Nutritional Psychiatry: Using Food to Improve Mental Health Conversations on Healing Podcast

Dr. Drew Ramsey is a board certified psychiatrist, author, and mental health advocate. He has been featured on a variety of talk shows, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He is currently an assistant clinical professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Ramsey founded the Brain Food Clinic, which is a digital clinical practice that blends nutrition and psychiatry to provide alternative treatment options for mental health diagnosis. His book, Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety, incorporates research on how a mindful diet can greatly decrease levels of depression and anxiety. He also serves on the advisory board for both Men’s Health and the nonprofit Bring Change To Mind.
 
In today’s episode, host Shay Beider welcomes Dr. Drew Ramsey to discuss the intersection of mental health and nutrition. He defines nutritional psychiatry as the use of nutrition to optimize brain health and to treat and prevent mental health disorders. Dr. Ramsey talks about how, as a psychiatrist, he encourages choices around food to incorporate empowerment in making decisions. The two discuss some of the recent studies on incorporating various diets, including the Mediterranean diet, to greatly reduce levels of depression and anxiety. Dr. Ramsey shares his role with Men’s Health magazine, and how he has worked to decrease the stigma around expressing emotions that leads men to feel they need to “man up.” Shay and Dr. Ramsey close their conversation with alternative options for mental health treatment, and the importance of finding ways to treat the symptoms that keep you from living your best life. 
 
Listen to the complete episode by clicking the player above. Transcripts for this episode are available at: https://www.integrativetouch.org/conversations-on-healing 
 
Show Notes:
Check out the Brain Food Clinic here
Read Eat to Beat Anxiety and Depression
American Psychiatric Association
Read: 50 Shades of Kale
Look into Roger McItrye
Genius life podcast - hosted by Max Lugavere
Glenn Close organization - Bring Change to Mind
Find out about the Irsay institute
Read: This is Your Brain on Food
 
 
This podcast was created by Integrative Touch (InTouch), which is changing healthcare through human connectivity. A leader in the field of integrative medicine, InTouch is committed to ending isolation in illness and transforming trauma through togetherness. The mission is to provide connection, wellness and healing opportunities that change the lives of anyone touched by pain, suffering, or medical challenges. This includes kids with cancers, genetic conditions, autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic stress, and other serious health issues. The founder, Shay Beider, pioneered a new therapy called Integrative Touch™Therapy that supports healing from trauma and serious illness. 
The organization reaches thousands of people each year at the Integrative Touch Healing Center, through Telehealth, and in hospitals and communities. Thanks to the incredible support of volunteers and contributors, InTouch created a Heal it Forward model that brings services to people in need at little or no cost to them. To learn more or donate, please visit IntegrativeTouch.org