Nutritional Psychiatry Spotlight: Georgia Ede, MD

Located In: Northampton, MA

Bio: “Dr. Georgia Ede is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in nutrition science, brain metabolism, and mental health. Her two decades of clinical experience include twelve years at Smith College and Harvard University Health Services, where she was the first to offer nutrition- based therapies as an adjunct or alternative to psychiatric medication. Since 2019, her clinical work has focused exclusively on the use of nutrition and metabolic interventions to help people address root causes of poor mental health.

Dr. Ede speaks internationally about nutrition science, nutrition policy reform, and dietary approaches to psychiatric conditions. She teaches a CME-accredited course in ketogenic diets for mental health, directs the European Keto-Live Centre’s efforts to develop a post-graduate curriculum in ketogenic metabolic therapies for mental health, and writes about food and the brain for Psychology Today and her own website DiagnosisDiet. Her forthcoming book Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind will be published in 2023.”

Overview: Dr. Ede is convinced that what we eat is by far the single most important factor in our mental and physical health. Her goal is to provide people with the information they need to design the diet that works best for them, considering the differences in our individual physiology. While she acknowledges that even the best of diets cannot cure all diseases, she believes that even in these cases, a proper diet will significantly improve overall health and may reduce or even eliminate the need for medications.

Website: diagnosisdiet.com

Social Media:

• Twitter: @GeorgiaEdeMD (47.4k Followers)
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• LinkedIn:  Georgia Ede MD

Background & Education: Dr. Ede completed her residency in general adult psychiatry at Harvard University Cambridge Hospital and earned her M.D. from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She has 20 years of clinical experience in hospitals, community health centers, specialty clinics, and private practices, utilizing medications and psychotherapy to help adults of all ages. She served as a staff psychiatrist and nutrition consultant for seven years at Harvard University Health Services and for five years at Smith College in Western Massachusetts. 

Additional Projects:

• 8 Reasons to Try Low-Carb for Mental Health (Psychology Today)
• Six Reasons to Go Paleo for Mental Health (Psychology Today)
• Ketogenic Diets and Psychiatric Medications (Psychology Today)
• Nutritional Psychiatry in the Real World (Low Carb Denver 2020)
• Our Descent Into Madness: Modern Diets and the Global Mental Health Crisis (Low Carb Breck 2018)
• Preventing Alzheimer’s May Be Easier Than You Thought (Low Carb San Diego 2017)
• Brainwashed—The Mainstreaming of Nutritional Mythology (CrossFit Health)
• The Brain Needs Meat: Mental Health Benefits of the Carnivore Diet (CarnivoryCon 2019)

Learn More:

• Food and Mood: Why Nutritional Psychiatry is Attracting Attention (The Irish Times)
• Eat For Your Brain Using These 3 Pillars of Nutritional Psychiatry (MBG Food)
• Nutritional Psychiatry: Is Food the Next Big Frontier in Mental Health Treatment? (MBG Health) 
• 10 Days of Eating Fat For My Mental Health (The Cut)
• Protecting Your Nest (Podcast)
• Psychiatrist Uses Dietary Strategies for Psychiatric Conditions (Food Addiction Institute) 
• Separating Fact From Fiction With Dr. Georgia Ede (Diet Doctor Podcast)
• Food Junkies (Podcast)
• Keto & Mental Health (Keto Life Support Podcast)
• How Diet Impacts Psychiatric Conditions (Intelligent Medicine Podcast)
• Dr. Georgia Ede and Dr. Berry Discuss Meat & Mental Health (YouTube)
• The Shocking Facts of Plant Foods (Peak Human Podcast)