Keto Diet Specialist: What The Keto Diet Is Really Doing To Your Body! Can It Cure 43% Of Mental Illnesses? The Truth About The Keto Diet!

Could the secret to better mental health be on your plate? Dr Georgia Ede explains how the right diet can profoundly impact your mental well-being  

 Dr Georgia Ede is a Harvard trained psychiatrist specialising in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. She is the author of the book, ‘Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A powerful plan to improve mood, overcome anxiety and protect memory for a lifetime of optimal mental health’. 

In this conversation, Dr Georgia and Steven discuss topics such as, how the keto diet impacts mental health, the importance of balanced insulin levels, the link between keto and weight loss, and the secret to staying on the keto diet. 

00:00 Intro

02:12 What Do You Do?

02:31 Is Metabolic Psychiatry a New Term?

03:48 Why Is the Ketogenic Diet at the Heart of Your Work?

04:51 What's Your Academic Experience?

05:48 What Does Practicing Psychiatry Involve?

06:18 When Did Nutrition Become Part of Your Career?

07:49 Social Component of Mental Illnesses

09:57 The Eureka Moment

17:00 Adapting Diet to Personal Needs

19:05 Fundamental Principles of a Healthy Diet: Nourish, Protect, Energize

21:56 Diet Personalization: Trial and Error

25:22 What Is the Ketogenic Diet?

27:15 What Does the Ketogenic Diet Do to the Brain?

29:53 Impact of the Ketogenic Diet on Refractory Mental Illnesses

34:17 Calorie Restriction

35:31 Alternative Ways of Lowering Insulin Levels

37:37 Why Is the Ketogenic Diet Difficult to Sustain?

41:26 Keto-Adaptation or Keto-Flu

45:37 Misconceptions About the Foods Included in the Ketogenic Diet

47:05 Is Ketosis a State?

50:57 Getting Into Ketosis

53:44 Connection Between Food and Neurodivergent Disorders

56:06 Why Are Dietary Modifications Not Commonly Prescribed to Alleviate Symptoms of ADHD?

57:56 Are ADHD Medications Helpful in Some Cases?

1:02:52 Research on the Link Between Ketogenic Diet and ADHD

1:04:04 Could ADHD Lead to Diabetes?

1:09:33 Benefits of Ketogenic Diet for People With Food Addiction

1:13:50 Depression, Anxiety, and ADHD - Case Study

1:21:08 Carnivore Diet

1:22:19 Do We Need Fiber?

1:25:50 Is the Carnivore Diet Sustainable Without Supplementation?

1:29:33 Why Does the Ketogenic Diet Help With Losing Weight?

1:35:09 What Part of Your Work Overlays With Psychology?

1:37:12 How Do You Approach Challenges With Adopting the Ketogenic Diet?

1:40:23 Ketogenic Diet's Role in Reducing Anxiety

1:43:23 Question From the Previous Guest

1:45:29 What Would You Say Someone On Their Death Bed?

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