The Role that Nutrition Plays in Mental Health Conditions: Dr. Georgia Ede

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In this episode, Esther Kane interviews Dr. Georgia Ede of Diagnosis Diet, a nutritional psychiatrist, about her new book, Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind. Dr. Ede explains the link between metabolism and the state of our mental health.  She also discusses the exciting finding in the growing field of metabolic psychiatry that many people are able to greatly reduce or eliminate psychiatric medications when they eat a biologically appropriate diet.

Episode Contents

0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Introducing Dr. Georgia Ede
2:35 Why mental health practitioners aren't educated on the relationship between nutrition and mental health
4:58 How much food choices impact our mental health and what a powerful intervention foods can be in improving our mental health
5:30 The "me-search" that led Dr. Ede to explore the effects that nutrition can have on physical and mental health
9:23 How mainstream psychiatry fails most people and why we need new approaches
13:33 Why depression and anxiety have reached epidemic proportions in recent years
15:02 Why the Standard American Diet or SAD, is contributing to poor mental health
18:02 Why food is one of the most powerful pillars of better mental health
18:50 Why we are so confused about what to eat
19:34 Debunking popular nutrition headlines which are based on ideology, not biology
23:00 Why plant-based and mediterranean diets outperform the Standard American Diet (SAD)
28:21 Why meat is the original “superfood” for brain health
32:54 The three ways of eating (WOEs) that Dr. Ede recommends to improve mental health
43:20 How ridding one's diet of ultra-processed foods alleviates food addiction 
50:25 How people can reduce or eliminate the need for psychiatric medications using dietary strategies
55:42 Why the ketogenic diet is so good for people struggling with mental health issues
57:02 The importance of emphasizing HOPE and exciting developments in the area of metabolic health
1:04:07 Wind-up and what Dr. Ede is looking forward to

Show notes:

Where to find Dr. Ede, buy her book, find a clinician or check out her clinical training course:
https://www.diagnosisdiet.com

Resource mentioned in interview:

Baszucki Foundation:  links the ketogenic diet with resolution of mental health challenges:
https://www.metabolicmind.org/

FREE resources:

For more on ultra-processed foods and food addiction:

Dr. Vera Tarman, Author of “Food Junkies” – Food Addiction 101
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/vera-tarman/

How to Break Free of Food Addiction: Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painschab of Sweet Sobriety
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/how-to-break-free-of-food-addiction-clarissa-kennedy-and-molly-painschab-of-sweet-sobriety/

Joy Kiddie, the Low Carb Healthy Fat Dietician: Can a low-carb ketogenic diet help curb overeating?
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/joy-kiddie/

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