What If It's Not in Their Head? Connecting Metabolic Health to Your Child's Mental Wellness with Dr. Henna Karna
About this episode
The episode discusses the connection between metabolic health and mental wellness in children, featuring insights from Dr. Henna Karna.
I'm going to be real with you: when my son was in crisis, every doctor I saw handed me a prescription instead of an answer. And I kept thinking, "Has ANYONE actually looked at what's happening inside his body?" That question is exactly what Dr. Henna Karna, mathematician turned AI innovator and Harvard fellow, has spent years trying to answer. Here's what Henna knows that most parents don't: the brain is an organ, and unlike literally every other organ in the body, we treat it with symptom checklists instead of data. Her platform, NeuroVitals, connects metabolic biomarkers, lab work, wearables, and daily mood patterns to give parents and teens a biological picture of mental wellness, not just a label. In this conversation, we get into why dopamine-saturated phones may be stealing your child's ability to produce serotonin, and why social media layered on top of a genetic predisposition can turn a quiet vulnerability into a full-blown crisis. You'll walk away knowing why your gut instinct to dig deeper was right all along, and what you can actually do about it today. FOR FULL SHOW NOTES & TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, GO TO: badmompodcast.com/henna KEY TAKEAWAYS: Why treating…
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