Calm Your Mind with Food: A Revolutionary Guide to Controlling Your Anxiety
Jan 2024 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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When it comes to fighting anxiety, you have more control than you think: the power is at the end of your fork.
We're in the middle of a global anxiety epidemic, but in Calm Your Mind With Food, bestselling author and nutritional psychiatrist Dr Uma Naidoo gives you the tools to take back control. Dr Naidoo draws on the latest science to demonstrate how an understanding of how both the brain and gut microbiome works, and a diet that creates a strong foundation for mental health, will equip you to control your anxiety.
In this revolutionary, solutions-focussed and full-body approach to relieving anxiety, you'll learn:
· Dr Uma's six pillars to calm the mind
· How inflammation affects everything from anxiety and depression to Alzheimer's disease
· How the trillions of bacteria living in your gut are key to controlling anxiety
· How to incorporate anxiety-busting foods into your diet, from the obscure (ashwagandha) to the ubiquitous (vitamin C)
· Which foods you should avoid as you make anti-anxiety eating choices
· The best diets for managing symptoms of anxiety and depression
With guidelines for creating your own personal anti-anxiety meal plan and dozens of supernutrient-forward, delicious recipes, Dr Naidoo shows how to effectively use food and nutrition as essential tools for calming the mind. This ground-breaking guide will help you boost your immunity, reduce anxiety and enhance your overall mental well-being.
We're in the middle of a global anxiety epidemic, but in Calm Your Mind With Food, bestselling author and nutritional psychiatrist Dr Uma Naidoo gives you the tools to take back control. Dr Naidoo draws on the latest science to demonstrate how an understanding of how both the brain and gut microbiome works, and a diet that creates a strong foundation for mental health, will equip you to control your anxiety.
In this revolutionary, solutions-focussed and full-body approach to relieving anxiety, you'll learn:
· Dr Uma's six pillars to calm the mind
· How inflammation affects everything from anxiety and depression to Alzheimer's disease
· How the trillions of bacteria living in your gut are key to controlling anxiety
· How to incorporate anxiety-busting foods into your diet, from the obscure (ashwagandha) to the ubiquitous (vitamin C)
· Which foods you should avoid as you make anti-anxiety eating choices
· The best diets for managing symptoms of anxiety and depression
With guidelines for creating your own personal anti-anxiety meal plan and dozens of supernutrient-forward, delicious recipes, Dr Naidoo shows how to effectively use food and nutrition as essential tools for calming the mind. This ground-breaking guide will help you boost your immunity, reduce anxiety and enhance your overall mental well-being.
About the author
Uma Naidoo is a board-certified psychiatrist (Harvard Medical School), professional chef (Cambridge School of Culinary Arts) and nutrition specialist (Cornell University). She is currently the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she consults on nutritional interventions for the psychiatrically and medically ill; Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital Academy; and has a private practice in Newton, MA. She also teaches at The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.
Dr. Naidoo speaks frequently at conferences at Harvard, for Goop audiences, the New York City Jewish Community Center, and Ivy Boston. A published author, she blogs for Harvard Health and Psychology Today and has just completed a unique video cooking series for the Massachusetts General Hospital Academy which teaches Nutritional Psychiatry using culinary techniques in the kitchen.
Calm Your Mind with Food is her second book.
@drumanaidoo / umanaidoomd.com
Dr. Naidoo speaks frequently at conferences at Harvard, for Goop audiences, the New York City Jewish Community Center, and Ivy Boston. A published author, she blogs for Harvard Health and Psychology Today and has just completed a unique video cooking series for the Massachusetts General Hospital Academy which teaches Nutritional Psychiatry using culinary techniques in the kitchen.
Calm Your Mind with Food is her second book.
@drumanaidoo / umanaidoomd.com
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