41. How Does Physical Health Affect Mental Health? | Dr. Christopher M. Palmer, MD & Gary Brecka

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka

Gary Brecka

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Get weekly tips from Gary Brecka on how to optimize your health and lifestyle routines - go to https://www.theultimatehuman.com/ For more info on Gary, please click here: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/thegarybrecka Order The 1 Genetic Test That Will Give You Results For Life Here: ⁠⁠⁠https://10xhealthnetwork.com/pages/genetic-testing?utm_source=gbrecka⁠⁠ Get The Supplements That Gary Recommends Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://10xhealthnetwork.com/pages/supplements?utm_source=gbrecka Sign up for 10X Health Affiliate Program https://10xhealthsystem.com/GBaffiliate ECHO GO PLUS HYDROGEN WATER BOTTLE http://echowater.com BODY HEALTH - USE CODE ULTIMATE10 for 10% OFF YOUR ORDER https://bodyhealth.com/ultimate Are you struggling with mental health issues that don't seem to be improving with conventional treatments? In this thought-provoking podcast, Gary Brecka interviews Dr. Chris Palmer, MD about his groundbreaking work connecting mental illness to mitochondrial health. Dr. Palmer is the author of, “Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health--and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More.” He shares compelling evidence that mental disorders may actually be metabolic disorders of the brain. He discusses how addressing diet, lifestyle factors, and mitochondrial function through approaches like ketogenic dieting could completely transform the future of psychiatric treatment! 01:00 - Who is Dr. Chris M. Palmer, MD? 03:30 - Why is our country seeing an increase in mental illness? 06:45 - What treatments are already available for people? 08:00 - Is there a link between mental health and obesity? 13:45 - What is the, “Brain Energy Theory?” 15:45 - Does metabolism impact mental disorders? 22:20 - What’s the difference between just feeling feelings and actually having mental disorder? 27:00 - Why do brain cells malfunction? 29:00 - If you’re feeling stuck, where should you start? 33:45 - What motivated Dr. Palmer to study mental illness? 38:00 - Is the ketogenic doet dangerous? How has it been used for epilepsy? 42:30 - How does Gary Brecka’s team use the keto diet? 45:15 - What disorders need to the most help and monitoring? 51:30 - Where is the research going for the future treatments? 59:00 - Is there a one size fits all solution? 01:00:50 - What nutrients should people supplement with? 01:05:00 - What is driving long-covid symptoms? 01:07:20 - Why we should all focus on the basics. 01:09:30 - What is the future of psychiatric treatments? 01:13:15 - Why you should never stop taking medication without consulting your doctor. 01:17:00 - What can we learn about anti-psychotics from chemo-therapy? 01:19:00 - Are pharmaceutical companies incentived to keep you taking medications? 01:23:00 - Hope for the future of supplements and medications. 01:25:00 - What is the economic impact of getting people healthy? Grab Dr. Chris Palmer’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Energy-Revolutionary-Understanding-Health/dp/1637741588 Connect with Dr. Chris Palmer, MD: https://www.chrispalmermd.com/ Connect with Dr. Palmer on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrispalmermd/ Gary Brecka: @garybrecka The Ultimate Human: @ultimatehumanpod Subscribe on YouTube: @ultimatehumanpodcast The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being depressed is not a mental illness.
0:03.2	Being depressed for no good reason is a mental illness.
0:07.2	It's so fascinating to me that you have areas of medicine that think this is somehow not connected to this.
0:13.6	Prior to the pandemic, about 1 billion people on the planet suffered from mental or
0:18.8	substance use disorder.
0:20.8	Almost 50% of Americans said that they were suffering from depression, anxiety, PTSD, or substance
0:28.3	use symptoms.
0:29.8	I get this image of a bicycle wheel with all of these spokes that have all of these
0:35.4	conditions, a d d h a d h hd hd hd mantic depression bipolar all of these conditions
0:39.4	but they all kind of meet at one hub we know too that cancer cells are metabolically sick cells.
0:45.6	There is evidence that it can be turned back into a metabolically healthy cell.
0:50.1	It is tragic because actually the United States has one of the highest rates of antidepressant use in the world. ultimate humans.
1:06.0	Dr. Christopher Palmer is an MD.
1:07.6	He's made significant contributions
1:09.6	in the field of psychiatry.
1:10.8	He focuses on the intersection between metabolic health and mental health.
1:14.8	He has over 25 years of experience as an academic physician.
1:18.3	He holds various roles within the administrative research, educational, and clinic settings primarily at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
1:27.0	Dr. Palmer has been a pioneer in exploring the use of ketogenic diet as a treatment for mental health disorders.
1:33.2	You heard that right.
1:34.3	The ketogenic diet as a treatment for mental health disorders, proposing that many psychiatric
1:39.2	conditions may be metabolic disorders of the brain.
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