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#321- The Science Behind Food and Mood: Nutritional Psychiatry for Depression | Uma Naidoo


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This episode's guest is Uma Naidoo. Michelin-starred chef David Bouley described Dr. Uma Naidoo as the world’s first “triple threat” in the food and medicine space: a Harvard trained psychiatrist, professional chef graduating with her culinary schools’ most coveted award, and a trained Nutrition Specialist. 

Her nexus of interests have found their niche in Nutritional Psychiatry. Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the United States. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She was considered Harvard’s Mood Food expert and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal.


In this episode, Uma and I discuss:

  • Nutritional psychiatry
  • How depression is related to nutrition
  • Importance of diet
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
  • Calm your mind with food - book by Uma naidoo
  • How serotonin is related to depression
  • Nutrition and Hormones
  • 1:02 Introduction
    3:37 What is Nutritional psychiatry?
    4:21 How depression is related to nutrition
    8:20 90% of our serotonin resides in the gut?
    10:01 Can we Improve patients just through diet alone?
    15:00 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
    21:44 Calm your mind with food - book by Uma naidoo
    26:45 Executive functions
    28:53 You're not getting enough serotonin?
    38:00 Uma’s research on Nutrition and Hormones
    43:51 Ending 


    Links and Resources:

    Uma’s website: https://umanaidoomd.com
    Follow Uma on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drumanaidoo
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    Research report - Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) protects hippocampal cells from oxidative stress-induced damage

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