#450 Rewiring Mental Health from the Inside Out with Metabolic Psychiatry
Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
What if your anxiety, brain fog, or mood swings aren’t in your mind... but in your mitochondria?
I know—that sounds wild. But in this jaw-dropping episode of Love, Happiness & Success, I’m talking with Dr. Bret Scher about something that completely changed the way I think about mental health: Metabolic Psychiatry.
We dive into the cutting-edge (but surprisingly old!) science behind mind and energy psychiatry that connects mental health challenges like depression, anxiety, ADHD, and even serious psychiatric conditions with how your body uses energy. Spoiler alert: your brain runs on fuel, and what you eat matters a lot more than we were taught in grad school.
Together, Dr. Scher and I unpack how ketogenic therapy is helping people reclaim their mental clarity, lift mood disorders, and, in some cases, experience complete transformation. If you’ve been “doing the work” and still not feeling like yourself, this conversation might be the missing piece you’ve been searching for.
Timestamps:
00:00 The Link Between Metabolism and Mental Health
01:17 Dr. Brett Scher and Metabolic Psychiatry
02:39 The History and Science Behind Ketogenic Therapy
10:36 Exploring the Ketogenic Diet and Its Benefits
17:59 Implementing a Ketogenic Diet
30:32 Patient Transformations and Success Stories
32:23 Impact of Ketogenic Diet on Mental Health
33:35 Inflammation and Brain Function
34:46 Ketogenic Therapy vs. Traditional Approaches
39:11 GLP-1 Drugs and Metabolic Health
42:42 Implementing Dietary Changes in Families
46:01 Ketogenic Diet for Autism Spectrum Disorders
49:27 Comparing Ketogenic and Plant-Based Diets
52:23 Resources and Final Thoughts
I learned SO much from chatting with Dr. Scher. I hope you did too. If you're ready for a more personalized approach to start feeling like yourself again—clear, focused, calm, and energized—I’d love for you to check out my Clarity & Confidence Coaching. It’s a powerful way to build self-awareness and make meaningful changes in your life while getting expert support and structure from a licensed therapist trained in coaching psychology. You can book a free consultation call to take the next step. We’ll answer all of your questions and help you get started.
And hey, let’s stay connected! You can find me sharing more science-meets-heart insights over on Instagram and YouTube—where I drop fresh content every week to help you grow, thrive, and live your best life.
Xoxo
P.S. If you thought of someone while listening to this—someone who’s been struggling, or who’s always trying to "fix their mindset" but nothing’s working—share this episode with them. It might be exactly the breakthrough they need.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast. |
| 0:09.6 | So what if the real reason you feel anxious, distracted, moody, like you can't focus on anything, |
| 0:16.7 | has nothing to do with your mindset and everything to do with your metabolism? |
| 0:22.6 | Like, you can't talk your way or journal your way out of something that your body is hardwired into. |
| 0:30.7 | In fact, the way you think, feel, and behave is not always psychological. |
| 0:36.8 | It might have more to do with your physiology, like your |
| 0:40.8 | mitochondria. So if you have been working hard on yourself, going to therapy, doing all the things, |
| 0:47.9 | and you're still not feeling better, this conversation with my special guest, Dr. Brett Scher, is going to help you maybe connect |
| 0:56.5 | some of the dots that you have been missing. It sort of runs the spectrum, right, of just |
| 1:01.2 | being able to think better and be crisper with less brain fog to completely reversing and |
| 1:06.9 | putting into remission, schizophrenia, paranoia, bipolar disorder, and everywhere in |
| 1:11.9 | between. So it really is pretty dramatic how the brain can respond to ketones and ketogenic therapy. |
| 1:16.3 | We are talking about metabolic psychiatry, brain energy, and this new theory that is |
| 1:22.9 | revolutionizing our understanding about how to attain not just physical health, but also happiness |
| 1:30.6 | in a very real way. |
| 1:36.8 | Welcome, Dr. Sher. |
| 1:38.5 | Oh, thank you so much. |
| 1:39.7 | It's a pleasure to be here, Lisa. |
| 1:41.3 | It was last year. |
| 1:42.7 | I like to read a lot. |
| 1:43.6 | I read a lot of books. Listen to |
| 1:45.2 | podcasts and came across this book, Brain Energy by Dr. Chris Palmer. And it absolutely blew my mind |
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