Dr Georgia Ede is a Harvard trained psychiatrist specialising in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. She is the author of the book, ‘Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A powerful plan to improve mood, overcome anxiety and protect memory for a lifetime of optimal mental health’.
00:00 Intro
02:02 What Do You Do?
02:21 Is Metabolic Psychiatry a New Term?
03:38 Why Is the Ketogenic Diet at the Heart of Your Work?
04:40 What’s Your Academic Experience?
05:38 What Does Practicing Psychiatry Involve?
06:07 When Did Nutrition Become Part of Your Career?
07:39 Social Component of Mental Illnesses
09:46 The Eureka Moment
16:50 Adapting Diet to Personal Needs
18:54 Fundamental Principles of a Healthy Diet: Nourish, Protect, Energize
21:45 Diet Personalization: Trial and Error
25:12 What Is the Ketogenic Diet?
27:05 What Does the Ketogenic Diet Do to the Brain?
29:42 Impact of the Ketogenic Diet on Refractory Mental Illnesses
34:07 Calorie Restriction
35:21 Alternative Ways of Lowering Insulin Levels
37:27 Why Is the Ketogenic Diet Difficult to Sustain?
41:15 Keto-Adaptation or Keto-Flu
45:26 Misconceptions About the Foods Included in the Ketogenic Diet
46:55 Is Ketosis a State?
50:46 Getting Into Ketosis
53:34 Connection Between Food and Neurodivergent Disorders
55:56 Why Are Dietary Modifications Not Commonly Prescribed to Alleviate Symptoms of ADHD?
57:46 Are ADHD Medications Helpful in Some Cases?
1:02:42 Research on the Link Between Ketogenic Diet and ADHD
1:03:53 Could ADHD Lead to Diabetes?
1:09:23 Benefits of Ketogenic Diet for People With Food Addiction
1:13:40 Depression, Anxiety, and ADHD – Case Study
1:20:58 Carnivore Diet
1:22:09 Do We Need Fiber?
1:25:40 Is the Carnivore Diet Sustainable Without Supplementation?
1:29:23 Why Does the Ketogenic Diet Help With Losing Weight?
1:34:59 What Part of Your Work Overlays With Psychology?
1:37:01 How Do You Approach Challenges With Adopting the Ketogenic Diet?
1:40:12 Ketogenic Diet’s Role in Reducing Anxiety
1:43:13 Question From the Previous Guest
1:45:19 Who Is Your Book For?
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