The Power of Metabolic Psychiatry | Dr. Matt Bernstein - E428
Low Carb MD Podcast
Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian
4.8 • 1.2K 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…
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(00:00) Intro
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(02:19) How Dr. Matthew found his way into metabolic psychiatry
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(05:53) Autoimmune encephalitis
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(09:59) Psychiatric health and the physical body
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(14:41) Infectious diseases causing psychiatric diseases
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(18:25) Psychiatric guidelines
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(23:04) How Dr. Matthew's clinic approaches the treatment of psychiatric disorders from a metabolic health perspective
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(26:31) How diet effects the brain
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(29:00) The most amazing case of disease reversal Dr. Matthew has seen recently
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(34:22) The data on the effectiveness of metabolic psychiatry and why many psychiatrists currently practicing are resistant to it
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(37:32) The great work being done to heal people at Accord Mental Health
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(43:27) Outro and plugs
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Dr. Matt Bernstein:
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Accord Mental Health: https://accordmh.com/
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Ellenhorn: https://www.ellenhorn.com/
Dr. Brian Lenzkes:
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Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
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Website: https://toward.health
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro
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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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