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Your Brain on Food: How Diet Affects Mental Health with Dr. Uma Naidoo

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 10 a.m.

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Episode Highlights With Dr. Uma Naidoo

  • How foods affect mental health
  • Foods to prioritize and avoid for optimal mental health
  • We know our diets affect our bodies, but they impact our brains just as much!\\xa0
  • How the gut and the brain communicate
  • 95% of serotonin receptors and serotonin is in the gut!
  • A simple acronym for remembering the best brain foods, especially for kids
  • Why we crave more food than we need when we aren\\u2019t getting enough micronutrients
  • Some powerful herbs and spices to incorporate
  • Even more reasons that a little sun exposure each day is important\\xa0
  • Adding herbal teas for the nutritional benefits\\xa0
  • The world is more anxious across all age groups and what we can do about it
  • Metabolism is closely linked to anxiety
  • Her top foods to avoid and to consume

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