68. Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety With Dr. Drew Ramsey

Dr. Drew Ramsey, MD is a psychiatrist, author, and farmer. His work focuses on clinical excellence, nutritional interventions, and creative media. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and in active telemedicine clinical practice based in New York City. His work has been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lancet Psychiatry, The Today Show, BBC, and NPR and he has given three TEDx talks. He is the co-author of the Antidepressant Food Scale and his e-courses on Nutritional Psychiatry education for the public and clinicians. His books Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety (Harperwave 2021), Eat Complete, 50 Shades of Kale, and The Happiness Diet explore the connections between mental health and nutrition. He is on the Advisory Board at Men’s Health, the Editorial Board at Medscape Psychiatry, and is a member of the Well+Good Wellness Council.

He splits his time between New York City and Crawford County, Indiana where he lives with his wife and children on their organic farm and forest.

We also chat about... 

• What nutritional psychiatry is 
• How Drew stumbled into nutritional psychiatry 
• The only time in traditional psychiatry when food is discussed 
• The four ways food impacts mental health 
• Food in institutions and schools 
• The role food plays in ADHD 
• Where to begin if you want to use food to improve your mental health 
• Why some people might say hummus is bad 
• Specific foods to help improve anxiety 
• How much fish we should be eating 
• Ways to spice up your veggies  
• Drews thoughts on alcohol and caffeine 

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