During this episode with Dr. Uma Naidoo, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, nutritionist, and culinary expert, we engage in a fascinating conversation about the various implications foods have on our mental health, including its effects on mental disorders. Are there ways to suppress or mitigate symptoms of anxiety and depression through the eating of different and specific foods? How about psychotic disorders? Dr. Naidoo provides inspiring and surprising answers. She provides countless examples of different foods and spices that are both helpful and harmful to our psychology. Moreover, by highlighting the gut-brain connection, we explore the bi-directional activities between the brain and gut and how those effects make profound changes in our psyche. This episode is a riveting journey through understanding a very significant and essential part of nutritional psychology and provides important takeaways for any type of listener. A must listen!