Dr. Uma Naidoo explains how food affects your mood and brain through the gut-brain connection. She recommends colorful fruits, fermented foods, and omega-3s, and says balance matters more than strict rules.
I always say to people, just imagine, you know, Dr. Uma or I myself are with you in your kitchen, and we were just looking at what was in your cupboards.
Right.
What would you want to hide from us?
That's probably something.
You should skip.
That's right. What would I want to hide? Probably the popcorn. I stopped talking. Popcorn's not uniformly bad, but it's definitely a snack that, you know, you can sometimes eat too much of or, you know, some processed potato chip that was bought for an event that, you know, was left over and probably should have gotten rid of. You got it. But, you know, things that. I'm not a perfect eater, but it's more that I think having a sense of balance in what we do is so important. Like, food is something people enjoy, but over time, you want to start to make healthier choices. So I'm not the kind of person who's gonna say, don't eat cake on your birthday. If you'd like to do that, just don't eat cake every day, three times a day.