Conversation with Dr. Uma Naidoo

Wellevate Life Podcast

Nov 9 2021 • 57 mins

Crowned with a title of world first “Triple Threat” in the food and medicine space, our upcoming guest on the Wellevate Life PODCAST is a trained psychiatrist from Harvard, a Chef, a Nutrition Specialist and Author.
A medical pioneer in Nutritional Psychiatry, Naidoo works to bridge the gap between what we eat and how we feel by taking a holistic approach that integrates her passion for food — with evidence-based techniques to improve patients’ well-being. We talked with her about her latest book, “This is your brain on food” ; how to use a whole-foods approach to healing the gut and brain; and which foods she finds helpful for combating the effects of anxiety and other mental.

In this episode we discuss

  • Dr. Naidoo’s life journey & challenges she faced.
  • What is Nutritional Psychiatry & how does It work?
  • How does a food intolerance test affect the process of nutritional psychiatry?
  • Mental Health
  • Dr. Naidoo’s take on Gluten
  • Downsides of cleaning your diet
  • What is mental health and how do you diagnose if someone has a problem
  • 6 pillars of improving your metabolism
  • Key ingredients/food items recommended by Dr. Naidoo
  • Dr. Naidoo’s stance on supplementation
  • Breaking Irina’s grandmother’s secret of using turmeric and black pepper together
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