"Stop Decline Before It's Too Late" - Most Harmful Foods Causing Disease & Weight Gain | Georgia Ede

Published 2024-06-26
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Over one billion people worldwide have some type of mental health diagnosis - a statistic that suggests the current approach to treating these conditions may not be enough. For those struggling, perhaps despite their medication, it can feel easy to lose hope of feeling well again.
In this conversation, I speak to someone who has been a psychiatrist for more than 25 years and who, for many years, felt that her impact on patients was limited until, she learned about the incredible healing power of food.

Dr. Georgia Ede is a Harvard trained, board certified psychiatrist specialising in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. Her twenty-five years of clinical experience includes twelve years at Smith College and Harvard University Health Services, where she was the first person to offer students nutrition-based approaches as an alternative to psychiatric medication.

She co-authored the first inpatient study of the ketogenic diet for treatment-resistant mental illness and is the author of the wonderful new 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’.

Georgia explains that, almost unknowingly, many of us have been feeding our brains improperly for our entire lives. We explore what she considers to be the five foods that have the most potential to be problematic for our brain health and how quickly we can start to feel the benefits if we are able to cut back on them. This highlights a key point that both Georgia and I are extremely passionate about - that, for most of us, in the modern day food environment, what we cut out of our diet is more important than what we put in.

We talk about the relationship between blood glucose and brain glucose. Georgia outlines the whole foods that Georgia believes can be problematic, especially if we are having problems with our mood or have a mental health diagnosis. We also discuss why Georgia believes that the Mediterranean diet - whilst better than the Standard Western Diet is not optimal, and we cover Georgia’s clinical research about the potential benefits of ketogenic diets in treating mental health.

Georgia is a wonderful physician who cares deeply about her patients and is helping many of them gain relief and sometimes remission from long standing mental health problems. That being said, there is no question that some of her recommendations may at first glance appear to controversial.

Throughout the conversation, I have tried my best to provide clarity and make sure that you clearly understand why Georgia is recommending the changes that she is. But, as you are listening, please do remember, that there is no one dietary approach that is going to work for everyone, at every stage in their life.

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  • @Lizz7711
    When my daughter was 9 she began acting like a completely crazy girl, had tantrums, tried running away etc. turns out it was gluten causing all her mental health symptoms and one month off gluten she was a new girl. And in the process we found out that I have celiac disease while she had gluten sensitivity. A psychiatrist would have put her on drugs. I thank God every day for the coincidences that led to me being able to find out and get the testing done that led to a diagnoses that we could easily treat.
  • @stefb.4628
    This week I cancelled my boys' school lunches. I checked their ingredients. Full of flavourings, refined oils, flavoured fats , sugars, inverted syrups, emulsifiers and so on....desserts all in ready made mix bags and all they do is add water....sauces and gravy with flavourings, sugars....heartbreaking....and on their website they say they provide "briliant" and "excellent, quality food" ...so misleading and wrong...I think parents should be asked to give their consent for their kids to consume that poison....i cant believe that we allow this to happen to our kids
  • @lindalu8565
    Elimating high FODMAP foods at age 47 saved me, after a lifetime of depression, brainfog, body aches, stomach issues, skin problems etc. Within a week, i felt notable differences. Thank god for interviews on youtube.
  • @seattlegrrlie
    I've been eating healthy for a very long time. I've had friends comment on how much I spend on food, or tell me I should live a little, or argue with me about sugars and fats. They've all gotten very fat, wrinkly, grey with many developing heart disease or diabetes and taking expensive meds.
  • I am sooooo happy you have Georgia Ede on here! I have just started listening to her book. I have cured 17 years of bulima, and i was serious bulimia and ptsd I couldnt work, within 2 months due to removing upfs and adhering to a keto diet, I feel so amazing, and happy and calm, my body feels great. I feel so angry by the advice I was given by professionals which made the bulimia worse and my health worse. I almost lost my life due to it all. As I am a human biologist, I cant wait to help others break through from mental ill health through diet and following this protocol. Georgia Ede and Chris Palmer are world leaders in this field.
  • Hi please can we have a pod cast that's 10 mins long just about what we should eat.
  • @lindalu8565
    I've been researching health & food related articles for 7 years. This is one of the best comprehensive interviews.
  • @verdespickles
    I had lost faith in ever feeling ok. Thanks to her I have hope. Thank you for your work Dr. Ede! I have your book!
  • @6yearsago153
    1:26:38 Okay, so I have now watched the whole video, and this is what I'm taking away. She's specifically talking to me and people like me. I've taken several different medications for depression over the years, and I'm now having metabolic issues. So, for me, this isn't about longevity. It's about feeling better. If you feel good eating legumes and grains, you are absolutely right to stay on that path. If, however, you feel sick on a whole foods plant based diet, it may be time to consider losing the beans and grains. EDIT: I tried to find balance for six plus years on a WFPBD. I'm happy it works for some of you, but it doesn't work for everyone.
  • @cece9770
    I’ve been sick for about 10+ years. Fibromyalgia, IBS, diverticulosis, PCOS, depression, anxiety, the list goes on… I was vegan/vegetarian for decades. Three days on a carnivore diet and many of my symptoms disappeared. Four months later and I’m feeling better than I’ve ever felt. I’m not 100% asymptomatic because I had a fibromyalgia flare up that lasted roughly 2 days after eating two Oreos. But when I am following the carnivore diet carefully, I feel amazing. It’s life-changing.
  • @toniweston4330
    I am a woman, who is a senior citizen. I have given up sugar, all carbs, soda, coffee. I started this journey on January '24. So since then I have lost 40 lbs. My black heads on my body are disappearing. How gross of me to tell you that, but I am here to tell you that I feel so much better. I have to remind myself to eat. I used to struggle to get up in the morning. Now I am wide awake at 5-6 am. I can smell sugar on other people. There are a few drawbacks. My sweat stinks, It smells bad! But my breath is great! A Lot of toxic pimples have erupted on my face. I am 69 years old forever, I haven't had a serious pimple in decades. The couple of times I have eaten sugary food I felt the difference almost immediately. Regards, Antionette
  • I used to be a vegetarian who loved my beans, rice, and sweet potato’s but suffered from high blood pressure, high triglycerides, brain fog, and pre-diabetic all my life. Becoming vegetarian and working out in my 30s helped me improve my health because I gave up eating processed food but in my 40s I hit a plateau. It was only I cut off carbs like beans and started doing keto I began to see my lab test dramatically improve in just a year. Now I’m mostly carnivore (sometimes I fall off the wagon and eat a sweet potato) and feeling great with a ton of energy. All my lab and blood tests are normal. So thankful . To be fair My wife is still a vegetarian and has been for years and she is doing fine. We just have all different bodies that respond to different things.
  • @tadstone6596
    I’ve always cooked from fresh and avoided highly processed “foods” as much as possible. My mother did the same.
  • @audreyboyle52
    Dr Ede is clear and articulate. I’ve never heard this topic explained so well
  • @Quest4TruthUSA
    I am 67 and have not had a sniffle in over 24 years. I follow the Weston A Price Foundation Guidelines. I am stronger, healthier, and have more stamina now then I did when I was 25. Asthma gone, and never get a virus.
  • @BestOffer-ii9ny
    Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
  • @daviddad1234
    Everyone makes it so difficult. We need to just look at time before modern agriculture and before industry. What food was available 200 years ago.
  • @vipin6986
    The typical diet in many Latin American countries includes red kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas, and rice! My grandparents lived until they were 97-99 years old, were not on a bunch of medicines, and had their brains working fine. It's complex this subject with food. I love grains; I grew up eating grains, and legumes as a source of protein, as we did not eat that much meat or red meat. I have been very healthy until now when I am 49 years old.
  • @Jackie371
    I went to a nutritionist about four years ago. Nothing had ever worked to help me lose weight and I was always depressed. I started having fruits, vegetables, protein, dairy, and bread at every meal. Within just a few days, I felt less depressed. I noticed a difference in my brain performance and just how I felt overall was better. I'm still making sure to get each of those at every meal. I've not lost weight, but I don't want to go back to having my body and brain feel depressed from food. This past year, I've successfully cut down dramatically on sugar. One change that has helped me lose 10 pounds and not continue gaining weight is that I switched to drinking a soda that is sugar-free and calorie-free (and doesn't have aspartame) - Zevia.