Food as Medicine for Mental Health: Drew Ramsey
Business Trip by PsyMed Ventures, a podcast exploring the future of mental health & wellness
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What if your next antidepressant was a clam or spinach?
Greg & Matias invite Dr. Drew Ramsey to explore nutritional psychiatry - a field exploring how the food we eat can be as powerful as medication in treating mental illnesses like depression and anxiety.
Dr. Drew Ramsey is a psychiatrist, entrepreneur and author focused on nutritional interventions for mental wellbeing. Drew debunks common myths around nutrition and mental health and envisions a future where fermented foods and psychedelics may be first-line treatments. He also offers simple diet tweaks we can make today for improved mental fitness.
In this episode, we discussā¦
How nutritional psychiatry can be a cost-effective mental health treatment
Why doctors need nutritional education to prescribe food as medicineĀ
What startups and opportunities there are in this spaceĀ
What foods and nutrients are best for your mental health
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