Diagnosis: Diet

Nutrition science meets common sense

Georgia Ede MD

The Number One Tool for Improving Your Health this Year

Do you know how healthy you actually are? This inexpensive little gadget provides a window into your metabolism that gives you valuable information beyond weight and fitness.

New Blood Test Helps Predict (and Prevent?) Bipolar Disorder

High uric acid levels are a cry for help from your brain and body. Here's what you can do right now to lower your levels and improve your mental and physical health.

The Truth About Low-Protein, High-Carb Diets and Brain Aging

New research about brain aging tries to pin the tail on protein, but misses the mark.

Changing How Doctors View Obesity

Ten tips for how health professionals can begin to stem the tide of insulin resistance, obesity, and other related diseases.

Obesity: Stop Shaming, Start Understanding

By questioning our beliefs and exploring root causes, we can be part of the solution to this growing epidemic.

Latest Low-Carb Study: All Politics, No Science

Are low-carbohydrate diets, which are delivering so many people from chronic disease, really also potentially deadly?

New Study Finds Saturated Fat Causes PTSD... or Does It?

Don't be fooled into fearing healthy whole foods. Here's what you need to know about dietary fat research.

Which Diet Is Healthiest for the Brain?

What is it about popular modern diets that may be driving our descent in to madness?

Do Smoothies Make You Sharper or Is It Just Juicy Gossip?

Don't drink the Kool-Aid: Your daily fruit smoothie could be working against your brain.

Ketogenic Diet Promising for Mild Alzheimer's Disease

Already been diagnosed with early Alzheimer's disease? This new study provides hope that you could improve your memory by changing your diet.

Changes to Dietary Guidelines Needed to Preserve Our Sanity

What can be done to restore the public's faith in the failed process of generating our national nutrition policies?

Ketogenic Diets and Psychiatric Medications

Thinking about trying a low-carb diet to improve your mental health? If you are currently taking any psychiatric medications, make sure you read this article first!

Top Ten Tips for a Healthier Brain in 2018

Which dietary changes are really worth making when it comes to brain health? Simple, science-based advice that really works.

The Antioxidant Myth

Don't be fooled by the hype—save your money and your health by getting the facts you need to outsmart the antioxidant hucksters.

Cooling Brain Inflammation Naturally with Food

Which foods tilt your brain towards inflammation and away from healing?

The Vegan Brain

What everyone needs to know to keep their brains in tip-top shape.

Low-Carbohydrate Diet Superior to Antipsychotic Medications

People suffering with psychosis should know that there are truly hopeful options that go beyond medication.

Low Brain Cholesterol—Separating Fact from Fiction

How vegan diets and cholesterol-lowering drugs affect mood and memory.

Ketogenic Diets for Psychiatric Disorders: A New 2017 Review

What can a low-carbohydrate diet do for your mental health?

Stabilize Your Mood with Food

Reclaim your emotional health and happiness without medications

How Good is Your Psychiatrist? Finding Roses Among Thorns

Unhappy with your current psychiatrist? Can't find a psychiatrist? You're not alone—here are some insights and tips that can help.

What's Your Omega-3 IQ? A Fun Quiz for a Healthier Brain!

Find out which foods are secretly sabotaging your best efforts to balance your brain chemistry.

Put Your Omega-3 Supplement to the Test

Test your knowledge about Omega-3 supplements to see if you are throwing your money away!

Clinical Trial Finds Diet Works for Depression

Groundbreaking research proves that dietary choices have the power to help reduce and even reverse depression.

An Open Letter to Parents From a College Psychiatrist

Why do so many college students experience emotional distress before going home for break? Some tips for parents can help ease the pain.

5 Tips for Limiting Sugar During the Holidays

New to the low-sugar lifestyle? Stay motivated and on course with these simple strategies.

Dealing with Dietary Differences During the Holidays

Special diets don't have to be a recipe for disaster during the holidays. Here's some simple, helpful advice for hosts and guests alike to maximize everyone's health and happiness.

The Secret to Outsmarting Your Acne

Learn how the foods you eat control the hormones governing your skin. Recent science reveals three powerful dietary strategies that get to the root of your acne problem.

Avoiding Alzheimer’s Disease Could Be Easier Than You Think

The long, slow journey to Alzheimer's Disease begins in your twenties. Find out if you are already on the road to dementia, and how you can change course right now.

These 5 Foods and Substances Can Cause Anxiety and Insomnia

Get to the root of your anxiety and sleep problems once and for all. Learn the fascinating ways in which certain everyday foods shift your nervous system into overdrive.