Ep. 141 | How to Heal with Food: Top Expert Tips for Gut, Brain, and Mental Health
This week on the "Healing Catalyst Podcast," we're kicking off our September "Back to Basics" series with a deep dive into the healing power of food. As we transition into the fall season, it's a perfect time to revisit foundational health practices with simple and powerful tips to help you reset, refocus, and realign your wellness routines.
In this episode, Dr. Avanti brings together three leading experts in nutritional psychiatry and culinary medicine—Dr. Drew Ramsey, Dr. Uma Naidoo, and Dr. Kanchan Koya—to explore how food choices impact mental well-being, gut health, and brain function. Dr. Ramsey discusses the psychological effects of dietary choices and how traditional dietary patterns can boost mental health. Dr. Naidoo explains the gut-brain connection and how the gut microbiome influences our emotions and brain health. And Dr. Koya shares the healing power of five key spices to incorporate into your diet for optimal health.
Whether you're looking to enhance your mental clarity, improve your mood, boost your energy, or simply make more mindful food choices, this episode is packed with practical tips to help you harness the power of food for mental and emotional balance.
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Today on The Healing Catalyst:
Traditional dietary patterns and the impact of food on mental health
The most important nutrients for depression
The connection between the gut microbiome and brain health
5 healing spices to use everyday
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Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh is an Ayurveda Wellness Expert on a mission to show how Ayurveda can be a health catalyst for achieving optimal wellness in modern life.
Over the two decades of her training, study, and research, Dr. Kumar-Singh has shared her expertise with Fortune 500 companies at elite undergraduate and graduate institutions and prestigious industry and medical conferences. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, goop, Thrive Global and mindbodygreen, and served as the co-lead facilitator of the Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Healthcare at the OSHER Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Kumar-Singh is also the author of The Longevity Formula and The Health Catalyst.
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