When should somebody then consider the ketogenic diet? So what if you have metabolic illness, but you don't yet have any observable mental health struggles? Should your priority be to get yourself into better into a state of better metabolic health? Yes. That's why what you're doing is so important. And unlike, I kind of want to be diet Switzerland. It's hard. Because you end up pissing off everybody. You do. But at the same time, I'm also not going to stand in the way of somebody who wants to be a vegan or somebody who wanting to be a vegetarian. Some people do really well with keto and sometimes maybe even for life. Would I still
Christopher Palmer, MD, 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 27 years he’s held administrative, educational, research, and clinical roles in psychiatry. His new book, Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More, is out now.