Is There a Toxic Diet?

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"It's not like, if we just get rid of high fructose corn syrup, that's got to solve our problem," he says. "If you don't know what the hell all that stuff is, guess what? It's probably really not good for you." The FDA doesn't do a very good job of screening food additives and preservatives; US Department of Agriculture doesn't even do anything with that.

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.