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The top foods for optimal brain health
Dhru Purohit is a serial entrepreneur in the health and wellness industry. His podcast is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interview’s focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.
2023
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Dhru chats to Dr Drew Ramsey, a Nutritional Psychiatrist and a specialist in depression and anxiety, about the top nutrients for brain health with a focus on some of the lesser known ones such as iron, zinc, choline and vitamin A. Dr Ramsey explains the mechanisms behind these essential nutrients and the foods they can be found in.
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The Science Of Mood And Your Microbiome
Dr. Mark Hyman is a practicing family physician and an internationally recognised leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in the field of Functional Medicine. He is the founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, the Head of Strategy and Innovation of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, a thirteen-time New York Times bestselling author, and Board President for Clinical Affairs for The Institute for Functional Medicine.
2021
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In this episode of the Doctor’s Farmacy podcast, Dr. Hyman chats with Dr. Uma Naidoo about all-things related to food and mood, connecting the dots between what we eat and its impact on everything - from anxiety and depression to ADHD and so much more. Dr. Naidoo is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, professional chef, and Nutrition Specialist. She specialises in nutritional psychiatry and she is regarded as a medical pioneer in this more newly recognised field. In her role as a Clinical Scientist, Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based clinical service in Nutritional Psychiatry in the US. With Dr. Hyman, they discuss the impact of America’s mental health crisis and reliance on medications to treat depression, anxiety, and how creating a personalized nutritional plan could benefit mental illness therapy. They also dive into the correlation between anxiety, depression, gluten, and folates, while explaining how the food we eat can drive neuroinflammation. They also talk about the research behind omega-3’s for neuroinflammatory conditions, and how poor food choices affect us from childhood.