Toxins in our diet actually are traveling up that nerve and getting deposited into that specific brain region. That is why you have some people presenting with very clear distinct, you know, symptoms of Parkinson's disease. And those toxins may in fact include things like pesticides and herbicides and other shit that we're all eating.
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.