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This episode explores the connection between metabolism and mental health with a focus on metabolic psychiatry.

What if mental health isn't just about brain chemistry—but also about brain energy? In this episode of The Life Possible Podcast, Dr. John Barnes sits down with Lauren Alston-Close, a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, to explore the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry and the growing connection between metabolism, nutrition, and mental health. Together, they discuss how blood sugar regulation, inflammation, mitochondrial function, and metabolic health may influence anxiety, dep...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. John Barnes

Guest: Lauren Alston-Close

Topics covered

• metabolism
• mental health
• nutrition
• blood sugar regulation
• inflammation
• mitochondrial function

Keywords

• metabolism
• mental health
• nutrition
• blood sugar
• inflammation
• anxiety
• mitochondrial function

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Organizations: Life Possible Podcast, metabolic psychiatry

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