How nutrition affects the brain by Georgia Ede

How do your food choices affect your mental health? Georgia Ede, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in nutrition science, brain metabolism, and mental health, talks about what we should eat for good brain health. She addresses the root causes of poor mental health, which include inflammation, oxidative stress and insulin resistance, covers brain healthy diet principles, and takes a look at the Mediterranean, paleo and ketogenic diets in light of brain health. Watch the video to learn how to nourish, protect and energize your brain.

Dr. Ede speaks internationally about dietary approaches to psychiatric disorders, nutrition science, and nutrition policy reform. Through her virtual consultation practice, she uses nutrition and metabolic interventions including paleo diets, ketogenic diets, intermittent fasting, and elimination diets to help people around the world address root causes of mental health conditions, improving their metabolic health and often reducing the need for psychiatric medications.

0:00 Introduction
2:02 The Neurotransmitter Theory
2:24 Psychopharmacology
4:31 Nutritional Psychiatry: Mediterranean Diet
6:04 Metabolic Psychiatry: Ketogenic Diet
7:49 Brain-Healthy Diet Principles
10:02 The Brain Needs Animal Foods
12:23 Mind Minerals
13:16 The Standard "American" Diet
17:42 Neurotransmitter Imbalances
20:00 Glutamate Excitotoxicity
22:20 The Blood-Brain Paradox
23:37 Prevention Is Best
24:53 Brain Food Rules
25:51 Dietary Recommendations Not (Bio)Logical
28:14 Healthy Human Diet: Draw the Line at Paleo

🥗💡This talk was presented at the recent "Food for Thought 2023: Rising to the challenge of obesity and diabetes" conference held by Swiss Re Institute and ‪@TheBMJ‬ . Learn more: https://www.swissre.com/institute/con...

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