Is anxiety the internet’s fault, your mom’s fault, or your food’s fault? Why does there seem to be a greater mental health crisis in the USA than other countries? Is therapy the answer … or is functional medicine? And is all other medicine … dysfunctional? Also where did MAHA come from?

Nayeema asks the most direct (and dumb) health questions she could think of to the most pragmatic, open-minded, and research-based doctor she could find: Dr. Ellen Vora, board-certified psychiatrist and author of The Anatomy of Anxiety. They discuss gut health, the limits of medication, how our feelings manifest physically, and how our physical and social health show up in our mental health. Dr. Vora also talks about the great divide over American healthcare and how the Covid-19 pandemic reshaped everything.

Five things you may want to know more about:

Finnish study on where in our body we feel what
That stress, worry, anxiety article we talk about
The glasses we tried on and sexier splurgier version (ELLEN10 for 10% off)
Our partner, Noom — they help you feel good in your body at every stage
The Tamsen Fadal episode

Follow Ellen Vora on IG at @ellenvoramd. Follow Nayeema @nayeemaraza or on X too – and you can find the show on IG, TikTok & YouTube @smartgirldumbquestions.

Finally: YOU could be on a future episode – send your dumbest questions to nayeemaraza101@gmail.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mood Cure

Mentioned by

Mentioned in 1 episodes

The AI-powered Podcast Player