The Genius Life

269: Heal Your Mind, Prevent Dementia, and Unlock Your Brain's Hidden Energy | Christopher Palmer, MD

Dec 28, 2022

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Christopher Palmer

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The Historical Connection Between Diabetes and Mental Illness

01:50

Alzheimer's Disease

03:00

Parkinson's Disease

02:28

Dietary Strategies Can Help You Reclaim Your Metabolic Health

04:19

Introduction

2min

Elements - A Free Sample Pack of My Favorite Electrolytes

4min

Brain Energy - The Unifying Theory of Modern Mental Illness

3min

Is There a Connection Between Type 2 Diabetes and Mental Illness?

3min

Type 2 Diabetes and the Gut Microbiome

2min

Do You Have a Mental Disorder or a Psychiatric Disorder?

5min

How Shaddai Chai Can Revolutionize Your Sleep and Get 15% Off With Code Genius

3min

Type Two Diabetes - What's the Relationship Between Obesity and Diabetes?

5min

Is There a Toxic Diet?

4min

10.

Why I Love Bite Toothpaste

5min

11.

What Are Endocrine Disruptors?

3min

12.

Dietary Strategies Can Help You Reclaim Your Metabolic Health

4min

13.

Ketogenic Diet

6min

14.

Ketogenic Diet for Mental Illness

3min

15.

Schizophrenia

2min

16.

Alzheimer's Disease Causes Dementia

3min

17.

The Ketogenic Diet

3min

18.

Alzheimer's Disease

3min

19.

Is the Ketogenic Diet Necessary for Diabetes?

4min

20.

Is LDL Cholesterol a Risk Factor?

2min

21.

Is There a Drug That Causes the Obesity Epidemic?

2min

22.

Is There a Proliferation of Ultra Processed Foods?

2min

23.

Depression Is the Leading Cause of Disability on the Planet

2min

24.

Is the Ketogenic Diet the Only Way to Get Better Metabolic Health?

5min

25.

Are Vegans and Vegetarians at Double the Risk of Depression?

2min

26.

Is There a Bidirectional Effect on Eating Disorders?

5min

27.

Is It a Predisposition to an Eating Disorder?

2min

28.

I'm Too Skinny for a Man

4min

29.

Are There Any Specific Foods That You Think People Should Consider for Mental Health?

2min

30.

Is Your Mother Suffering to Alzheimer's Disease?

5min

31.

Depression and Alzheimer's Disease Are All Metabolic Brain Disorders

2min

32.

How My Mom Was Diagnosed With Lewy Body Dementia

4min

33.

Symptoms of Depression in a 58 Year Old Woman

4min

34.

Parkinson's Disease

2min

35.

Parkinson's Disease Symptoms

3min

36.

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Disease, and Dietary and Lifestyle Strategies to Mitigate Risk

4min

37.

Is MCT Oil a Ketogenic Therapy?

4min

38.

Diabetes - I'm Not a Big Fan of Ketones as a Monotherapy

2min

39.

How Does Diabetes Affect Longevity?

2min

40.

Brain Energy - What Does It Mean to You?

3min

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.

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