E29 - Emily Deans Brideau, MD: Mental Health, Nutritional Psychiatry, and Cultivating True Resiliency

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Today we sit down with Emily Deans Brideau, MD, an expert and 'OG' in the field of nutritional psychiatry. She reveals how to merge diet and mental health to jump start your mood and fuel your body. 

Dr. Brideau shares how she got into the field of Nutritional Psychiatry, discussing the misleading information that opened her eyes to what the medical field was missing. She explains her approach to psychiatry as a personalized one that supports the individual and their needs. 

Her and Dr. Ramsey share their go-to brain healthy foods and how to sneak healthy food into just about any meal. She speaks on the nuances of red meat, veganism, and finding the diet that's right for you. They leave on an inspiring note, unpacking the topic of resiliency, and how we can be our own mental health heroes. 

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0:00 Intro

1:50 How Emily Got Started in Nutritional Psychiatry 

7:48 Parasites in the Brain Affect Our Mental Health?

15:04 Taking a Personalized Approach to Diet

20:56 Go-to Brain Healthy Foods

29:30 A Practical View on Red Meat

31:14 Cultivating True Resiliency

39:10 Conclusion

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Emily Deans Brideau, MD (formerly Emily Deans, MD*) is an ABPN certified psychiatrist practicing in Massachusetts for over 20 years. She graduated from UT Southwestern Medical School and Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency with a Chief Resident position in Psychopharmacology. She taught at Harvard Medical School from 2004-2021 and was a Boston Magazine peer awarded Top Doctor from 2016-2024. She writes the blog Evolutionary Psychiatry at Psychology Today and has been a national and international speaker on the topics of Food and Mood and Evolutionary Psychiatry.

Website: https://www.emilydeansmd.com

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Being-Symptoms-Start-Yourself-ebook/dp/B000GCFXCM

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