Dr. Georgia Ede

So I practiced conventionally, as I was saying, medications and psychotherapy for the first 10 years of my practice. And as much as I love my work, it was becoming painfully obvious that most people in my practice were just not getting that much better, no matter how hard I tried. And it wasn't just true for me. It wasn't as though I was thinking, well,

So I practiced conventionally, as I was saying, medications and psychotherapy for the first 10 years of my practice. And as much as I love my work, it was becoming painfully obvious that most people in my practice were just not getting that much better, no matter how hard I tried. And it wasn't just true for me. It wasn't as though I was thinking, well,

You know, maybe I don't have enough experience or maybe I'm not reading enough or maybe I need more supervision. When am I going to be able to really be able to help people? Because when I looked around, even very senior psychiatrists who had been in practice for decades, the same was true for them. I mean, we had been taught to think of mental illnesses as chronic, mysterious, and incurable.

You know, maybe I don't have enough experience or maybe I'm not reading enough or maybe I need more supervision. When am I going to be able to really be able to help people? Because when I looked around, even very senior psychiatrists who had been in practice for decades, the same was true for them. I mean, we had been taught to think of mental illnesses as chronic, mysterious, and incurable.

And that the best way you can help people is to support them with medications and psychotherapy. But that these are lifelong illnesses that we really don't understand very well and that we can do very little about.

And that the best way you can help people is to support them with medications and psychotherapy. But that these are lifelong illnesses that we really don't understand very well and that we can do very little about.

Absolutely. I mean, the brain is a very responsive organ and it's listening to, it's not just paying attention to the food you eat. It's paying attention to every aspect of your life, how much light the brain receives, how much love you have in your life, how much you love your work, what kinds of people are around you. how you use your body, exercise, stress, everything.

Absolutely. I mean, the brain is a very responsive organ and it's listening to, it's not just paying attention to the food you eat. It's paying attention to every aspect of your life, how much light the brain receives, how much love you have in your life, how much you love your work, what kinds of people are around you. how you use your body, exercise, stress, everything.

Everything matters to the brain. But most people are led to believe that food doesn't matter that much to the brain. And that's partly because we've only recently started to think about it. But the other piece is that the information that we're given about how to feed the brain and the body properly is incorrect.

Everything matters to the brain. But most people are led to believe that food doesn't matter that much to the brain. And that's partly because we've only recently started to think about it. But the other piece is that the information that we're given about how to feed the brain and the body properly is incorrect.

And so when people are trying their best to improve their mental health using nutritional strategies, those strategies fail most people because those strategies are grounded in the wrong information. And so a lot of people just think, oh, well, you know, I tried eating more whole foods, right? I tried putting blueberries on my oatmeal or making my flaxseed smoothie every morning or

And so when people are trying their best to improve their mental health using nutritional strategies, those strategies fail most people because those strategies are grounded in the wrong information. And so a lot of people just think, oh, well, you know, I tried eating more whole foods, right? I tried putting blueberries on my oatmeal or making my flaxseed smoothie every morning or

eating more plants than animals. I tried all of those things and they just didn't help very much. So I'm just going to go back to eating everything in moderation because it doesn't seem to matter. But what's really great about you inviting me here to talk with you today is that people need to know how powerful an intervention these nutrition strategies can be.

eating more plants than animals. I tried all of those things and they just didn't help very much. So I'm just going to go back to eating everything in moderation because it doesn't seem to matter. But what's really great about you inviting me here to talk with you today is that people need to know how powerful an intervention these nutrition strategies can be.

They can help you in ways no medicine can in days to weeks in many cases. People can experience meaningful improvement to their mood, their memory, their concentration, their stamina, their productivity, and their mental stability, their effectiveness in their lives if they have the right information about how to change their diet.

They can help you in ways no medicine can in days to weeks in many cases. People can experience meaningful improvement to their mood, their memory, their concentration, their stamina, their productivity, and their mental stability, their effectiveness in their lives if they have the right information about how to change their diet.

So you have to know which changes are the ones that are worth making, and they're not the ones we're used to hearing about.

So you have to know which changes are the ones that are worth making, and they're not the ones we're used to hearing about.

I wouldn't say there was a eureka moment case in my life because I came to it in a different way. My eureka moment really came through my own personal experience. I think a lot of physicians who practice nutritional and metabolic strategies are Most of us stumble into this work accidentally because we're not taught it.

I wouldn't say there was a eureka moment case in my life because I came to it in a different way. My eureka moment really came through my own personal experience. I think a lot of physicians who practice nutritional and metabolic strategies are Most of us stumble into this work accidentally because we're not taught it.