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Jul 2020
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This is Your Brain on Food, with Dr. Uma...

Dr Daniel & Tana Amen
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As the director of nutritional and lifestyle psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, writer for the Harvard Health blog, and author of the new book "This is Your Brain on Food", Dr. Uma Naidoo is on the cutting scientific edge of how your food affects your brain. In this first episode of a series with Dr. Naidoo, she and the Amens discuss holistic guidelines for keeping your brain in top shape.

For more info on Dr. Naidoo's new book "This is Your Brain on Food", visit https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Food-Indispensable/dp/0316536822

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