Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety, Drew Ramsey
Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety, Drew Ramsey
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Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety
Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks

Author: Drew Ramsey

Narrator: Drew Ramsey

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Wave

Published: 03/16/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A revolutionary prescription for healing depression and anxiety and optimizing brain health through the foods we eat, including a six-week plan to help you get started eating for better mental health.

Depression and anxiety disorders are rising, affecting more than 58 million people in the United States alone. Many rely on therapy and medications to alleviate symptoms, but often this is not enough.  Now, we know there has been a missing factor. With the latest scientific advances in neuroscience, nutrition, and the mind-gut connection, we have discovered that how and what we eat greatly affects how we feel, physically, cognitively, and emotionally.Our brains consume twenty percent of everything we eat. And when the brain is deprived of essential nutrients, we suffer. In this groundbreaking book, Dr Drew Ramsey helps us forge a path towards greater mental health through food. Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety breaks down the science of Nutritional Psychiatry and explains what you should eat to positively effect brain health and improve mental wellness.  Dr. Ramsey distills the latest research ground-breaking research on nutrition and the brain. By focusing on increasing brain cell health (neruoplasticity), reducing inflammation, and cultivating a healthy microbiome, he discusses the twelve essential vitamins and minerals most critical to your brain and body as well as anti-inflammatory foods which feed the gut. Ramsey helps readers to assess barriers to self-nourishment and offers techniques for enhancing motivation. To get us started, he provides a kick-starter Six-Week Depression and Anxiety Mental Health Food Plan to incorporate key food categories, like leafy greens and seafood, along with simple, delicious, brain-nutritious recipes. Following the proven method Dr. Ramsey has used with patients for nearly a decade, you can confidently use food to help lift yourself out of anxiety and depression and control your own journey to full mental health. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Drew Ramsey

DREW RAMSEY, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist, author, and leading voice in Nutritional Psychiatry and integrative mental health. He is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the founder of the Brain Food Clinic and Spruce Mental Health. For twenty years, he served as an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, where he taught and supervised psychotherapy and nutritional psychiatry.Dr. Ramsey has authored four books, including the international bestseller Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety, and three e-courses. He is a dynamic speaker, podcast host and educator who has delivered three TEDx talks and his work has been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, NPR and other notable outlets. He lives in Jackson, WY with his wife and family.Learn more at www.DrewRamseyMD.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lacey on May 15, 2022

This book came up when I was researching anti-inflammatory cookbooks to help manage my migraines. Because I know that many of the same neurotransmitters are involved in both depression/anxiety and migraine attacks, it seemed likely that the anti-depression/anti-anxiety diet would be beneficial to ma......more

Goodreads review by Monica on May 03, 2021

3.5 stars. Much of this information is common sense but there is discussion of some pretty cool research being done on how food effects mental health. It's a quick read and makes simple suggestions how to add more brain healthy foods.......more

Goodreads review by Kate on July 25, 2021

I enjoyed this book and the "Food is Medicine" concept that it adapts. Personally, I didn't learn anything new, but I have studied alternative treatments for anxiety and depression quite a lot over the past decade. I enjoyed the format and how the author created food groups that contain particular m......more

Goodreads review by Haley on October 17, 2023

3.5. Overall, this was an informative, research-packed book on the importance of nutrition on our brain health. I wish the title was different because I do think it takes away from how complex anxiety/depression are. But I appreciate the insight on the brain-gut connection, backed by research studies......more

Goodreads review by Heather on May 06, 2021

Checked out the audio from the library and after finishing up I purchased the Kindle version. Simplified directions for changing your health. Easy small steps to make a big difference.......more