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Uma Naidoo, MD
Contributor; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
Dr. Uma Naidoo is a nutritional psychiatrist and serves as the director of nutritional & lifestyle psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Naidoo trained at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, and completed a consultation liaison fellowship at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Naidoo studied nutrition, and she also graduated from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts as a professional chef. She was awarded her culinary school’s most coveted award, the MFK Fisher Award for Innovation. Dr. Naidoo is regarded nationally and internationally as a pioneer in the field of nutritional psychiatry, having founded the first US hospital-based clinical service in this area.
She is the author of This is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More. With her passion for food and nutritional psychiatry, she will share her expertise on the integration of food, mental health, and medicine.
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Recent Articles
Court ruling curbs unfounded claims for memory supplement
Health benefits of ginger and simple ways to incorporate this zesty root into your diet
Effective tips for reducing eye strain
Do you spend most of your day sitting? These hip flexor stretches are for you
No-cost, low-cost, and bigger splurges for climate-conscious gifts
What can cause blood in stool?
Sundowning: What to know if your loved one with dementia experiences late-day symptoms
An action plan to fight unhealthy inflammation
How to treat spider bites and when you need to see your doctor
Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness — and may even lengthen lives
