155. Brigid Titgemeier: The impact diet and lifestyle has on mental health.
the tara bixby podcast · Tara Bixby
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Show Notes
Today the beyond brilliant Brigid Titgemeier is hanging out with us to help me create a conversation about the impact diet and lifestyle has on our mental health.
Brigid is a Functional Medicine Registered Dietitian, Entrepreneur, professor, and Mom who is on a mission to help you use food to create health. She is the CEO and Founder of Being Functional Nutrition, a digital coaching company that has helped more than 20,000 people use targeted nutrition and lifestyle strategies for better labs, symptoms, and relationship with food. Previously, Brigid was a co-founding dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine under Dr. Mark Hyman.
In today's episode, we talk about...
- The current mental health crisis
- Where conventional medicine gets it wrong
- How gut health influences brain health
- How you can optimize your gut health
- How blood sugar fluctuations mimic anxiety
- Why it's important to eat a blood sugar-stabilizing diet
- The impact nutrient deficiencies have on mental health
- Why you need more magnesium to help calm your nervous system
- The impact stress has on your b vitamins
- The role inflammation plays in depression
- The importance of exercise
- Why you need to spend more time in nature
- How going at mental health struggles with medication alone is failing people
- The top three foods she'd encourage you to eat less of
- The importance of preconception health
- How to increase energy and mental clarity postpartum
- Why we need to redirect our focus from weight loss to overall health postpartum
- How you can include more protein into your diet
...and so much more!
Podcast show notes:
https://courageouslyu.substack.com/p/brigid-titgemeier-the-impact-diet
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