About this episode

Willy Walker interviews Dr. Chris Palmer about the connection between metabolism, nutrition, and mental health.

Willy sat down with Dr. Chris Palmer, Harvard psychiatrist, researcher, and author of Brain Energy. Dr. Palmer has become one of the leading voices exploring the connection between metabolism, nutrition, and mental health, challenging decades of conventional thinking about psychiatric disorders. He and Willy discussed why mental illnesses may actually be metabolic disorders affecting the brain, the science behind ketogenic therapies and psychiatric recovery, and how lifestyle, stress, sleep, and nutrition can dramatically impact brain health. They also explored what this emerging research could mean for the future treatment of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Willy Walker

Guest: Dr. Chris Palmer

Topics covered

• metabolism
• nutrition
• mental health
• psychiatric disorders
• ketogenic therapies
• brain health

Keywords

• mental illness
• metabolic disorders
• ketogenic diet
• depression
• anxiety
• bipolar disorder
• schizophrenia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard

Books & works: Brain Energy

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