What happens when a Harvard-trained psychiatrist discovers that food works as effectively as medication for treating anxiety? Dr. Uma Naidoo reveals how disrupted gut micro biome's create mental health symptoms, the young executive whose travel schedule triggered severe anxiety resolved through nutrition alone, and why prescribing heavy medications without addressing diet ignores the root cause of psychological distress. In this episode of the Fountain of Vitality podcast, host LaMont Leavitt explores nutritional psychiatry principles transforming mental healthcare, the CALMS mnemonic for anxiety-reducing foods, and clinical evidence showing 25% worldwide anxiety increases during COVID. Naidoo discusses her grandmother's garden influencing a medical career, the Dunkin Donuts patient consuming quarter-cups of creamer daily, vitamin B9 deficiency connections to depression, and her new book providing anti-anxiety shopping lists with science-backed recipes. Learn the six nutritional psychiatry principles, including EAT WHOLE, BE WHOLE, why leafy greens combat low moods, hydration's critical role in anxiety management, and specific lifestyle modifications that reduce medication dependence while improving mental health outcomes.
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