Guest: Leslie Korn, PhD MPH

Website: https://drlesliekorn.com/

Squadcast Link: https://squadcast.page.link/G5PR

Bio: Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, specializes in nutritional and integrative medicine for the treatment of depression, anxiety, insomnia PTSD, and chronic digestive problems. She has been in private practice for over 40 years providing over 60,000 hours of clinical care. She was Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School. She was a National Institutes of Health-funded research scientist in mind/body medicine and a Fulbright research scholar in herbal medicine in Mexico. In 1975, she founded the Center for Traditional Medicine, a public health clinic in the jungle of Mexico where she worked for 25 years. She is national board- certified in 2 forms of bodywork, licensed in mental health, a board-certified supervisor and in Functional Nutritional therapy. She teaches courses online about integrative medicine for mental health, diabetes and memory loss. Author of nine books, she has a bilingual telehealth practice. In short, she loves her work, her patients, students, her dogs and the other 2- footed family members she lives with. Her websites are drlesliekorn.com and https://institute.drlesliekorn.com

Description: Join Dr. Raja Sivamani and guest Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH. Leslie specializes in nutritional and integrative medicine. Last week she talked to us about touch therapy. This week we are discussing nutritional therapy for mental health. In this episode, you will learn the correlation between our diet and how it affects our mind. She teaches us how to make healthy substitutions for our diet that will help us relax, lift our mood, and give us more energy. She also explains how therapy should be chosen based on our individual needs depending on what we are struggling with whether it's depression, anxiety, grief, OCD, or something else. Tune in to learn these practical tips on how to improve your mind, body, and overall health.