252: This is Your Brain on Food with Dr. Uma Naidoo

Your thinking, clarity, and the ability to be present as a creative leader are tied to how you nourish your body with meals and snacks. A change to how and what you eat can improve how you think. Want to know more? Join us!

Dr. Uma Naidoo has been described as “the world’s first triple threat in the Food as Medicine space.” She’s a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutritional specialist. Her niche is nutritional psychology, and she’s regarded nationally and internationally as a medical pioneer in this field. She’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Health Press, Goop, and others. Dr. Uma has a special interest in the impact of food on mood and other mental health conditions. She’s a clinical scientist in the field, directing hospital-based clinical services and nutritional psychiatry. She’s the director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and she also serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She has a brand new book, This is Your Brain on Food, and she’s here to share the cutting edge science of the ways food contributes to mental health, along with how we can make targeted, focused, small changes in how we eat to help treat and prevent a wide range of psychological and cognitive health issues. We’ll discuss anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, and more. Think what it would mean to have 15-20% clearer thinking, focus, and better presence to be more productive with less effort. 

Music Credit: My good friend Lindsay Katt - https://lindsaykatt.bandcamp.com/track/stick-by-me