Your Brain on Food: How Diet Affects Mental Health with Dr. Uma Naidoo

Episode Highlights With Dr. Uma Naidoo

• How foods affect mental health
• Foods to prioritize and avoid for optimal mental health
• We know our diets affect our bodies, but they impact our brains just as much! 
• How the gut and the brain communicate
• 95% of serotonin receptors and serotonin is in the gut!
• A simple acronym for remembering the best brain foods, especially for kids
• Why we crave more food than we need when we aren’t getting enough micronutrients
• Some powerful herbs and spices to incorporate
• Even more reasons that a little sun exposure each day is important 
• Adding herbal teas for the nutritional benefits 
• The world is more anxious across all age groups and what we can do about it
• Metabolism is closely linked to anxiety
• Her top foods to avoid and to consume

Resources We Mention

• This Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More by Uma Naidoo, MD
• The Food Mood Connection by Uma Naidoo, MD
• Dr. Uma Naidoo - website
• Dr. Uma Naidoo - Instagram