# E284 - Nutritional Interventions in Psychiatry: Hype vs. Evidence with Dr. Bhagwan Bahroo Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nei-podcast-385769/e284-nutritional-interventions-in-psychiatry-hype-vs-evidence-with-dr-bhagwan-bahroo Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nei-podcast-385769/e284-nutritional-interventions-in-psychiatry-hype-vs-evidence-with-dr-bhagwan-bahroo.md Podcast: [NEI Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nei-podcast-385769) Published: 2026-06-17T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://neiglobal.libsyn.com/e284-nutritional-interventions-in-psychiatry-hype-vs-evidence-with-dr-bhagwan-bahroo Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/neiglobal/Bahroo_A01SD.mp3?dest-id=507143 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nei-podcast-385769/episodes/e284-nutritional-interventions-in-psychiatry-hype-vs-evidence-with-dr-bhagwan-bahroo Duration seconds: 2794 ## Resource In this episode, Dr. Andy Cutler talks with Dr. Bhagwan Bahroo about nutritional interventions in psychiatry, including diet, supplements, metabolic health, inflammation, and the gut-brain axis. They explore where the evidence is strongest, where hype outpaces the data, and how clinicians can discuss nutritional strategies as adjunctive tools without losing focus on core treatments. Bhagwan A. Bahroo , MD , DLFAPA, is a board-certified psychiatrist in adult, addiction, and forensic psychiatry and an Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He has extensive clinical experience at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and has worked in interventional psychiatry, including TMS and esketamine, with an interest in nutrition and its role in mental health. Andrew J. Cutler, MD, is a distinguished psychiatrist and researcher with extensive experience in clinical trials and psychopharmacology. He currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Neuroscience Education Institute and EMA Wellness. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. Fall Congress Get $100 off NEI Fall Congress registration with code POD26. Go to https://nei.global/fal l to sign up today! Never miss an episode! 🎙 SUBSCRIBE to the NEI Podcast – available on all your favorite platforms: https://nei.global/podcast Interested in Psychopharmacology? Learn about the NEI Master Psychopharmacology Program: https://nei.global/mpp Stay updated with email alerts and join our conversations on social . Follow us on: YouTube: https://nei.global/youtube Instagram: https://nei.global/instagram LinkedIn: https://nei.global/linkedin Facebook: https://nei.global/facebook X: https://nei.global/t… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nei-podcast-385769/episodes/e284-nutritional-interventions-in-psychiatry-hype-vs-evidence-with-dr-bhagwan-bahroo/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/nei-podcast-385769/e284-nutritional-interventions-in-psychiatry-hype-vs-evidence-with-dr-bhagwan-bahroo.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.