Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind
A Powerful Plan to Improve Mood, Overcome Anxiety, and Protect Memory for a Lifetime of Optimal Mental Health
About the book
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by Georgia Ede, MD | Balance ©2024 |
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304 pages |
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brian’s take
Dr. Georgia Ede is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in the fascinating intersection of nutrition science, brain metabolism, and mental health. With over two decades of clinical experience, including groundbreaking work at Smith College and Harvard University Health Services, she was the first to offer nutrition-based therapies as an alternative to psychiatric medications. I came across this incredible book after Alexandra interviewed Dr. Ede for one of her Luminary Sessions with Heroic Coaches. This book is PACKED with Big Ideas to help you and your family conquer mental health challenges. I’m excited to share some of my favorites, so let’s jump straight in!
"The single most important change you can make to your diet to protect your brain from damaging inflammation and oxidative stress is to avoid refined carbohydrates and vegetable oils, which starts with eliminating ultra processed foods."
Georgia Ede, MD
big ideas
I Seek the Truth
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What Causes Mental Health Problems? |
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What is a Brain-Healthy Diet? |
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Meat: The Original “Superfood” |
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Grains, Beans, Nuts, and Seeds: Consumer Beware |
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Quiet Carnivore: The Ultimate Elimination Diet |
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Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind
introduction
from the book
“What I discovered was that nearly everything I thought I’d known about nutrition was wrong. I was genuinely shocked to learn that there is absolutely no science (or logic) behind recommendations to eat plant-based diets, balanced diets, high-fiber diets, low-cholesterol diets, or diets containing whole grains, low-fat dairy products, or rainbows of fruits and vegetables.
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At best, these ideas represent well-intentioned guesses based on deeply flawed, unscientific food questionnaires; at worst, they are intentional distortions of the facts designed to protect professional reputations or serve political and commercial agendas, not to protect and serve public health.
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The truth about nutrition is this: Meat is not dangerous, vegan diets are not healthier, and antioxidants are not the answer. So, where can we look for answers?
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The good news is that hiding underneath that mountain of biased, confusing guesswork are clear, elegant, compelling scientific principles about nutrition that make intuitive sense, work in clinical practice, and stand the test of time. Do we know everything we wish we knew? No. Do we know more than enough for you to substantially improve your brain health starting today? Absolutely.
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Most of us have been feeding our brains improperly our entire lives, therefore we have no idea how much better we can feel and how much more we can expect of ourselves if we eat right. …
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I believe that many of the emotional and cognitive issues we have come to expect as normal, genetic, or permanent can be prevented, eased, or even reversed with good nutrition. … My goal in writing this book was to take the confusion out of nutrition and replace it with science, simplicity, and common sense; to teach you how to think for yourself about food so you can make your own informed choices and find what works best for you and your family.”
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Dr. Georgia Ede is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in nutrition science, brain metabolism, and mental health.
 Her two decades of clinical experience include twelve years at Smith College and Harvard University Health Services, where she was the first to offer nutrition-based therapies as an alternative for psychiatric medications.
I got this book after Alexandra picked it up and interviewed Dr. Ede for one of her Luminary Sessions for our Heroic Coaches. (We’ve made it available for everyone here. Join Heroic Coach to see 100+ other sessions like that along with everything else that goes into the program.)
For the record: This book is now my ALL-TIME favorite nutrition book. The last time I said that was with Chris Palmer’s fantastic book: Brain Energy.
Both of them BRILLIANTLY connect the health of our mitochondria and overall metabolism to our PSYCHOLOGICAL well-being and are leading thinkers and practitioners in the nascent field of nutritional psychiatry.
With over 1 BILLION PEOPLE suffering from anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges (including you or someone you love?), we’ve never needed more powerful tools to address the crisis than RIGHT NOW. And, as I’ve been saying for YEARS, our PHYSIOLOGY drives a LOT MORE of our PSYCHOLOGY than most of us (and our physicians) are aware.
This book provides an incredibly powerful perspective that I am VERY (!!!) confident can help you and your family conquer any challenges you may be facing. It’s not possible for me to recommend it any higher. Get a copy here today.
This book is PACKED with Big Ideas. We’ll barely scratch the surface. But I’m excited to share some of my favorites, so let’s jump straight in!
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