Christopher Palmer, MD | Brain Energy Metabolism & Mental Health | The Metabolic Link Ep. 2

On today's episode of The Metabolic Link, we’re sitting down with Harvard Psychiatrist, Dr. Chris Palmer, to explore the common thread between brain energy metabolism and mental health. In this intimate interview, we dive into how Dr. Palmer became a pioneer in the field of metabolic psychiatry, the role of metabolic therapy in mental health and how its impacted the lives of his patients, and much more. Dr. Palmer is a psychiatrist and researcher working at the interface of metabolism and mental health who has been advocating the use of the medical ketogenic diet in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. This interview was recorded at Metabolic Health Summit in partnership with The Charlie Foundation in May of 2022.
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[@thefisherking78]

We need more docs on this line of thinking

[@MetabolicHealthSummit]

Agreed!

[@KeyTones-]

Thanks-it’s so great to hear Dr. Palmer speak without an annoying interviewer interrupting or steering to their personal agenda

[@terrafarmer48]

I pointed it out numerous times over 15 years... Working as a cook in a hospital with an interest in health and wellness. I was my own guinea pig.

[@carolineknupffer2247]

What a great interview!

[@janie.anndunlap3610]

I heard Your message today God Bless You Dr. I Feel Hope for the First Time

[@marilynroper5739]

Never can hear this often enough!!

[@jackkiperman6866]

This man literally saved my life. In three weeks he cured me COMPLETELY of 25 years of crippling depression with suicidal ideation. If there is any justice in this world, there is a Nobel Prize in Medicine with his name on it just waiting for everyone to realize what this man just discovered. This is not hyperbole. I am living completely free of any sign of depression or mental illness for the first time in my adult life. I had just about given up. I was really close to not being here any more. That was literally three weeks ago. Today I feel like I have a completely new life in a completely different person's mind and body.

[@2a3ylin]

i love that for you omg i teared up. hoping the same happens for me as i start.

[@laiamonros7472]

So thankful to Dr. Palmer!

[@InSync3912]

Brilliant speech! Must be shared by millions! 👏👏👏 And the way Dr. Palmer talks about his dear patients, with almost tears in his eyes, is so heart-warming and inviting us to try keto in a kind way

[@charity1338]

If you listen to the audio of his book, he does get emotional at the end. It’s a beautiful thing to bring hope to people who are suffering.

[@easyhealtheducation]

Already liked and shared (with few 'professor' MDs who believe Keto diet to be dangerous for human health)! Will make a bengali translation of this video (you better give me the permission or else....I will do what I did in case of the other videos I wanted to translate!!). Keep up the good work! Thanks!

[@eleanorsendeavors29]

This is revelatory and revolutionary and gives hope where previously there was very little. I intuitively felt that many people who suffer from more severe mental disorders have shit diets, often coupled with various forms of substance abuse - it makes total sense that "fixing" the body could also fix the mind, as they are inseparable!

[@edwardo737]

What an amazing message! I’m fired up.

[@JoshPerryBMX]

Incredible 🙏🏼💚🙌🏼

[@MetabolicHealthSummit]

Thank you, Josh! We with Dr. Palmer is incredible too!

[@jeanniedevereaux5857]

Brilliant

[@MetabolicHealthSummit]

Thank you for watching this episode!

[@shaestamehta4505]

Superb Dr Palmer very pragmatic talk indeed thank you so much!

[@bijan1316]

hero

[@teriortiz5360]

Wow - this needs to be shared!

[@leticiadefaria2030]

Great, really brilliant! Thank you!

[@MetabolicHealthSummit]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed the episode.

[@leticiadefaria2030]

@Metabolic Health Summit I am looking forward to the next ones!!! 😊

[@trinafalco6785]

Thank you❤

[@sandeepbhasin3302]

Dr. You requested to please upload your videos in translated version/ subtitles of Hindi language in this way you can serve crores of people in India where a majority of population don't understand English.

[@annemcdonald7497]

Just picked up your book going to give it to my doctor when done. Very interesting.

[@miccullen]

Chris is great, and this was SUPER useful, but an actual interview is way easier to listen to than a wall of sound (text) with the one voice.

[@MicheleLHarvey]

It's important to always remember, one can be metabolically unhealthy & be thin at the same time. It's visceral & liver fat which determines metabolic health. Only about 12% of all Americans are metabolically healthy.

[@carolburke5591]

Was he also a diabetic? Recently discovered you speaking with Jordan Peterson. Love to hear what you have to say!

[@mncheng]

What lessons can one take from this without integrating a keto lifestyle? Is that the [only/best] conclusion to understanding better metabolic and mental health? (By the way, thank you Dr. Palmer for your extensive study in this area!)

[@BowenUSA]

It is possible to have the same results without keto. Dr. Will Bulshewitz on the gut microbiome and my favorite, Dr. Zach Bush.

[@BowenUSA]

At the 12 minute mark, he discussed the other factors beyond the diet. It's not just the diet. It's stress reduction, quitting addictions to smoking and alcohol, and dealing with traumas of the past, loneliness, purpose in life.

[@AndreasFroehlich1985]

❤

[@deniav.fonseca7146]

quero ler o livro e saber mais sobre a dieta cetogenica

[@Lipolimtown]

In complete and total anhedonia there is no “I’m addicted to these sweet foods” it’s an inability to enjoy anything, be anywhere…I agree that mental health is initially a metabolic disconnect between the brain and gut, the vagus nerve and HPA axis from trauma, drugs alcohol etc but for some it has progressed into complete vegetabilism, mutism, Avolition, depersonalization and thought disturbances and warping dimensions. Some of these people used to be very hard workers before this onset as Chris mentioned but the negative symptoms put them on a…never ending vacation. I don’t see how a keto diet ALONE would help for this

[@BowenUSA]

He does discuss it as more than diet at minute 14 , etc. loneliness, purpose in life, stress reduction, overcoming addictions, exercise, and balancing lifestyle choices becomes easier when diet is addressed. I'd rather choose constant nourishment than ketosis but I suppose, each their own on that score.

[@TheStreamUrchin1]

perfound

[@suzihazlove4979]

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