Title: Treating Mental Health with Diet: Food as Medicine, Part 2

Date: 10/11/24

Name of podcast: Thrivology Lab

Episode title and number: Episode 5. Treating Mental Health with Diet

Brief summary of episode: In this episode we explore the fascinating new area of nutritional psychiatry. We explore the research on both the ketogenic and Mediterranean diets demonstrating their effective use in the treatment of mental illness. We discuss the use of fecal microbiota transplants to treat mental illness.

Bullet points of key topics + chapter markers

Topic #1 [0:00] Intro

Topic #2 [2:30] Nutritional Psychiatry

Topic #3 [12:00] Criteria for causation

Topic #4 [18:50] SUN studies link diet with mental health outcomes

Topic #5 [20:00] Ketogenic and Mediterranean Diets

Topic #6 [27:00] SMILES Trials, the first randomized clinical trial of diet to treat depression

Topic #7 [34:00] Gut microbiome

Topic #10 [41:30] Fecal microbiota transplant

Topic #11 [44:30] Autophagy and fasting

Topic #12 [48:00] Heuristic rules of thumb for a healthier diet

References & Resources:

https://en.unav.edu/web/department-of-preventive-medicine-and-public-health/proyecto-sun

- https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-017-0791-y

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6455094/

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7294648/

- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113947

- https://drewramseymd.com/books-publications/eat-to-beat-depression-and-anxiety/

- https://www.chrispalmermd.com

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