Brain Energy: Keto For Metabolic & Mental Health with Dr. Chris Palmer: Part 1

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

Vanessa Spina

Nutrition, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 795 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Hi friends! Today's episode is Part 1 of 2 with Dr. Chris Palmer. A Harvard psychiatrist conducting neuroscience for 25 years, Dr. Palmer outlines a revolutionary new understanding that for the first time unites our existing knowledge about mental illness within a single framework: Mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain.

He explains this new understanding of mental illness in detail, from symptoms and risk factors to what is happening in brain cells. We discuss ketogenic diets, and cutting edge new science regarding the mitochondria. We also discuss the link between metabolism and every factor known to play a role in mental health, including genetics, inflammation, hormones, neurotransmitters, sleep, stress, and trauma.

In his new book, Brain Energy, Dr. Palmer sheds light on the new treatment pathways this theory opens up—which apply to all mental disorders, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, alcoholism, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, autism, and even schizophrenia. Brain Energy pairs cutting-edge science with practical advice and strategies to help people reclaim their mental health.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina.
0:04.8	Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I am your host, Vanessa, and I am so, so, so, so excited for today's episode. It is all about mental health and the connection between mental health and metabolic health.
0:19.6	And we have Harvard psychiatrist, Dr. Chris Palmer,
0:23.7	joining us today. And he has been presenting an audacious new theory that mental disorders are
0:30.1	actually metabolic disorders of the brain. Now, I find this theory so provocative, so thrilling, so amazing.
0:40.1	I ended up doing two interviews with him, and we did two full hour-long sessions.
0:45.8	So this is part one that you're going to be hearing today, and part two is going to be out
0:49.1	next Monday.
0:50.4	And today's episode is kind of a more gentle introduction.
0:55.1	We talk about his theory that mental disorders are metabolic disorders and the connections
1:00.8	between mental illness and metabolism, metabolic syndrome.
1:06.1	And we actually get quite in depth on the mitochondria and the amazing information and research that
1:13.9	he shares on these two podcasts about mitochondria that totally blew my mind. It was just absolutely
1:20.9	amazing. But I find this issue to be so critically important in our world today, mental health is a source of so much
1:31.6	disconnection, so much unhappiness, so much violent crime. We have to find solutions that we can
1:39.7	really implement. And I think that the work that he's doing is absolutely phenomenal. I love the
1:46.2	book. It's a fantastic read. But on today's episode, we're going to talk about his theory and really
1:51.6	get into the science behind it a little bit more in depth on next week's episode, but we do touch
1:56.9	on it today as well. So again, today is part one of two parts. Part two will be out next week.
2:02.7	And if you know of anyone that you think their life could be potentially changed in a big way
2:06.9	from hearing about this information, please do take a moment out of your day to share it with them.
2:12.9	It could potentially be life-changing information. And I feel so strongly about the amazing work that Dr. Chris
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