In this week’s episode Kelsey is joined by special guest Dr Uma Naidoo - a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, professional chef, trained nutrition specialist, best selling author and an internationally regarded medical pioneer in the filed of Nutritional Psychiatry. Considered Harvard’s Mood Food Expert, Dr Naidoo talks to Kelsey about her latest book - Calm Your Mind With Food - touching on everything from healing your relationship with food, to the gut brain connection, the link between food and anxiety, blood sugar & panic attacks, and how you can optimise your diet to improve your mental health. A fascinating conversation with so many great tips on how you can use food and nutrition as an essential tool for calming the mind. About Dr Uma Naidoo:   Uma Naidoo, MD, is a board-certified Harvard Nutritional Psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutritional biologist. She is the Founder and Director of the first and only hospital-based Nutritional and Metabolic Psychiatry Service in the United States which is housed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Naidoo also serves as the Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy, the world-renowned educational organization, for which she designed and released the only CME-based Nutritional Psychiatry educational program for clinicians at an academic teaching hospital. Additionally, Dr. Naidoo serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, the Harvard Department of Nutrition, and is an instructor at The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. Website: umanaidoomd.comInstagram: @drumanaidooRead: Calm Your Mind with Food by Uma Naidoo, MDSign up for Dr Uma’s new Mood Food newsletter here1:00 - Kelsey introduces Dr Uma Naidoo  3:25 - Dr Naidoo’s upbringing & background   7:00 - How Dr Naidoo got into Nutritional Psychiatry 9:18 - How Dr Naidoo is helping people heal their relationship with food  10:00 - How harmful diet culture is to our psychology 10:30 - Optimising your diet for your mental wellbeing  11:30 - Kelsey’s lifelong journey with anxiety  11:50 - Dr Naidoo’s new book, Calm Your Mind With Food  14:20 - Food marketing industry  17:15 - Link between anxiety & food  20:00 - Simple food tweaks to help anxiety  23:09 - Gut health & metabolism 25:00 - Gut microbiome  27:00 - How to know if you have bad gut health & how to fix it  28:10 - Self check in & body intelligence  29:39 - Three tips to to foster a healthy microbiome 31:20 - Eat more, add in and not feel deprived 31:50 - Movement  33:00 - Fitness world & macros  35:40 - Importance of not discarding micronutrients in your diet  39:00 - Whole foods vs processed foods  40:00 - Homemade sweets vs processed sweets  43:40 - Link between blood sugar & panic attacks  48:00 - Doing what works best for you