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Brain Energy: Keto For Metabolic & Mental Health with Dr. Chris Palmer: Part 1

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

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The Root Cause of the Rising Rates of Mental Disorders

Chris Palmer: Mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain. He says it is not a coincidence that as rates of obesity and diabetes are skyrocketing in our population, we also see skyrocketing rates of mental disorders. Women who have both obesity and type 2 diabetes are about four times more likely to have an autistic child than women without those conditions. "Metabolic and mental health are inseparable," he says.

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