In this episode, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros talk with Psychiatrist, Chef, Nutritional Specialist, and Author Dr. Uma Naidoo. They talk about the importance of having good eating habits to optimize your health, most especially your brain. Dr. Uma shares a lot of insight on how to have a good relationship with food and not just follow the trends on social media. So if you’re someone who struggles with dieting, losing weight, and keeping it off, this episode is for you.

Dr. Uma Naidoo is a nutritional psychiatrist and serves as the director of nutritional & lifestyle psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Naidoo trained at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program and completed a consultation-liaison fellowship at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Naidoo studied nutrition, and she also graduated from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts as a professional chef. She was awarded her culinary school’s most coveted award, the MFK Fisher Award for Innovation. Dr. Naidoo is regarded nationally and internationally as a pioneer in nutritional psychiatry, having founded the first US hospital-based clinical service in this area. She is the author of the upcoming title; This is Your Brain on Food. With her passion for food and nutritional psychiatry, she will share her expertise in integrating food, mental health, and medicine.

Connect with Dr. Uma Naidoo at:
Website: https://umanaidoomd.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umanaidoomd/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/drumanaidoo/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/DrUmaNaidoo
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/drumanaidoo

Grab a copy of her book: This is Your Brain on Food at: https://book.umanaidoomd.com/

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Show notes:
[1:29] What is a Nutritional Psychiatrist?
[2:15] What is overall gut health?
[5:14] How do toxic food manifest in someone’s life?
[6:26] What’s something that people like Dr. Uma understand and ordinary people don’t?
[9:17] How should people navigate social media regarding food and health?
[13:10] What are you optimizing for when you’re eating?
[14:57] Karishma tells us what an amazing experience joining NLU Group Coaching is and why you should too
[16:13] What is mental fitness?
[17:53] What does Dr. Uma eat on an average day?
[21:00] What is languishing?
[23:17] On supplementation
[27:22] Where to find her book: This is Your Brain on Food
[28:53] How to get started having better eating habits? 
[30:28] Outro