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Calm Your Mind With Food

Hi ,

Are you looking for ways to naturally boost your mood and emotional wellbeing? Are you interested in making healthy choices now that will benefit your health in the future?

Nutritional Psychiatry focuses not only on how specific foods help improve our mood and reduce stress, but also how we can use food to impact our cognitive ability and memory as we age.

Simple adjustments can slowly but steadily become habits you can incorporate for the rest of your life in order to create lasting mental fitness. Each week, I’ll share recommendations here using foods you can add to your diet to support your mental health. 

I love bringing you the latest in Nutritional Psychiatry each week to boost your overall well-being. My new book Calm Your Mind with Food is a revolutionary full-body approach to relieving anxiety, including anti-anxiety recipes and meal plan guidelines.

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Mood Food of the Week: Kiwi
Mood: Depression
Food: Kiwi

Research has shown that Kiwis can help calm the mind because…
  • They are loaded with carotenoids and polyphenols, forms of antioxidants that help to reduce neuroinflammation as well as symptoms of depression.
  • Kiwis are an excellent source of Vitamin C, a vitamin that also acts as an antioxidant to fight the damaging effects of oxidative stress and boost mood.
  • They are also rich in fiber, which helps to support a healthy gut microbiome and happy mind.

How to add this MOOD FOOD to your diet:
Kiwis are juicy green fruits whose flesh is delicious when enjoyed just as is! They can be eaten alone as a snack, incorporated in a fruit salad wth your favorite berries, used to top a homemade chia seed pudding, added to a leafy green salad, or even blended into a green smoothie! Kiwi fruits have a fuzzy skin that many choose to scoop the fruit out of, but the skin can be eaten as well. Many people like to have kiwi as an evening snack or ‘dessert’ because they are naturally rich in serotonin, a neurotransmitter that helps to regulate the sleep cycle.


How to buy kiwis:
Kiwis can typically be found wherever you shop for your fruit. In most grocery stores you can buy whole kiwis in the fruit section and it is often sold at farmers markets or produce stores. Unlike other fruits, kiwi is not typically sold frozen but can be purchased in bulk, sliced and frozen once you get home!.


Wishing you a joyful & calm week,
Dr. Uma Naidoo, MD

NEWS
MDPI: Check out my research paper on A Comparative Review of Key Isothiocyanates and Their Health Benefits here.

Well+Good:
Eating foods that decrease gut inflammation is an effective way to boost your mood! Learn more here.

Keeping It Real with Jillian Michaels: Check out this podcast where I talk with Jillian Michaels about the worst offending foods and added ingredients that exacerbate anxiety and depression, as well as the most powerful foods and nutrients to optimize focus, contentment, and calm. Plus, top foods to boost libido!

5 Anti-Inflammatory Foods To Eat For A Younger, Healthier Brain: This week on mindbodygreen, take a look at this list of the top five "anti-aging" foods I recommend to help protect your brain from damage over time.

Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta: I join CNN’s Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast to talk about how to build a strong brain and keep it sharp. Listen in here


UMA NAIDOO, MD
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