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Feed Your Mental Health | Drew Ramsey | TEDxCharlottesville



Feed Your Mental Health | Drew Ramsey | TEDxCharlottesville

NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk for medical advice. This talk only represents the speaker’s personal views and understanding of mental health and nutrition. We’ve flagged this talk because it falls outside the content guidelines TED gives TEDx organizers. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf

Psychiatrist, Dr. Drew Ramsey, invites us to use food to increase our mental health. In this whimsical and informative talk, Dr. Ramsey gives us a simple way to take care of our minds as we feed our bodies. Drew Ramsey, MD is a leading innovator in mental health, combining clinical excellence, nutritional interventions and creative media. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and in active clinical practice in New York City.

His work and writing has been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lancet Psychiatry, and NPR, which named him a “kale evangelist.”, the Today Show, BBC and TEDx. He is the author of three books: Eat Complete: The 21 Nutrients that Fuel Brain Power, Boost Weight Loss and Transform Your Health, 50 Shades of Kale, and The Happiness Diet. His e-course, Eat To Beat Depression, helps people maximize their brain health with every bite.

He splits his time between New York City and rural Indiana where he lives with his wife, children and parents on his 127 acre organic farm. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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  6. @psychathlon7059 on

    Storytelling and connection of it at the end to himself, it takes a lot of work to give a speech like this, i usually dont leave any comments, but this guy killed the speech, not regarding content, that is not my field. Great Work

  11. @jennifervigo2510 on

    I'm doing a bit of research for a behavioral health group I am a dietitian for. I think a wide range of people will be able to relate to your talk . Starting on the couch, branching away from western food addictions and reaching toward healthier seafood, beans and leafy greens is a realistic approach for a positive mind and healthier body. Thank you for an entertaining and interesting 15 minutes that I plan to share. Keep it up! – Jennifer MS, RDN

  12. @Christa8048 on

    I had anxiety and panic disorder and meds didn't work for me. When I changed doctor and went down the nutrition and exorcise path I recovered. Gut health & nutrition works wonders.

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  25. @isab3lla502 on

    Medterian diet reduces risk of being depressed / if you do have it , it reduces it 5:45
    Depression and dementia comes from what we way due to our gut and diverse micro biome which improves mental health 14:00
    Brain basically but not literally shrinks as mental health gets worse

  31. @kimh382 on

    I was a wreck in college. Eating junk food, smoking cigarettes, and drinking. I was so self-loathing and depressed. Nothing was working. A yoga class inspired me to use holistic health to heal. I started doing yoga every day, eating a whole-foods diet, going for walks, I quit alcohol and cigarettes. Within 3 months I was off all medications. After 1 year I had dropped 50 lbs. I started getting straight As and loving my life. Its been 12 years since then and I am still a happy, healthy person.

  33. @kiranwingelaar7009 on

    Indian soup called sambar makes me very happy. South Indian watery, spicy with Moringa pods called drumsticks and lentil soup. So tasty and full of vegetable variety. One doesn't have to suffer with kale salad. You can eat healthy and still satisfy your taste buds and your belly.

  37. @maybeme94 on

    Dr Georgia Eades, also a nutritional psychiatrist has interpreted research to explain how important beef, chicken is in our diets. Plants are covered in chemicals and sadly it’s ignored.
    I am on a quest to find current, accurate and relevant information. So much to decipher and think through.
    Ruminant animals…cows…have 4 stomachs and they digest the plants they eat so thoroughly that the meat we eat from them does not have the harmful chemicals. It’s is thought that autoimmune diseases are caused by the harmful chemicals in the plant food that is eaten. Who knows? Definitely food for thought.

  40. @Merzui-kg8ds on

    Getting this idea to the practice level is hindered mightily by cost. Affording a plethora of fresh vegetables, seafood, nuts, and high quality EVOO…flat out not attainable for most people. What would help is if people could afford these foods. Next, let's say there is an economic miracle and folks can afford these foods, how do families get those foods in their gut? By that I mean, realistically, can the average family really prepare a healthy breakfast every morning? Can the average family prepare a healthy lunch to take to work and school? Keep in mind that a school child has no access to refrigeration, so anything prepared at home and brought to school needs to be "shelf stable". Which family member will be tapped at the end of an exhausting work day to prepare a healthy meal? Which family member will then clean up after that meal?

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