Uma Naidoo
Nutritional psychiatrist and chef
Uma Naidoo is a psychiatrist and professional chef who studies how food affects mental health. She wrote the international bestseller This Is Your Brain on Food.
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About Uma Naidoo
Uma Naidoo, MD, is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and a pioneer in nutritional psychiatry. She is also a professional chef and a nutrition specialist. She leads nutritional psychiatry work at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). She also teaches on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and at The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. This Is Your Brain on Food explores the science of how diet relates to mental health, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The book has been published in 22 countries and 18 languages.