We're speaking to nutritional psychiatrist Dr Drew Ramsey about eating for mental wellbeing. Join Tracey to learn about why food is central to our mental well-being, the relationship between inflammation, gut health and mental health, as well as the key foods and nutrients you can add to your diet to start supporting your brain health today.

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To learn more, see our top 10 mood-boosting recipes and the benefits of exercise on mental health. Plus, discover how talk therapy plays a role in gut health.

Part 1

Part 2

Bonus cookalongs

Wild salmon burgers

Green shakshuka


Please note that all podcasts are intended for an adult audience.

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MD @DrewRamseyMD is a psychiatrist, author, and farmer. His work focuses on 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 telemedicine clinical practice based in New York City. His work has been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lancet Psychiatry, The Today Show, BBC, and NPR and he has given three TEDx talks. He is the co-author of the Antidepressant Food Scale and his e-courses on Nutritional Psychiatry education for the public and clinicians. His books Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety (Harperwave 2021), Eat Complete, 50 Shades of Kale, and The Happiness Diet explore the connections between mental health and nutrition. He is on the Advisory Board at Men’s Health, the Editorial Board at Medscape Psychiatry, and is a member of the Well+Good Wellness Council. He splits his time between New York City and Crawford County, Indiana where he lives with his wife and children on their organic farm and forest.

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