Dr. Christopher Palmer described trying a low-carb ketogenic diet on treatment-resistant depressed patients after noticing his own energy and motivation improved.
He reported it worked for some patients, though not everyone could adhere or respond.
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Psychosis Improved On Ketogenic Diet
Dr. Palmer recounted a schizoaffective patient whose psychosis and depressive symptoms markedly improved within weeks on a ketogenic diet.
The patient regained social function, lost weight, and became far less tormented by symptoms.
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Epilepsy Evidence Supports Psychiatric Use
Palmer noted ketogenic diet's established evidence in epilepsy offers mechanistic plausibility for psychiatric effects.
He connects known neuroscience from epilepsy treatments to potential psychiatric benefits.
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On today's episode of The Metabolic Link podcast, we're sitting down with Harvard Psychiatrist, Christopher Palmer, MD, to explore the common thread between brain energy metabolism and mental health. In this intimate interview, we dive into how Dr. Palmer became a pioneer in the field of metabolic psychiatry, the role of metabolic therapy in mental health and how its impacted the lives of his patients, and much more. Dr. Palmer is a psychiatrist and researcher working at the interface of metabolism and mental health who has been advocating the use of the medical ketogenic diet in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. This interview was recorded at Metabolic Health Summit in partnership with The Charlie Foundation in May of 2022.
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