Harvard Doctor Chris Palmer Recommends Diet for Mental Disorders | Chris Palmer EP 177

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Mikhaila Peterson

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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In This Episode, I spoke with Dr. Chris Palmer. Dr. Palmer has worked in psychiatry for over 23 years and currently serves as an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He just released n new book “Brain Energy” which outlines the role of ketogenic diets as an effective treatment for mood disorders.

We discussed his background and experience with conventional psychiatry as well as the effectiveness of diet specifically a ketogenic or low-carb diet, for treating the symptoms of mood disorders and their root causes.

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0:00.0	We prescribe medications that pause premature death.
0:04.6	Read the package inserts, it's right there.
0:07.0	The ketogenic diet helps people lose weight,
0:09.7	get rid of their diabetes,
0:11.2	or improve their insulin sensitivity,
0:13.2	lower their risk for cardiovascular disease,
0:16.4	helps them get off of medications,
0:18.9	helps them start functioning in life again.
0:22.4	I really don't give a shit
0:23.6	if their LDL goes up a little.
0:25.4	I just don't.
0:26.4	Anybody who is gonna get worked up
0:28.5	about their LDL going up a little bit
0:31.2	in the context of all of that other stuff
0:34.0	is an absolute positive idiot,
0:37.1	and they are inhumane.
0:38.6	They are inhumane that they would let people suffer
0:41.8	and writhe in mental pain,
0:43.9	and be disabled by their illness
0:46.2	and not offer them an effective treatment.
0:48.5	That is just inhumane.
0:50.1	Dr. Chris Palmer, welcome to my podcast.
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