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Low Carb MD Podcast

The Power of Metabolic Psychiatry | Dr. Matt Bernstein - E428

Low Carb MD Podcast

Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian

Medicine, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Matt Bernstein is a clinical psychiatrist and leading voice in metabolic psychiatry, with 25 years of experience helping people achieve lasting mental health and functional recovery. A Columbia graduate (summa cum laude) and Penn-trained physician, he completed residency at MGH/McLean, where he served as chief resident and later held senior leadership roles. Now Chief Medical Officer at Ellenhorn, he develops innovative, community-based models for mental health care and serves on advisory boards advancing the metabolic psychiatry movement.

In this episode, Drs. Tro and Matthew talk about…

  • (00:00) Intro

  • (02:19) How Dr. Matthew found his way into metabolic psychiatry

  • (05:53) Autoimmune encephalitis

  • (09:59) Psychiatric health and the physical body

  • (14:41) Infectious diseases causing psychiatric diseases

  • (18:25) Psychiatric guidelines

  • (23:04) How Dr. Matthew's clinic approaches the treatment of psychiatric disorders from a metabolic health perspective

  • (26:31) How diet effects the brain

  • (29:00) The most amazing case of disease reversal Dr. Matthew has seen recently

  • (34:22) The data on the effectiveness of metabolic psychiatry and why many psychiatrists currently practicing are resistant to it

  • (37:32) The great work being done to heal people at Accord Mental Health

  • (43:27) Outro and plugs

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Low Carb MD podcast.

0:03.2

No one is beyond help.

0:04.9

No one is beyond hope.

0:07.2

Nothing said on the Low Carb MD podcast is medical advice.

0:11.3

Please consult your own doctor before making any lifestyle changes.

0:20.7

Welcome to the Lowcarb MD podcast. I am here and I'm so excited. Our guest today is truly,

0:30.7

in my opinion, a revolutionary, somebody who's been at the forefront of metabolic and mental health.

0:37.6

And somebody whose own story really moved me when I had the chance to meet him in D.C. several

0:43.5

months back.

0:45.0

We have the pleasure of having Dr. Matt Bernstein here on the podcast.

0:50.2

And I know I just talked with Brian.

0:52.1

He's so upset he couldn't make it when he heard some of the story that he shared with me in D.C.,

0:57.5

which I hope you shared today.

0:59.2

Just a quick background.

1:01.1

Dr. Matt Bernstein is the chief medical officer at Ellenhorn and Accord.

1:09.1

And he's going to tell us about both of those two very important metabolic and

1:15.3

psychiatric practices. He got his MD from UPenn. He did his residency training and psychiatry at

1:24.9

Harvard. And he and I participate in really moving the needle

1:34.0

on metabolic and mental health together on some committees which I think are really, really

1:40.6

super important. And I'm so thankful because guys, he's got a super busy schedule,

1:46.7

but he moves some things around to make it today. So I just want to say how grateful I am to have

1:52.3

him here. And honestly, how curious I am to hear more about his personal story and how he got

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