Dr. Uma's Blog
Here's an interview with our friend Uma Naidoo, nutritional psychiatrist, chef, nutritionist, and author of the newly released book This is Your Brain of Food. She sits down with us to answer a few spicy questions and share a recipe.
Michelin-starred chef David Bouley described Dr. Uma Naidoo as the world’s first “triple threat” in the food as medicine space: She is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, a Professional Chef with a diploma from Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, and Nutrition Specialist.
Q&A with nutritional psychiatrist Uma Naidoo, author of 'This is Your Brain on Food'. Some connections between stomach and brain are, frankly, no-brainers.
Your Brain on Food: How Your Diet Affects Your Mental Health with Dr. Uma Naidoo #WellnessWednesdays
I am fascinated by how food and our diet affects our mood. Dr. Uma Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based nutritional psychiatry service in the United States. She’s the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy.
“We all have to eat. Why not eat in a way that’s going to help our brain?” nutritional psychiatrist says. You are what you eat so it’s not surprising a doctor will advise a proper diet to address everything from heart disease to obesity.
The last thing we need in our lives right now is more stress. The world has become full of uncertainties, and how we respond will play a big role in dictating our emotional health.
