
Taking a Brain Break with Dr. Chris Palmer
Savage Perspective Podcast
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The Atkins Diet and the Effects on Mental Health
When he was in his 20s, I Was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. And so I had prediabetes high blood pressure uh horrible triglycerides like through the roof over 300 and really low HDL cholesterol Um and I had a bit of a gut so I pretty much had it all. At some point I decided to try Uh, well at that point it was called the Atkins diet in a last ditch effort to try to get better before my doctor forced me on medications. Within three months my metabolic syndrome was gone but the bigger thing that I noticed was Improvement in my mood and energy You know concentration and confidence and my sleep like all of those things got dramatically better. It's just depression
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