Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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In this episode, Dr. Bonnie Kaplan shares a statistic that should stop everyone in their tracks: 50% of people will be diagnosed with a mental disorder at some point in their lifetime. When she was a kid in the 1950s, that rate was 1% or less.
As a professor emeritus at the University of Calgary and co-author of The Better Brain, Dr. Kaplan has spent decades researching what went wrong. She shares the case of "Andrew," a 10-year-old with childhood psychosis who recovered on micronutrients when six months of psychiatric care failed…yet his doctor refused to try it with other patients because "it's not part of clinical practice guidelines."
This conversation exposes why nutrition will never make it into those guidelines, why 67% of American children's calories now come from ultra-processed foods, and what you can actually do about it.
Dr. Kaplan's message is both scientifically rigorous and refreshingly simple: eat real food and get rid of the rubbish. I think you’ll enjoy this episode!
This episode was initially released in July 2022
Show Notes:
The problem with studies on vitamins and minerals (03:38)
What MDs don’t know about nutrition and the impact their lack of knowledge has (12:35)
The prevalence of mental disorders (17:41)
Nutrition and mental health issues (22:00)
Why conventional approaches to neurological conditions may not be beneficial (27:22)
The physiological mechanisms that link nutrition to mental health and brain health (30:34)
Treating ADHD, Anxiety, Autism, and Depression with Nutrition (36:11)
Neurotransmitters and mental health (38:44)
The best nutrients for brain health (42:14)
The best food for brain health (48:25)
Why the Mediterranean diet is best for brain health (50:50)
Dr. Kaplan’s top three tips for optimizing brain health (54:30)
💻 Links
Transcript: theenergyblueprint.com/heal-your-brain-with-nutrition-dr-bonnie-kaplan
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Get Dr. Kaplan's book The Better Brain here: thebetterbrainbook.com
In this episode, Dr. Bonnie Kaplan shares a statistic that should stop everyone in their tracks: 50% of people will be diagnosed with a mental disorder at some point in their lifetime. When she was a kid in the 1950s, that rate was 1% or less.
As a professor emeritus at the University of Calgary and co-author of The Better Brain, Dr. Kaplan has spent decades researching what went wrong. She shares the case of "Andrew," a 10-year-old with childhood psychosis who recovered on micronutrients when six months of psychiatric care failed…yet his doctor refused to try it with other patients because "it's not part of clinical practice guidelines."
This conversation exposes why nutrition will never make it into those guidelines, why 67% of American children's calories now come from ultra-processed foods, and what you can actually do about it.
Dr. Kaplan's message is both scientifically rigorous and refreshingly simple: eat real food and get rid of the rubbish. I think you’ll enjoy this episode!
This episode was initially released in July 2022
Show Notes:
The problem with studies on vitamins and minerals (03:38)
What MDs don’t know about nutrition and the impact their lack of knowledge has (12:35)
The prevalence of mental disorders (17:41)
Nutrition and mental health issues (22:00)
Why conventional approaches to neurological conditions may not be beneficial (27:22)
The physiological mechanisms that link nutrition to mental health and brain health (30:34)
Treating ADHD, Anxiety, Autism, and Depression with Nutrition (36:11)
Neurotransmitters and mental health (38:44)
The best nutrients for brain health (42:14)
The best food for brain health (48:25)
Why the Mediterranean diet is best for brain health (50:50)
Dr. Kaplan’s top three tips for optimizing brain health (54:30)
💻 Links
Transcript: theenergyblueprint.com/heal-your-brain-with-nutrition-dr-bonnie-kaplan
▸ TheEnergyBlueprint.com
▸ HumanOptimization.com
📌 Want even more tips? Subscribe to This Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCnQo6oCvS6YuvaablyMT_sw?sub_confirmation=1
👉🏻 Did you enjoy this video? Please share your thoughts and opinions in the comments below - we love hearing from you! Also, I appreciate it when you share these videos with your friends who are interested in boosting their energy and feeling healthy again.
📖 FREE guide to help boost your energy: theenergyblueprint.com/top-science-backed-supplements-for-energy-brain-and-mood
✉️ Business inquiries: support@theenergyblueprint.com
🖥️ Website: TheEnergyBlueprint.com
🖥️ Website: humanoptimization.com
#fatigue #chronicfatiguesyndrome #howtohavemoreenergy
