Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind

A Powerful Plan to Improve Mood, Overcome Anxiety, and Protect Memory for a Lifetime of Optimal Mental Health

De: Georgia Ede M.D. M.D.

Narrado por: Georgia Ede M.D. M.D.

Combine the surprising truth about brain food with the cutting-edge science of brain metabolism to achieve extraordinary emotional, cognitive, and physical health.

Are you struggling with attention problems, mood swings, food obsession, or depression? Whatever the issue, you have far more control over your thoughts, feelings, and behavior than you realize. Although medications may bring some relief, in Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind, Dr. Georgia Ede reveals that the most powerful way to change brain chemistry is with food, because that’s where brain chemicals come from in the first place.

In this provocative, illuminating guide, Dr. Ede explains why nearly everything we think we know about brain-healthy diets is wrong. We've been told the way to protect our brains is with superfoods, supplements, and plant-based diets rich in whole grains and legumes, but the science tells a different story: not only do these strategies often fail, but some can even work against us. The truth about brain food is that meat is not dangerous, vegan diets are not healthier, and antioxidants are not the answer.

Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind will empower you to:

• understand how unscientific research methods drive fickle nutrition headlines and illogical dietary guidelines
• weigh the risks and benefits of your favorite foods so you can make your own informed choices about what to eat
• evaluate yourself for signs of insulin resistance—the silent metabolic disease that robs your brain of the energy it needs to thrive
• improve your mental health with a choice of moderate-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets that you can personalize to your food preferences and health goals

Drawing on a wide range of scientific disciplines including biochemistry, neuroscience, and botany, Dr. Ede will ignite your curiosity about the fascinating world of food and its role in nourishing, protecting, and energizing your brain.

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“Dr. Ede is one of the very few psychiatrists who understands the critical connections between food, brain metabolism, and mental health and who can explain them in ways that are engaging and accessible to professionals and the general public alike."
—Dr. Jason Fung, New York Times bestselling author of The Obesity Code

“Dr. Georgia Ede’s Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind illuminates the powerful connection between dietary choices and overall well-being, including improved mood and brain function. Through her unique and scientifically validated recommendations, she provides a gateway to better health, empowering readers to make informed decisions about their nutrition. While gently challenging some common ideas, her focus is on the positive impact that thoughtful food choices can have on our lives. This book is an invaluable resource and guide for anyone looking to enhance their health and life through the thoughtful integration of nutrition."—David Perlmutter, MD, Author, #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain, and Drop Acid

"Mental Healthcare is undergoing a paradigm shift, and Dr Ede is leading the way! Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind should be the first tool a doctor reaches for when treating mental health disorders." —Ken Berry, MD, Family Physician & YouTuber

"I love this book. It delves deeply into complex brain and mental health science while never being dry or boring. Credible and engaging throughout, Ede builds an irrefutable case for the vital role of real foods -- with plenty of fat and protein -- for a healthy brain. Truly essential reading for anyone concerned with health or nutrition."—Nicolette Hahn Niman, author, Defending Beef: The Ecological and Nutritional Case for Meat

“Dr. Georgia Ede is a truly exceptional communicator, with vivid, original, and straight-forward ways of describing complex ideas. This well-researched book is destined to be a go-to source on every aspect of nutrition, not just for people seeking improved mental health but better health generally. With her warm, engaging style, Dr. Ede is a smart and reliable guide through the thicket of nutrition confusion. I could not recommend this book more highly.”—Nina Teicholz, journalist and author of The Big Fat Surprise

Take off the blinders.

Once you “see” this teaching, you won’t be able to unsee it! What we do to our bodies affects our mind. I’m an RN in a trauma one hospital and I feel like I MUST share this information. I pray that I can open the eyes of a few.

Metabolic Psychiatry is For Everyone

The nutritional research details and practical application in terms of diet options makes this a unique and valuable book. Not only those suffering with debilitating physical and mental health issues, but for everyone to live a healthy, happier, and productive life.

Best information available.

Like the way she has researched and delivered all the updated information on nutrition and debunked (through scientific research) what course really works. I am excited to get started.

Well researched, Well Presented

After considering the evidence presented and hearing the transformative stories of those who have improved their mental health by following Dr. Ede's dietary recommendations, I feel hopeful that there is a path out of many of the mental challenges that plague modern society. While I may not suffer as severely as some, I have experienced mental fog, depression, and persistent fatigue that I am eager to overcome. I've always been skeptical about the long-term efficacy of modern psychological methods, and I've been searching for alternatives to regain control of my mental well-being. The strategy outlined here offers me a promising way forward.

Very motivating.

Excellent pace throughout. The writer clarified nearly every point presented. Pros and cons of various foods and potential alternatives.

Everyone should know this stuff

She starts out with a deep dive into how neurons and related systems function. If this is too detailed for you, I still recommend listening to as much as you can, just to establish her credibility. She really knows what she's talking about. After that, feel free to skip around and look for the relevant parts for you. I did not, as I found every last word highly relevant and useful. Thank you Dr. Ede!

Excellent in depth analysis

I’ve read many books on nutrition, in the double digits. This is my second overall favorite, in terms of broad discussion, specific nutritional information and advice, implementability, new information presented, and insights offered by the very qualified and experienced author. If you need to heal your body and your brain, or are helping someone else to do so, get this book and follow it’s instructions. This book should be required reading in all high school health programs. It would revolutionize mental and physical health. Let this wash over you. Read it twice. Unbelievably helpful.

Excellent all around!

First, Dr. Ede clearly explains the cultural, political, and scientific reasons why research on nutrition has been wandering off in the wrong directions for close to a century.

Second, she writes the clearest and most reader-friendly descriptions of what's going on in our brains, all the neurons, the mitochondria, and their crucial sources of energy.

Third, Dr. Ede provides statistics, and cites sources and case histories, as meticulously as she would have for an article for a medical journal.

Fourth, the author is also our narrator, which usually makes me hesitate before buying a book. But Dr. Ede has a pleasant, well-modulated voice, and there was never a danger of mispronunciations.

Despite the controversial theory, that she explains so well, of a link between nutritional inadequacy and the current Western epidemic of mental health problems, Dr. Ede is not a quack or a faddist. I think anyone battling depression, anxiety, or any of the host of other mental illnesses should listen to this book.

Excellent listen--I've ordered the hardcover!

This book has shed a new light on everything I know about nutrition. Doctor Ede's narration style is bright, optimistic, hopeful, and inspiring as she informs her listeners about the best ways to eat--based upon how we evolved as a species. Her insightful arguments for how meat is the true, original superfood are built upon and supported by good science and research efforts through the centuries. How insulin resistance is the key culprit of our chronic disease and mental health epidemics all corroborate and makes complete, obvious sense across multiple disciplines. It's an indispensable treasure trove of nutritional and metabolic information that I'll keep referring back to in the hardcover version that I've ordered too--this should be made required reading for all psychiatrists in residency!

Knowledge is power

It is so terribly sad to find out yet again how humanity is poisoning humanity. The fact that we’re buying all the “food” that slowly makes us sick and poisons our kids is heartbreaking. What’s worse is that we can’t do much about it. You can’t stop everyone from buying unfortunately.