Episode 35: Dr. Georgia Ede

Food Junkies Podcast

Dr. Georgia Ede, MD is a Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist specializing in college mental health and nutritional psychiatry. She has 18 years of clinical experience in hospitals, community health centers, specialty clinics, and private practices, utilizing medications and psychotherapy to help adults of all ages. She served as a staff psychiatrist and nutrition consultant for seven years at Harvard University Health Services and for five years at Smith College in Western Massachusetts. In 2019, Dr. Ede established a new online video consultation service for individuals, families, and fellow clinicians to support people using special diets to treat psychiatric and other medical conditions. In addition to writing all of the content for her website, Dr. Ede is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and DietDoctor.com and speaks internationally about nutrition science and mental health.

Dr. Ede is convinced that what we eat is by far the single most important factor in our mental and physical health and is one of a growing number of physicians around the world who has come to believe that people who apply the truth about nutrition science to their lives can experience life-changing improvements in their own health and well-being. Dr. Ede’s nutrition philosophy is grounded in evolutionary science, human metabolism, and food biochemistry.

In Today’s episode, Dr. Vera Tarman and Molly Painschab interview Dr. Georgia Ede and cover:

• How Dr. Ede get involved in nutritional psychiatry
• How the Standard American Diet and the increase in mental health issues (including Food Addiction) are related
• Inflammation in the brain and Oxidative Stress
• How to move clients away from disease/illness and toward health
• Metabolic Evaluations and why they are important!
• The food plan(s) she prefers to use with patients
• Obstacles to nutritional psychiatry / nutritional interventions
• Non-nutritive sweeteners
• Concerns for plant-based clients
• We ask about volume addiction
• The professional training Dr. Ede is offering

Follow Dr. Ede

Website: https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeorgiaEdeMD

Blog: https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/blog

The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede the professional relationship and direction of your healthcare provider. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.