"There's been this insane proliferation of ultra processed foods. They're always at arms reached today," he says. "What I would argue is that all of those crappy foods are poisoning people's metabolism." The person eating the ultra processed food, same number of calories, is going to gain massive amounts of weight because they are slowing their metabolism by what they're 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.