Neil Smiles: My mom adhered to what any dietician of the 70s and 80s would have described as a perfect diet. She didn't come from money or anything like that, but she aspired her whole life to be healthy. And despite that, develop these awful monstrosities,. So- What is nutritional psychiatry? Yes. Nutritional psychiatry is this burgeoning field looking at the role of diet in mental health. We're seeing even non-clinically people struggling around the world of depression and anxiety. But we are now startingRandomized control trials showing us that food is medicine with regard to mental health. I love this Clever Smiles trial where they give you french
How does food impact your brain health? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly break down the gut-brain connection with Genius Foods author and science journalist, Max Lugavere.
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