Dr. Uma's Blog
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.
Dr. Tom O'Bryan is an internationally recognized speaker and workshop-leader specializing in the impact of celiac disease (CD) and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS), and the development of autoimmune conditions.
In 2015, Jessica Largey was living her dream. As the chef de cuisine at the Michelin-starred restaurant Manresa, in Los Gatos, Calif., she won the prestigious James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef Award.
