Sugar Is Breaking Our Brains and Poisoning Our Mitochondria with Dr. Chris Palmer (Rebroadcast)

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 126 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, Lifeforce, and Armra Colostrum. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, we are resharing one of our top episodes to date with Harvard psychologist Dr. Chris Palmer. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Palmer dive into a new way of understanding and treating mental illness. Dr. Palmer shares the research that uses a ketogenic diet to restore mitochondrial function in the brain. He also discusses the shortfalls of the chemical imbalance theory and the conventional medicine approach to treating mental illness and so much more. Dr. Palmer weaves in inspiring stories of himself and his patients who have been able to overcome mental illness and regain their independence by addressing functional imbalances at the source. Dr. Palmer is a psychiatrist and researcher working at the interface of metabolism and mental health. He is the Director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. For over 25 years, he has held leadership roles in psychiatric education, conducted research, and worked with people who have treatment-resistant mental illnesses. He has been pioneering the use of the medical ketogenic diet in the treatment of psychiatric disorders through conducting research, treating patients, writing, and speaking around the world on this topic. More broadly, he is interested in the roles of metabolism and metabolic interventions on brain health. In this episode, we dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): -The number-one driver of mental health disorders today (1:49 / 1:49) -The role metabolism plays when it comes to mental health disorders ( 2:45 / 2:45) -The patient who changed the way Dr. Palmer treats mental illness (7:25 / 4:30) -The long-term outcomes of using medical interventions for depression (18:12 / 15:23) -Dr. Palmer’s personal history with mental illness and what he noticed after making changes to his diet (22:44 / 20:00) -The role mitochondria play in mental disorders (52:46 / 49:45 ) -The causes of mitochondrial dysfunction (58:44 / 55:42) -Pharmaceutical drugs and mitochondrial dysfunction (1:14:05 / 1:09:51) -Understanding the current treatment model of mental health disorders (1:20:56 / 1:17:23) -How to address metabolic health to improve mental disorders (1:29:25 / 1:25:26) For more on Dr. Chris Palmer, visit his website, chrispalmermd.com. Get his book, Brain Energy, here. Cozy Earth are the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and non-toxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code DHRU. Lifeforce is a revolutionary new health platform that’s changing the game when it comes to personalized performance and longevity-based action plans. Right now, get 15% off your first purchase at Mylifeforce.com with code DHRU. ARMRA Colostrum is a proprietary concentrate of bovine colostrum that harnesses over 400 living bioactive nutrients. Receive 15% off your first order. Go to tryarmra.com/DHRU or enter DHRU to get 15% off your first order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mental disorders are actually metabolic disorders of the brain, and it is not a coincidence that as the rates of obesity and diabetes are skyrocketing, so too are the rates of mental disorders, all the way from anxiety to depression to bipolar disorder and even autism.
0:18.0	Welcome to the Druproid Podcast. Each week we explore the inner workings of the brain and the body with one of the brightest minds and wellness, medicine and mindset.
0:26.0	This week's guest is Dr. Chris Palmer. Dr. Palmer is a psychiatrist and researcher working at the interface of metabolism and mental health.
0:36.0	At his clinic, he is showcasing and has collected hundreds of case studies of individuals who have reversed PTSD, depression, bipolar disorder and even things like hardcore schizophrenia using his methodology.
0:52.0	Dr. Palmer is the director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
1:02.0	For 25 years, he has held leadership roles in psychiatric education, conducted research and worked with people who have treatment, resistant mental illness.
1:12.0	He's been the biggest pioneer of using a medical ketogenic diet in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, conducting research in this area, treating patients, writing and speaking around the world in this topic.
1:24.0	More broadly, he's interested in the roles of metabolism and metabolic interventions on brain health.
1:30.0	If you're curious on how to get to the root of our mental health crisis using the powerful tools of diet and lifestyle today's episode is absolutely for you.
1:42.0	Stay tuned.
1:44.0	Dr. Chris Palmer, welcome to the podcast. It's a pleasure to have you here. I'm going to jump right in and ask you a big picture question which I'd love your take on.
1:53.0	In your opinion, what is the number one driver of mental disorders today that is directly related to how we're living in our modern age?
2:05.0	I think the biggest problem is that mental disorders are actually metabolic disorders of the brain.
2:14.0	And as most people know, mental disorders are an escalating crisis throughout the world. They are now the leading cause of disability and it is not a coincidence that is the rates of obesity and diabetes are skyrocketing.
2:27.0	So too are the rates of mental disorders all the way from anxiety to depression to bipolar disorder and even autism.
2:35.0	So the same things if I'm understanding correctly that are making us fatter and sicker as a society are also driving mental disorders.
2:46.0	Absolutely.
2:48.0	So talk about metabolism. What is its role when it comes to mental disorders? Give us a little bit of a background.
2:56.0	You know, a lot of people have a simplistic view of metabolism and I don't.
3:02.0	So a lot of people think about metabolism as burning calories and it relates to how much people weigh.
3:10.0	But if you have a high metabolism, you're going to be skinny, no matter how much you eat and if you have a low metabolism, you're probably going to be fat, no matter how little you eat.
3:19.0	And there's no doubt that metabolism relates to burning calories and how much we weigh, but metabolism is much, much more than that.
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