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The Metabolic Link

Ketogenic Therapy for Mental Illness | Nicole Laurent, LMHC | The Metabolic Link Ep.17

Jun 20, 2023
01:12:10

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Quick takeaways

  • Metabolic psychiatry focuses on treating metabolic dysfunction alongside traditional mental health treatments to improve mental health outcomes.
  • Ketogenic diets can have a profound impact on mental health by improving brain function, mood, and cognitive abilities.

Deep dives

Nicole's Journey to Using Metabolic Therapies

Nicole Lorent, a licensed mental health counselor, discusses her personal experience with chronic pain and her journey to finding relief through metabolic therapies. After experiencing chronic pain and being prescribed various pain medications with limited success, Nicole discovered a neural stimulator that alleviated her pain. However, she was still reliant on pain medication. Nicole eventually found the ketogenic diet, which significantly improved her brain function and mood. She shares the transformative effects of the diet on her own life and how it motivated her to help others in similar situations.

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