Today the beyond brilliant Brigid Titgemeier is hanging out with us to help me create a conversation about the impact diet and lifestyle has on our mental health. 

Brigid is a Functional Medicine Registered Dietitian, Entrepreneur, professor, and Mom who is on a mission to help you use food to create health. She is the CEO and Founder of Being Functional Nutrition, a digital coaching company that has helped more than 20,000 people use targeted nutrition and lifestyle strategies for better labs, symptoms, and relationship with food. Previously, Brigid was a co-founding dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine under Dr. Mark Hyman. 

In today's episode, we talk about... 

• The current mental health crisis
• Where conventional medicine gets it wrong
• How gut health influences brain health
• How you can optimize your gut health
• How blood sugar fluctuations mimic anxiety
• Why it’s important to eat a blood sugar-stabilizing diet
• The impact nutrient deficiencies have on mental health
• Why you need more magnesium to help calm your nervous system
• The impact stress has on your b vitamins
• The role inflammation plays in depression
• The importance of exercise
• Why you need to spend more time in nature
• How going at mental health struggles with medication alone is failing people
• The top three foods she’d encourage you to eat less of
• The importance of preconception health
• How to increase energy and mental clarity postpartum
• Why we need to redirect our focus from weight loss to overall health postpartum
• How you can include more protein into your diet

...and so much more!

Podcast show notes: 

https://courageouslyu.substack.com/p/brigid-titgemeier-the-impact-diet

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