Could the secret to better mental health be on your plate? Dr Georgia Ede explains how the right diet can profoundly impact your mental well-being
Dr Georgia Ede is a Harvard trained psychiatrist specialising in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. She is the author of the book, ‘Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A powerful plan to improve mood, overcome anxiety and protect memory for a lifetime of optimal mental health’.
In this conversation, Dr Georgia and Steven discuss topics such as, how the keto diet impacts mental health, the importance of balanced insulin levels, the link between keto and weight loss, and the secret to staying on the keto diet.
00:00 Intro
02:12 What Do You Do?
02:31 Is Metabolic Psychiatry a New Term?
03:48 Why Is the Ketogenic Diet at the Heart of Your Work?
04:51 What's Your Academic Experience?
05:48 What Does Practicing Psychiatry Involve?
06:18 When Did Nutrition Become Part of Your Career?
07:49 Social Component of Mental Illnesses
09:57 The Eureka Moment
17:00 Adapting Diet to Personal Needs
19:05 Fundamental Principles of a Healthy Diet: Nourish, Protect, Energize
21:56 Diet Personalization: Trial and Error
25:22 What Is the Ketogenic Diet?
27:15 What Does the Ketogenic Diet Do to the Brain?
29:53 Impact of the Ketogenic Diet on Refractory Mental Illnesses
34:17 Calorie Restriction
35:31 Alternative Ways of Lowering Insulin Levels
37:37 Why Is the Ketogenic Diet Difficult to Sustain?
41:26 Keto-Adaptation or Keto-Flu
45:37 Misconceptions About the Foods Included in the Ketogenic Diet
47:05 Is Ketosis a State?
50:57 Getting Into Ketosis
53:44 Connection Between Food and Neurodivergent Disorders
56:06 Why Are Dietary Modifications Not Commonly Prescribed to Alleviate Symptoms of ADHD?
57:56 Are ADHD Medications Helpful in Some Cases?
1:02:52 Research on the Link Between Ketogenic Diet and ADHD
1:04:04 Could ADHD Lead to Diabetes?
1:09:33 Benefits of Ketogenic Diet for People With Food Addiction
1:13:50 Depression, Anxiety, and ADHD - Case Study
1:21:08 Carnivore Diet
1:22:19 Do We Need Fiber?
1:25:50 Is the Carnivore Diet Sustainable Without Supplementation?
1:29:33 Why Does the Ketogenic Diet Help With Losing Weight?
1:35:09 What Part of Your Work Overlays With Psychology?
1:37:12 How Do You Approach Challenges With Adopting the Ketogenic Diet?
1:40:23 Ketogenic Diet's Role in Reducing Anxiety
1:43:23 Question From the Previous Guest
1:45:29 What Would You Say Someone On Their Death Bed?
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