Can what’s on your plate rewire your brain?
In this mind-altering episode, I sit down with Dr. Uma Naidoo—Harvard-trained psychiatrist, nutritional psychiatrist, and author of This Is Your Brain on Food—to uncover the hidden science behind how food fuels (or fails) your mental health. From anxiety-busting berries to brain-boosting spices, we explore how your next meal could be your next therapy session.
Whether you're battling brain fog, burnout, or just want to feel better, this episode rewrites the rules of what eating for health really means. Tune in—because what you eat might just be the missing piece to your peace of mind.
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00:00 - Trailer
2:00 - Introduction
3:14 - What is nutrition Psychiatry?
4:19 - Uma Naidoo's passion for nutrition
9:05 - Can food act as therapy?
11:00 - SAW approach
13:12- Link between food and brain
16:09 - Can psychological problems change gut bacteria?
17:47 - Ideal anti-anxiety meal
21:54 - Importance of paring foods
23:14- Are supplements actually needed?
25:12 - Age to start healthy eating
30:35 - Advice to youngsters
32:54 - Hacks to eat better
36:05 -Importance of sleep
43:00 - How to reset the brain
48:00 - Power of magnesium
52:51 - All about the gut microbiome
56:22- Importance of fermented foods
1:00:55- Does fasting help?
1:02:36- Will doctors ever start prescribing food?
1:04:00 - Rapid Fire
1:10:05 - Outro