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This Is Your Brain on Food

An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More

17 minUma Naidoo MD

What's it about

Ever wonder if your diet is secretly fueling your anxiety or brain fog? Discover the powerful connection between what you eat and how you feel. Learn how to fight back against mental health challenges using food as your medicine, guided by a Harvard-trained nutritional psychiatrist. You'll get a science-backed roadmap to stocking a brain-healthy kitchen and specific eating plans for conditions like depression, anxiety, and ADHD. Uncover which foods to embrace and which to avoid to sharpen your mind, boost your mood, and reclaim your mental well-being, one bite at a time.

Meet the author

Dr. Uma Naidoo is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutrition specialist who founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry service in the United States. She merges her deep knowledge of medicine and culinary arts to pioneer the use of food in treating mental health conditions. Her unique, evidence-based approach empowers people to harness the connection between diet and brain health, offering a new frontier in managing psychological well-being through what we eat every day.

This Is Your Brain on Food book cover

What's it about

Ever wonder if your diet is secretly fueling your anxiety or brain fog? Discover the powerful connection between what you eat and how you feel. Learn how to fight back against mental health challenges using food as your medicine, guided by a Harvard-trained nutritional psychiatrist. You'll get a science-backed roadmap to stocking a brain-healthy kitchen and specific eating plans for conditions like depression, anxiety, and ADHD. Uncover which foods to embrace and which to avoid to sharpen your mind, boost your mood, and reclaim your mental well-being, one bite at a time.

Meet the author

Dr. Uma Naidoo is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutrition specialist who founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry service in the United States. She merges her deep knowledge of medicine and culinary arts to pioneer the use of food in treating mental health conditions. Her unique, evidence-based approach empowers people to harness the connection between diet and brain health, offering a new frontier in managing psychological well-being through what we eat every day.