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Calm Your Mind with Food


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Dr. Uma Naidoo, author of "Calm Your Mind with Food", discusses the significant impact of diet on mental health, particularly in relation to anxiety, sleep, and inflammation. Dr. Naidoo offers practical advice on choosing anti-anxiety foods and avoiding those that exacerbate stress. She emphasizes the importance of hydration, magnesium, and antioxidants, and provides advice on how to help remember key nutrients. This episode also covers the effects of sleep on hunger hormones, the individual response to coffee, and the cautious use of cannabis for anxiety. Dr. Naidoo suggests healthy snacking alternatives and natural sweeteners to reduce inflammation, and aims to empower listeners to improve their mental well-being through informed dietary choices.

NEW BOOK - Calm Your Mind with Food (December 26, 2023)

A revolutionary full-body approach to relieving anxiety, including anti-anxiety recipes and meal plan guidelines, from bestselling author, chef, nutritionist, and nutritional psychiatrist Uma Naidoo, MD. The United States is facing an unprecedented anxiety crisis. At the same time, scientific and medical knowledge about these conditions is rapidly increasing, with massive strides being made in our understanding of the complex relationship between the mind and the gut.

In this groundbreaking guide, Dr. Uma Naidoo presents cutting-edge research about the ways anxiety is rooted in the brain, gut, immune system, and metabolism. Drawing on the latest science on the connection between diet and anxiety, Dr. Naidoo shows us how to effectively use food and nutrition as essential tools for calming the mind.

In Calm Your Mind with Food, you’ll learn:

  • How inflammation affects everything from anxiety and depression to Alzheimer’s disease
  • How the trillions of bacteria living in your gut are key to controlling anxiety
  • The six pillars for calming the mind
  • What to eat to balance leptin, a key link between the central nervous system and metabolic processes
  • How to incorporate anxiety-busting foods into your diet, from the obscure (ashwagandha) to the ubiquitous (vitamin C)
  • The best diets for managing symptoms of anxiety and depression
  • Along with guidelines for creating your own personal anti-anxiety meal plan and dozens of supernutrient-forward, delicious recipes, Calm Your Mind with Food will help you boost your immunity, reduce anxiety, and enhance your overall mental well-being.

    Follow Dr Uma at:

    • Instagram: @drumanaidoo
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrUmaNaidoo
    • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.umanaidoo
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/uma-naidoo-m-d-93813860/
    • Website: https://umanaidoomd.com/
    • Contact: Jill Cromwell-Wang and Alexis Adlouni

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