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Sanity Before Vanity: Nutrition as Mental Health Medicine with Dr. David Wiss


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Have you been conditioned to believe that nutrition's only purpose is weight management? This groundbreaking conversation with mental health nutritionist Dr. David Wiss shatters that myth, revealing how the food industry has deliberately gaslit us into focusing on calories rather than food quality.

Drawing from his journey as a registered dietitian turned whistleblower, Dr. Wiss explains how he discovered troubling conflicts of interest in nutrition education. Food companies sponsor webinars about the "safety" of high fructose corn syrup while promoting the oversimplified calories-in-calories-out model that keeps us trapped in diet mentality. Meanwhile, the profound connections between ultra-processed foods and mental health challenges remain largely unexplored in conventional healthcare.

The functional medicine approach offers a revolutionary alternative. Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, it connects mental, physical, and spiritual health through systems biology. This comprehensive framework examines a person's entire life history—from childhood eating patterns to antibiotic use, trauma experiences, and beyond—

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