You know that feeling when you order food that looks great but makes you feel like crap? Maybe it’s deep fried or sugar-ladden. It tastes great, but an hour later, you regret it. Now what if that happens once a week, once a day, or multiple times a day for years? 

Obviously, your physical health can suffer, but your mental health can too. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a nutritional psychiatrist who is a thought leader on the mental health and nutrition connection. 

Listen and learn:

• How turmeric plus black pepper makes the curcumin 20x more bioavailable
• Only 10% of the USA population eats enough fresh produce daily
• Prebiotic vs. probiotics
• Psycho-social aspect of foods and how that impacts your mental health 

Links

Dr. Naidoo’s Site

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. UMA Naidoo is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Director of Nutritional Psychiatry serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Her book is called, This Is Your Brain On Food.

Nutritional Tip of the Week

• Curcumin

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Most people get an average of six-and-a-half hours of sleep each night while needing seven to nine hours. This chronic, endemic sleep deprivation contributes to hormonal imbalances, car accidents, and increased susceptibility to chronic illnesses. Even knowing this, we watch one more episode of our favorite series, stay up to empty our email inboxes, or toss and turn with anxiety until 2:00 am. Is there any way out of this trap? Our guest on this week’s podcast is a sleep expert and shares his best ideas. 

Listen & Learn

• Three hour gap between dinner and bed
• Two hour gap between work and bed
• One hour work between screens and sleep
• Sleep debt: truth or fiction?
• How to combat lifestyle jetlag 

Links

• Devin’s Site

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Devin Burke is an author, TEDx speaker, sleep coach and founder of Sleep Science Academy. He was named one of the “Top 25 Health Coaches in America.”

Nutritional Tip of the Week

• Huel Drink

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Hormones affect your attention, libido, fertility, and lean muscle mass. So much of how we experience the world is determined by these complex chemicals sloshing around inside us–and they are under attack! High stress lifestyles, high carbohydrate diets, and endocrine disrupting toxins threaten to throw us off balance every day. This week’s podcast guest will help you think strategically about how to find balance. 

You’ll learn:

• Why negative thinking / shadow work can be helpful for finding motivation
• The importance of the adrenal glands
• Why high cortisol can trigger a chain reaction
• Risk vs reward of birth control 

Links

Sonya’s Website

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Sonya is a naturopath, mother, author, yoga teacher, and podcaster. Her book is called, Woman Unleashed: Release Your Story, Revive Your Hormones & Reclaim Your Freedom

Nutritional Tip of the Week

• calorie counting

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280 million people have depression worldwide, and 700,000 people will die of suicide this year. The problem is getting worse, not better, and while mental health awareness is at an all time high, conversations about the role nutrition plays is all but absent. On this week’s podcast, psychiatrist Drew Ramsey helps us rethink our mental health from a food choice perspective. 

Learn

• How to boost BDNF and why it matters
• Seafood, beans, nuts and grees, dark chocolate
• Catch-22 of bad food choices when you feel bad
• How to rediscover and explore food 

Links
Dr. Drew’s Site

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Drew Ramsey is a psychiatrist, speaker and author. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He founded the Brain Food Clinic in New York City. He’s had TEDx talks, a video series with Big Think, and the BBC documentary Food on the Brain. He is the author of three books including, Eat to Beat Depression & Anxiety. 

Nutritional Tip of the Week

• Best Protein for Environment & Body

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How do you navigate the challenges of optimal nutrition while simultaneously considering budget, ethics, and the environment? Grass-fed beef might be a nutritional powerhouse, but how can we justify the environmental and ethical challenges of raising such large, inefficient ruminant animals when other alternatives are available? 

My guest on this week’s podcast is a moderate voice of reason, health food advocate, and best-selling author. 

Listen & Learn

• What carnivore’s get wrong
• How to avoid food ideology and find what works for you
• Why your own optimal health has to be your first priority
• The future of food? 

Links

• Max’s Website

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Max is a best-selling author of Genius Foods, Genius Kitchen and Genius Life. 

Nutritional Tip of the Week

• Honey Before Bed

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