Conversation with Dr. Uma Naidoo

Wellevate Life Podcast

Crowned with a title of world first “Triple Threat” in the food and medicine space, our upcoming guest on the Wellevate Life PODCAST is a trained psychiatrist from Harvard, a Chef, a Nutrition Specialist and Author.
A medical pioneer in Nutritional Psychiatry, Naidoo works to bridge the gap between what we eat and how we feel by taking a holistic approach that integrates her passion for food — with evidence-based techniques to improve patients’ well-being. We talked with her about her latest book, “This is your brain on food” ; how to use a whole-foods approach to healing the gut and brain; and which foods she finds helpful for combating the effects of anxiety and other mental.
In this episode we discuss

• Dr. Naidoo’s life journey & challenges she faced.
• What is Nutritional Psychiatry & how does It work?
• How does a food intolerance test affect the process of nutritional psychiatry?
• Mental Health
• Dr. Naidoo’s take on Gluten
• Downsides of cleaning your diet
• What is mental health and how do you diagnose if someone has a problem
• 6 pillars of improving your metabolism
• Key ingredients/food items recommended by Dr. Naidoo
• Dr. Naidoo’s stance on supplementation
• Breaking Irina’s grandmother’s secret of using turmeric and black pepper together

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