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Dr. Chris Palmer on How Brain Energy Improves Mental Health EP 216

Passion Struck with John R. Miles

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The Role of Hormones in Metabolic Disorders

A lot of the big hormones are cortisol but thyroid hormone in particular we know that if you have low levels of thyroid hormone you're more likely to develop metabolic disorders and mental disorders. Low thyroid hormone can also is also a risk factor for dementia like Alzheimer's it's also a riskfactor for bipolar and schizophrenia and other disorders insulin insulin appears to be a really important biomarker at least according to some studies. If people have insulin resistance it is a metabolic problem and it means that your cells likely all the cells in your body and brain are likely not getting enough energy they simply don't have enough ATP that is a serious problem. For all of them there are things we can do about these hormones there

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