"Mental Health Experts Were Wrong!" - Scary Link Between Lifestyle & Mental Illness | Chris Palmer
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My guest today has spent his entire career, trying to understand mental illness. What’s really causing it - and how can we better manage it.
Dr Chris Palmer is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital, Massachusetts. In today’s episode, he shares some of the profound insights he's gained over almost 30 years as an academic psychiatrist. He combines years of clinical, neuroscience and metabolic studies into one unifying idea: that mental disorders are not caused by a chemical imbalance. Instead, they are metabolic disorders of the brain, caused by dysfunction in our mitochondria.
It’s a theory that connects physical, mental and emotional health, and it’s the topic of his excellent new book, Brain Energy. Chris doesn’t deny the roles trauma, psychological and social factors can play in poor mental health. But he explains the link between these factors and our metabolism, and how diet and lifestyle interventions can help. Excitingly, Chris explains that making changes to our diet and lifestyle actually offer far more hope for long-term remission than existing treatments, which generally aim to only reduce symptoms.
As Chris reveals, his own experience with trauma and mental illness is what drives him to try and help millions of people around the world who are still suffering. Chris is advocating for a transformation in the way we view and treat mental health. And, if that happens, it won’t just help ease an epidemic of depression, anxiety and other conditions - it also has the potential to address all of the chronic diseases that are underpinned by metabolic dysfunction.
Chris is knowledgeable, passionate and articulate. I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with him and I hope you enjoy listening.
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This was a particularly powerful episode Rangan! Hopefully, you got the soundbites to help you challenge your children's teachers re screen homework 😂
you are indian origin, please make a detailed video about the traditional milk black TEA, its long term usage benefits or side effects, debunk all.. in detail please
@codeofethics1 I love milky black tea - but think my insides must be colour of tea stain 😂
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@@jenrich111I love the combination of black spicy & green tea with THICK milk to wake me up anytime of the day😂😂😂😂😂😂.
My psychiatrist told me that I needed antidepressants the way a diabetic needs insulin. I wised up and slowly tapered off my latest antidepressant over four years ago. I don't have depression.
I believe that most mental or emotional illness is caused by normal responses to unusual or traumatic conditions.
Mental illness can also be due to malnutrition. Gut health is number one. Check out Dr. Georgia Ede
Antidepressants, like other neurotoxic drugs - cause Disassociation!
@marilynharrington9821
You've got a point there. Wow, have you got a point !
I don't see how I could not be depressed and anxious and exhausted, for example, like so many people like me, given what my life has been and is, if I may so myself. So many of us are in that case, so many.
That's all.
It certainly doesn't make things easier and I hope we find ways to be supported, and healed better and faster but so far, the only thing that works for me is mindfulness practice, come hell or high water, even lying in bed with a cat on my head.
It's a long term practice.
I recommend it.
A dissimulating simile and fraud - to corral you as a cash cow!
Yes - the practice of mindfulness, staying with your cathexis!@@jcm5171
Those who are watching this.. Kindly save this in your mind" an abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal" read it twice.. You are not a patient.. You are a human being.. I like this 😍😍😍
I'd say it's a normal reaction to abnormal circumstances. These people aren't abnormal but their circumstances have been.
You are so right!!!
Here's another great quotation for you from George Carlin: "They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking...They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shitty jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it".
I don't need to read it twice, that's not how anything works.
The primary reason for widespread unhappiness is our mismatch with modern life. Spending long hours confined in offices, staring at screens, and pretending to like our bosses is unnatural. Being subject to the control of wealthy individuals dictating what we can do with our bodies adds to the disconnect. Our diets, filled with sugary and unhealthy foods, diverge from what our bodies need. While medicine and vaccines have improved, our basic instincts struggle to adapt to this modern lifestyle, leaving many feeling purposeless. We've essentially become small parts in a big, impersonal machine, leading to a sense of dissatisfaction.
Most vaccines are absolute poison
This 💯. It's hard even if you try hard af
Some people have kind bosses. We can’t generalize and think only negatively. And we shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
Our disconnection with la pacha mama.
Spot on
Dr. Palmer saved my life. I suffer from bipolar disorder and I don't react to meds. After watching him in the Huberman Lab I started the Keto diet and it changed my life. I can't be more thankful ❤
And funny enough, I don't eat meat (although I eat fish, eggs and cheese)
I’m so happy for you. There is nothing in this world, worse than mental anguish. Had many illnesses but this, was nothing I could explain simply. It’s all day everyday consuming your mind actions, life’s decisions, physical health and emotional ties to others in your family. It’s devastating to tell a person to breathe when they have no lungs. It’s the same to tell a person to thrive happily in the world and the very took to give them their feelings to project them forward, pulls them down and hurts them in quick sand. It is not accepted, tolerated, understood by your closest loving family members. It’s a stigma attached to a very long past. We not evolved as much in brain malfunctioning as we have heart, lung, etc. I beg anyone reading or listening to this, please know, this is pure hell on earth. Nobody choose to have your thoughts drive you into non existent living
I second that.
May I ask how long did it take for you to notice improvements or changes? Did you find it difficult to stick to the diet? (And if you found anything to make that easier?) Where did you source your diet instructions and recipes from?
I’m very interested to try for my treatment resistant depression, anxiety and cPTSD. I’ve also got ADHD and ME/CFS (from COVID).
@@lilmissjoodypoody Hi! I felt slightly better after 2 weeks. The amazing difference happened slowly and it was very clear 10 weeks after starting.
I went to a local doctor that uses the keto diet for several types of illnesses. It's been really easy to stick to the diet, just be careful with electrolytes, I need a supplement on a daily basis although not everyone needs it
I saw a nutritionist in the mid 80’s for depression and Epstein Barr virus who told me to stay away from dairy , sugar and gluten products .. revolutionary .. turns out he was also a psychiatrist who realized that nutrition played a BIG role in helping his patients reduce or eliminate depression and anxiety and fatigue .. interesting ! I see it working in myself 🙏
I also have Epstein Barr and it is imperative to take care of my immune system to make sure it stays in remission or it can cause me to have psychosis relapses (I have bipolar disorder) and everytime I've had severe episodes I've also had a relapse of EBV.
EBV and geaves disease. What you put in your mouth becomes human. I wish a doctor told me this instead of meditating me. This made me worst giving me a nervous breakdown at 16.
Is an anti-depressant pill a mood disoriëntasie stabiliser?
As far asI know my depressief is causedby the lupus outo immuun disorder that I inherited frommel dad, who was not diagnosed but had photosensitivity.
@@LR-yu3mxDiet should help. Keep a food log and a symptom flare up log on the opposite page. Many toxins can cause or worsen lupus. People have developed lupus after getting tatoos that can use toxic inks.
Look at the food they give in hospitals, in treatment facilities, in govt run group homes! It's infuriating! And they tell these mentally ill people there are no cures!
Psychiatric drugs themselves can cause or worsen mental health problems.
Yes, I was astounded to learn that when I saw him on an interview for the first time last year, I think it was his with Mikaela Peterson. That anti depressants and anti anxiety meds can lead to schizophrenia and bipolar?!? What in the world??
have not seen any data indicating that at all. Not good to scare ppl who need those meds to not live in friggin terror ,or die! @@Julia29853
Disease-like Labeling is adolescent usurpation! @@Julia29853
SSRIs destroy your gut microbiome balance. You know, the place in the body that produces 90% of your body's serotonin. Think about it, people.
I know people with mental illnesses. I know why too many people who are just alcoholics without the drugs and alcohol. They get away with being fully grown children because they are abusing socially acceptable drugs. I might be mean here.
The problem is that the medical system doesn't really want to know what causes mental illness (that might be true somewhat) but how they can PROFIT off of the solution first. Because lifestyle changes doesn't put money in big pharma's pocket.
Yep!
Yes, doesn't keep private practice psychology clinics profitable either.
100000000%
Absolutely. I totally agree. When you talk to people you find out that many suffer from childhood trauma. They never get the support to get past this, because drugs = big profit.
Greed is the real mental health problem at the expense of others. People I know that are on Mental health drugs have had all human rights taken away. They can be sectioned at a drop of a hat. Locked in hospital for months. Used as a lab rat. Totally heartbreaking.
@@ButterflyLullabyLtd Getting past childhood trauma is difficult. It´s not like the doctors don´t want to help. Yeh, there are good and bad doctors, not that many people care about their jobs, whatever it is. But mainly, they just don´t have the right tools from the very beginning. They learn something at uni and try to use it. As shown here, we still don´t know much about mental health.
The system works the way it works because yeh, majority of people don´t care but thier own gain, which is sort of natural. And because life is too short to aim for long-term pisitives maybe :).
i've been vegan for more than 20 years with lots of mental issues ... i eat mostly meat beef now and all those problems that doctors and medication could not fix just went away .
There is a fascinating book called “the vegetarian myth” by Lierre Kieth whose health was severely compromised by a vegetarian diet.
@@CAEO416 thank you
Glad you were able to sort out your issues. It’s so hard with all the conflicting info to make the right choice.
I believe in the “keep it simple stupid” KISS mantra. From choice of vehicle, and diet going back thousands of years.
I look at how sick our First Nations people are here in Australia 🇦🇺 and look at the pictures the way they were and that told me the answer.
We think we are so advanced.
Ha, they had it right in so many ways before we came along.
Great to hear another success story.
Sus
Beef is a Carnivore diet .I also eat fish every 4 days ...the omega 3's help the brain.
You nailed it!When I quit sugar and carbohydrates a few years ago, I was well on my way to early dementia. My old hypoglycemic self would panic if I was 20 minutes late to eat a plate of comfort food, only to be hungry 20 minutes post meal.Now I can skip meals without anxiety, my memory has massively improved!
There does seem to be a link between dementia and diabetes, some researchers think dementia should be classified as diabetes type III. Well done to you for seeing some early signs and taking action.
You probably have nailed it - the human condition is naturally hunter gatherer, and becoming agricultural societies, humans have no worries about the next meal, and eat too much of the same wrong stuff. Our natural state is the balance between hunger and the triumph of finding food of many varieties that will keep us satisfied for a while.
Do you use anything as a sweetener now? I know I need to let go of sugar. I love sweet drinks, and they make up most of my calories. I've gotten to where I get nauseous at the thought of most savory food. I have moments where I crave hot, cooked, savory food. But most of the time I want cereal, oatmeal, malto meal, ice cream, sherbert. All sweets. No protein, no vitamins. I do LOVE fruit! Again- sweet. But I don't mix my fruit with sweets. I like whole, fresh fruit. My favorite food ever is watermelon! ❤ I worry about trying to let go of sugar when it's all my stomach seems to want. I hate being nauseous and my stomach gets queezy when I try to eat good food. 😢
@@roxannerodriguez7075hit up some booch buddy.
I’m loving the kombucha lately. It’s cạch a good Replacment for sweet drinks and also alcoholic drinks.
Zero sugar, good bacteria, delicious.
Remedy is the best brand imo
Exactly!
I've more or less resolved my anxiety and depression, at least 90%, by first improving diet and lifestyle, which supported me to address traumas from my early life, which has reinforced the diet and lifestyle changes. Discovering nutritional psychiatry was a game changer.
What did you change?
@@mariellaertl8355 What didn't I? 😅 Removed all processed food. Added more walking, gardening, and other, mostly light, exercise. Mediation. Breath work. Sleep hygiene. Deleted all social media off of my phone/dramatically reduced screen time. More outdoor time, including sleeping outdoors when possible, and thus more exposure to heat, cold, natural light, etc., to which the body adjusts just fine if allowed to. Sauna. Consuming at least 30 different plants a week and ideally 100+ grams of fiber a day from whole foods, but at least 50 grams on a bad day, all to support microbiome health and to get the broadest range of phytochemicals. Track all food intake for a month or so and make sure that every nutrient target is being hit; adjust diet if it isn't. Most calories from vegetables and fruits with the rest coming from legumes and whole, intact, unground, unshelled grains (wheat berries, oat groats, amaranth, quinoa, brown rice, sorghum, hominy, etc. versus flour, bread, cereal, oat meal, etc.) Supplement vitamins B12 and D; all other nutrition from whole foods if possible. Supplement L-glutathione for known heavy metal exposures. Drink only water or plain teas or black coffee (optionally with turmeric and other spices.) Lots of freshly ground spices (lots of pre-ground spices contain heavy metals and other adulterants, so I only use whole spices and grind at much as will fit in a coffee grinder at a time... and bulk spices are relatively inexpensive at Asian and other international markets, so apply liberally.) Regular fasting; either time restricted feeding or extended 2-5 day fasts. Consuming more long form content (books, podcasts, audiobooks) rather than short content like Shorts or TikTok or general social media content. And, of course, concurrent with all of that, using tools from psychotherapy and ancient spirituality to identify and reprogram long-standing trauma patterns, eliminate negative self-talk, cut toxic and abusive people out of my life, etc.
It's important to acknowledge that all of this is practice, and the point of practice is to get better, not to be perfect, so scheduling time for less healthy foods that will actually be fully enjoyed (instead of shamefully enjoyed), and cutting some slack when dalliances happen in general, are all part of better overall adherence. I allow myself one cheat meal/unhealthy snack a week, and initially lived for it, but now I mostly skip it, or have much better quality cheat meals, because I feel so much noticeably worse after eating sugar or processed food. Low quality cheat meals also tended to incite binges, which I didn't beat myself up for because that's exactly the effect I expected those foods to have on me. And all of this was after years of practicing all of these things and falling off the bandwagon again and again. Eventually I had enough practice and motivation to stick with it, because I finally wanted to feel better than I did. Hitting rock bottom helps, but is theoretically optional. The first thing is to know that you can feel better. The second is to want to feel better. Actually want it, not just want to want it. Baby steps. Practice one thing until you can't and move onto the next. Eventually it gets easier to stick to things, and if you stick to them long enough they become habitual.
Yes, please do share. I would be grateful.
@@1bluegreen2 Shared the broad strokes in the comment above yours.
nutritional psychiatry anyone you recommend who carries this out?
Brain, gut and body. It’s all connected. I’m glad psychologist and psychiatrists are finally making the connection!
Well, not all of them are! But these two, definitely and thank goodness.
I knew about the ketogenic diet for epilepsy and told my Ecuadorian neighbours about it. This was around ten years ago. Their daughter was seriously learning disabled and would have epileptic episodes around two or three times a week which required days of hospitalisation. Within days she improved and some months would go by with no hospitalisations and even no epileptic episodes. A couple of years later a specialist consultant told my neighbour ketogenic diet trial for epilepsy. My neighbour was able to tell the consultant in her very limited and broken English that the reason that her daughter's epilepsy had improved so much was this diet which they had been doing with no official medical help or medications.
We just have to take health into our own hands. I've done that all my life and am now still very healthy, never took meds, never was in the hospital. I am almost 80.
wow...in some cultures, after a passing of a loved one, the family go on a fast. Interesting perspective of overcoming trauma.
Suffering with allergy my whole life, getting hormone cremes etc. In my early twenties I decided to go to an alternative therapist. Got a two month diet and all allegies dissapear. When I told my doctor, he denied the result, he said it was in no way correlated. Its so sad people suffer unnessasary.
Would love to hear the specifics - thx!
Can I ask what the diet is? I've been suffering from chronic urticaria for about 10 years now. Scratch test showed nothing I'm allergic to.
@@tannsolo sure, sorry for late reply. It was acktually quiet simple. Its easier to say what to leave out, and this is just for two month.
The no-go’s (two month diet):
1. Tomatoes
2. All diary products (instead you can use goat or sheep products: butter, milk, cheese etc.)
3. No white sugar (sweets of all kinds, instead you can eat Dark chokolate 80% with coconut suger and replace sugar in food with coconut sugar).
4.Citrus fruits (grape, orange, lemon)
5. Eggs
I went for homeopathy and accupuncture, this is where I got the diet. She also did three accupuncture treatments. All in all, small sacrifice for amazing benefit 🦋.
Hope you can use my answer
@@westcoastlass please see answer below 🙂
@@love-u-first Thank you! Are you on this diet for life now?
I am shocked by the term "brain disorder". When you've been EMOTIONALLY devastated by a profound tragedy, especially of the magnitude which you're used in your example, 6 months is a drop in the bucket. I've been widowed for 34 years and I still feel the loss on my anniversary. Many people who are widowed, especially when its a violent death and/or more than one death, some spouses end up living on the streets because they can't handle the pain.
That would not really be a brain disorder. Bad events that happen are natural and people should get upset about those experiences. There should not be a time limit on mourning loss of someone. You can mourn the loss of loved ones forever and it should not be considered a “disorder”….
I’m very sorry for your loss ❤
Correct ❤❤❤❤
@@ififallithurtslea4170trauma is the perceived loss or event. It definitely alters the brain to a disordered state. For some they can recover fairly quickly. For others who experience profound trauma, or repetitive traumatic events, it 100% can negatively alter the brain into a disordered state.
The maority of not just regular folks but also the med community have no idea that trauma and emotional damage is actually a type of brain injury because the very situation (trauma etc) will begin to rewire your brain in a different way resulting from the trauma to attempt to cope but doesn't hence the "injury". It can be healed with the right kind of healthcare attendance, but I will say it's very rare but Palmer and med pros like him can get it done.
I’m so grateful that you’re guest today is able to be constructively critical of the mental health treatments, and be openly honest about not having all the answers. So many times I see professionals in their field being arrogant and defensive instead of trying to approach the situation with humility. This was refreshing. Thank you
Sadly, an elderly friend of mine became so disillusioned w/the inadequacy AND spin dry mentality within Western Medicine regarding physical & mental health that she is no longer fully open & honest in sharing her symptoms. Her one experience w/being 51-50'd over 20 years ago was so upsetting that she is now very guarded when talking about her depression & C-PTSD. Her treatment experiences for both physical & mental health range from humorous to abusive & traumatizing.
She is also quick to appreciate those in the medical field who ARE awake, listen, have a kind heart & acknowledge what's lacking in much of Western medical care
He is Doctor Chris Palmer - I think he is amazing x
I spoke to the Erie County Mental Health Director about what was effectively being done to people - and I got blazing indignation!
It's best to prepare a Health Status report for a doctor or log it onto the tablet his staffer hands you!@@merriebrown4089
Just try a bunch of pills... at different times...horses***!
Self-care step #1 cut out toxic so-called friends and family. Take care of yourself!
OR stop the self engrandizing and accept people how they are and just have appropriate relationships with them.
When everyone else is your problem the real issue is you.
Believing things that are not true and/or not accepting things that are true is the central cause of mental health
Yea, I'm the person who lost my job and 18 year marriage to depression and no energy. Once I figured out it's the food I ate; processed fast food, the city water from the waste treatment facility that's full of medication from citizens. I shower in this water, brush my teeth, wash clothes in and cook with this water were some of the reasons. I researched and learned I was undermethylated, lacked Magnesium, mitochondria was not regenerating, brain nerve endings were fried and so many other minerals were missing. Therefore, my brain was imbalanced. The gut is tied to brain health! Sad part, my ex husband is now remarried. We saw each other for the first time in 5 years at our daughters graduation. He cried in front of his new wife. He said YOUR BACK.. I MISS YOU.. WHAT HAPPENED..YOU SEEM LIKE YOURSELF. I told him yea, I am back and how I figured it out. He calls me everyday and wants to be in my life, but I told him you need to stay with her. She was there for you when I checked out. So sad, because our kids say he refers to me as my wife this or that 😔 instead of saying your mom this or that.
It's a shame he moved on rather than you both being able to journey the hard stuff together.
I love how you have reclaimed your life in such a wonderful way, all the best for your future. ❤️
Just went through the same thing, wife just left me because of my issues I couldn't resolve. Still on the road to recovery currently though.
❤️
I was depressed for years, so I thought.
Discovered a site a few weeks ago saying 66 percent of the world population suffer from low magnesium.
Started taking magnesium chelate 3 weeks ago, I feel fantastic and have been of alcohol as well.
I just didn't want it!!!
Got my friend ( who also suffers depression) been one week and she sounds good, she was also a drinker.
@@user-er4jm1ln8c B vitamins may be helpful for you too. Congrats on the recovery
Thank you so much for this! My stepfather, a respected surgeon, suffered from a stroke and lost in that moment a career he loved and had spent a lifetime to build. Within two weeks of being hospitalized for that stroke, he was given antidepressants. These drugs numbed him and, I'm convinced, stalled his recovery. He should've been allowed to grieve such an important loss. Instead, he was given one sort of drug after another, none of them fixing his very normal depression, each of them sinking him further into helplessness. He lost any interest in working to recover. I could give you several more stories like this just from among my family and friends. Please, keep spreading the word.
How his he now
@@tomsale5142 He's no longer living. He remained in a helpless state for 12 years, cared for by my mother.
I am Sorry. My father also suffered a stroke 6 months ago. He was extremely depressed and anxious for the First 4 months. He was literally mourning his old self, an author, respected Man of the community, involved in politics, people came to him for advice. Then he couldnt read anymore, had aphasia and Lost half his vision on both eyes. He would used the past tense when speaking about himself, as If his life was over. It was horrible . There is evidence an antidepressant POST stroke helps in the rehabilitation.
Psychiatrists are so caught up in their rationales - that they know not what they do!
Imagine if my insurance company rewarded me for being a healthy 70 year old because I don’t tap the system in any way. I take no meds and rarely see a typical doctor because I know they are completely uninformed about metabolic health. I want my money back!!
Especially these day's we have to be our own Dr, be invested in ourselves
@@marynehra502 Been doing that all my life. Dr. of my own body and the bodies of my whole family. They still seek my council even as grownups with many degrees. I am almost 80.
It is so discouraging, especially when you may have a genuine emergency and need that particular type of help. Not to mention, the mere thought of going into a hospital for any sort of treatment gives me severe anxiety!
I totally agree with you. I am going on 80 and have not been to a dr. in almost 30yrs. consequently I take no meds ever, not even aspirin etc. NOTHING. I take one shot of my own herb Bitters q. night, eat 90% carnivore, spend hours in the sun, go for a walk almost every day, do some exercised, have a loving family, I'm all set!
I quit seeing doctors seven years ago. In June, the Government started garnishing 180.00 from my Social Security to pay for Obamacare Medicare. I did the paperwork to stop it, but they are still taking it, and I'm barely hanging in. They have now found another way to make us sick.
I just love how this doctor is talking... his manner of speaking. Makes me feel relaxed.
Same!
I think someone has a crush 😅
Lol, I just asked why gays have their own manner of speaking!
Lol, I just asked how g@ys developed their own manner of speaking!
That’s hilarious. I had an immediate reaction to his inclusion in a certain social group that was off-putting.
I find it very encouraging that a traditionally trained mental health worker, like Dr. Palmer is coming to the conclusion that there might be a complete system in the body that we have to deal with and balance in order to make symptoms disappear… It was this lack of understanding in our western medical systems that drew me into studying and practicing Ayurveda and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine).
Yuck to the “traditional Chinese medicine”! Lots of animal cruelty there which also doesn’t do a thing for my mental health.
What a lovely, kind compassionate, educated, balanced man. A pleasure to watch and listen to.
I can remember when i was about 20 years old (im fourty two now) i was prescribed tablets to increase serotonin, after being diagnosed with depression. The doctor told me i had an imbalance, but even back then i thought they really haven't got a clue what theyre talking about. I took the tablets for a few days and stopped. I believed the reason i was depressed wasn't due to a chemical imbalance, but all the other issues un my life. I decided to try and tackle them myself.
14 days after trauma is considered a mental health patient!! It took me 2 years after a very traumatic incident. I never wanted antidepressants as I felt I needed to adjust to my new way of living and I have
Mental health in this country is a disaster!
It's ridiculous. Many times a funeral can't be scheduled within 2 weeks of a death, but the DSM says you should be perfectly fine by then and shouldn't be grieving.
Disease-like Labeling, neurotoxic drugs/ECT and making sad people into cash cows!@@ruthhorowitz7625
@@ruthhorowitz7625which country?
@@Boppip us
I'm about 30 years living with schizophrenia . I'm currently 10 months on a ketogenic diet..... , first low carb/high Fat and then Carnivore .I'd recommend keto or carnivore because they help physical and mental health to a significant degree.
are you still on meds though?
Awesome keep going!
My brother has epilepsy and anxiety/depression, ADHD, history of anger issues. He started the keto diet recently and it has greatly improved his life. I’ve never seen him so mentally stable and healthy.
@@Catturtlelover3000seams ADHD brings epilepsy my father has it I have add Asperger's fybromyalgia so seams all related Dr lenz
@@tomsale5142 I agree completely
I was a hospital pharmacist for 25 years. Early on, I realized that medical care was far too focused on excessive drug therapies. It's often a lazy alternative to seeking a holistic approach to wellness. I suspect that pharmacists in general are skeptical of prescribing habits. Psychopharmacotherapy in particular appeared to be an area of random prescribing for random diagnoses. I rely primarily on a holistic approach for my own health (diet, exercise, sleep, etc.). A ketogenic style of eating (along with intermittent fasting) has long been a practice of mine. Mitochondrial/metabolic theories of disease origin appeal to me. Societal/interpersonal environments are also clearly linked to physical and mental wellbeing.
how to control cholesterol on keto?
When my narcisstic family cult system coupled with being ostracized at work almost leading me to suicide a shrink out me on Xanax. Within three weeks I was totally addicted. I fired him, flushed that crap down the loo and went no contact and healed
Great Video! I agree diet is crucial for brain health. Sadly it doesn’t work for everyone. In my case I had to disconnect from people that bring me down. I got to the point I wanted to run away from everyone. Social Media overload is also bad for mental health! I refuse to blame my anxiety on my parents. I enjoyed this episode. Very helpful!
Try carnivore just for a month or two and see if it makes a difference in your thinking. Dr. Georgia Ede.
Consider that if you don’t lay any blame on your parents you may take all the blame on yourself. I have seen people become healthier when they make a honest appraisal of how their parents fell short for whatever reason.
We live in a post scarcity society. Before people didn’t have time to sit around and have an existential crisis, they were just trying to survive. Also we spend our money on hedonistic activities, eating McDonald’s, drinking alcohol, cigarettes etc which contribute to pleasure but not happiness. on top of all that people with severe mental health issues probably would not have survived. That is why a higher percentage of people have mental health issues today.
I believe you are on to truth there!
Processed food is killing us but slow enough that we don’t realize it. Totally stopped drinking soda.
The cleaner I eat, the better I feel physically and mentally.
When I stopped eating sugar, my joint inflammation went away.
The way I quit sugar was by starting my day with fresh lemon water. My cravings for sugar went away and I lost 40 pounds in six weeks.
My food choices changed on their own once my system was alkaline instead of acid.
I also got myself off Zoloft and blood thinners and stopped going to my doctors.
That was about 3 years ago and I look much younger than my age of 73.
Thinking about being a carnivore but I Love Caesar salads!
Ya ain't got the full story.
All natural things are cures, including natural white sugar.
I support the studies of Dr. Robert Atkins pertaining to his own continuation of the Dr. Yudkin (of the UK) studies where ketogenic diets help many functions return to normal.
THE SECRET:
Note that ultimately we HAVE TO FOLLOW the natural SEASONS OF HARVEST and FALLOW (or sometines fallow is replaced by crop rotation farming) in order to access the TRUE ANSWER, which is a COMBINATION of:
ROTATIONAL ketogenic diets, ROTATIONAL fasting and according to the innovative Dr. Atkins, ROTATIONAL ALL-CARBS DIETS as well.
Just follow the natural seasons of crop harvest, supplemented by carnivorism, which males need more than females due to the requirement to nourish male muscle structures. These must all be natural, and not lab-grown meat.
(Let thy food be thy medicine. - Hippocrates, Father of Medicine)
Then, afterwards, according to Atkins, all physical and mental health maladies shall be cured, not merely "treated".
On PROCESSED FOOD:
Most processed food is harmless and even good for you.
Processed meat with sodium nitrites and sodium nitrates are still natural because the brain requires nitrogen in the form of food nitrites and nitrates, thereby gaining optimum function.
Anything pre-cooked or processed is mostly good and harmless such as flour cheese snacks (like Cheetos or homemade versions), cereals and french fries, burgers, etc. (There are *exceptions* where the flavour or essence has been sucked out of processed / canned vegetables thereby resulting in those being devoid of nutrition and not worth eating. FOOD FLAVOUR is a GOOD GUIDE to harvest timeliness, freshness and nutritional content, in both fresh and canned food. CANNING is a NATURAL PROCESS of preserving excess harvests.)
Sodas and colas (softdrinks) merely contain soda and white sugar, both natural, both good for digestion problems.
Pure white sugar (pure glucose) (identical to the goodness in pure white flour - white sugar and white flour are both good) is the *exact nutritional form needed by the brain* to manufacture brain happiness chemicals such as serotonin and others, and natural pain killers as well. The pharma industry would lose sales in depression drugs and painkillers with a situation whereby are people loading up on carbs alone (such as in the seasonal all-carb harvest times and other scheduled all-carbs rotational diets), including white sugar and white flour, and lots of potatoes baked or fried, which are natural things. FRYING is a NATURAL COOKING METHOD where the nutrition of food is improved with the infusion of fresh oils.
White sugar also goes straight to the brain to aid in critical thinking, the same function also served by food nitrites / food nitrates. This (critical thinking) is NOT what the cabal and world controllers want of the people / masses / sheep-like obedient people / sheeple.
Therefore mainstream media / "they" say nitrites and nitrates and charcoal from burned parts of barbecued meat (barbecue burnt sugar or bbq charcoal is good for digestion) purportedly all "cause cancer".
By the way, CANCER is a HOAX to obtain chemotherapy money / huge chemotherapy commissions *and* DEPOPULATE the world / kill people *at the same time* as gaining money for the doctors. Do you STILL BELIEVE the doctors and scientists who explain that cancer or the causes of cancer is / are real or a scientific fact? If yes, then you are believing secretly PAID doctors and secretly PAID scientists who then PERPETUATE the CANCER HOAX in this world who gain financially from such a deception. Yes, that is quite harsh but the truth nevertheless.
This video is yet another attempt at INCOMPLETE nutritional information, and people are too brainwashed with the credentials of doctors / M.D.'s to ever do research on their own; and likewise NEVER even DARE to REFUTE them, these said "credentialed" M.D.'s. Can YOU fight your own brainwashing, dear people? Perhaps not, right...
Geniuses, including St. Thomas of Aquinas, were and are known to consume sweets in high amounts - this is for optimum brain function, also having the effect of happiness due to the serotonin manufactured from pure carbohydrates.
I REPEAT: The video above is yet another instance of giving people INCOMPLETE nutritional information. There is a compkete lack of the rotational all-carbs diet {according to the natural seasons of harvest or to self-scheduling} in the information he gave here.)
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In summary, you are just mouthing what mainstream media has been saying to brainwash people like you all along (all these decades, from the 70's to the present, WITH VARYING DEGREES OF MISINFORMATION, in order for people NOT to get the FULL-BLOWN TRUTH. For example, white sugar, white flour and soda water are actually medicine too and are GOOD. They are natural too.).
Ya ain't got the full story.
All natural things are cures, including natural white sugar.
I support the studies of Dr. Robert Atkins pertaining to his own continuation of the Dr. Yudkin (of the UK) studies where ketogenic diets help many functions return to normal.
THE SECRET:
Note that ultimately we HAVE TO FOLLOW the natural SEASONS OF HARVEST and FALLOW (or sometines fallow is replaced by crop rotation farming) in order to access the TRUE ANSWER, which is a COMBINATION of:
ROTATIONAL ketogenic diets, ROTATIONAL fasting and according to the innovative Dr. Atkins, ROTATIONAL ALL-CARBS DIETS as well.
Just follow the natural seasons of crop harvest, supplemented by carnivorism, which males need more than females due to the requirement to nourish male muscle structures. These must all be natural, and not lab-grown meat.
(Let thy food be thy medicine. - Hippocrates, Father of Medicine)
Then, afterwards, according to Atkins, all physical and mental health maladies shall be cured, not merely "treated".
On PROCESSED FOOD:
Most processed food is harmless and even good for you.
Processed meat with sodium nitrites and sodium nitrates are still natural because the brain requires nitrogen in the form of food nitrites and nitrates, thereby gaining optimum function.
Anything pre-cooked or processed is mostly good and harmless such as flour cheese snacks (like Cheetos or homemade versions), cereals and french fries, burgers, etc. (There are *exceptions* where the flavour or essence has been sucked out of processed / canned vegetables thereby resulting in those being devoid of nutrition and not worth eating. FOOD FLAVOUR is a GOOD GUIDE to harvest timeliness, freshness and nutritional content, in both fresh and canned food. CANNING is a NATURAL PROCESS of preserving excess harvests.)
Sodas and colas (softdrinks) merely contain soda and white sugar, both natural, both good for digestion problems.
Pure white sugar (pure glucose) (identical to the goodness in pure white flour - white sugar and white flour are both good) is the *exact nutritional form needed by the brain* to manufacture brain happiness chemicals such as serotonin and others, and natural pain killers as well. The pharma industry would lose sales in depression drugs and painkillers with a situation whereby are people loading up on carbs alone (such as in the seasonal all-carb harvest times and other scheduled all-carbs rotational diets), including white sugar and white flour, and lots of potatoes baked or fried, which are natural things. FRYING is a NATURAL COOKING METHOD where the nutrition of food is improved with the infusion of fresh oils.
White sugar also goes straight to the brain to aid in critical thinking, the same function also served by food nitrites / food nitrates. This (critical thinking) is NOT what the cabal and world controllers want of the people / masses / sheep-like obedient people / sheeple.
Therefore mainstream media / "they" say nitrites and nitrates and charcoal from burned parts of barbecued meat (barbecue burnt sugar or bbq charcoal is good for digestion) purportedly all "cause cancer".
By the way, CANCER is a HOAX to obtain chemotherapy money / huge chemotherapy commissions *and* DEPOPULATE the world / kill people *at the same time* as gaining money for the doctors. Do you STILL BELIEVE the doctors and scientists who explain that cancer or the causes of cancer is / are real or a scientific fact? If yes, then you are believing secretly PAID doctors and secretly PAID scientists who then PERPETUATE the CANCER HOAX in this world who gain financially from such a deception. Yes, that is quite harsh but the truth nevertheless.
This video is yet another attempt at INCOMPLETE nutritional information, and people are too brainwashed with the credentials of doctors / M.D.'s to ever do research on their own; and likewise NEVER even DARE to REFUTE them, these said "credentialed" M.D.'s. Can YOU fight your own brainwashing, dear people? Perhaps not, right...
Geniuses, including St. Thomas of Aquinas, were and are known to consume sweets in high amounts - this is for optimum brain function, also having the effect of happiness due to the serotonin manufactured from pure carbohydrates.
I REPEAT: The video above is yet another instance of giving people INCOMPLETE nutritional information. There is a compkete lack of the rotational all-carbs diet {according to the natural seasons of harvest or to self-scheduling} in the information he gave here.)
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In summary, you are just mouthing what mainstream media has been saying to brainwash people like you all along (all these decades, from the 70's to the present, WITH VARYING DEGREES OF MISINFORMATION, in order for people NOT to get the FULL-BLOWN TRUTH. For example, white sugar, white flour and soda water are actually medicine too and are GOOD. They are natural too.).
I process disability claims for the government. I worked in a food bank for a decade. I've had so many conversations around food, exercise, trauma, and mental illness. The doctors I work with are way into pharmaceutical drugs. They hardly ever talk about nutrition. It can be frustrating. Although, some MCs will bring up trauma and nutrition, there really isn't a support to help people with nutrition or exercise as money can be a barrier.
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporesss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac.
He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporesss
Another wonderful interview Chris Palmer!! When will this knowledge ever go mainstream?? How long before holding back metabolic information for mental illness , diabetes, etc will be considered malpractice?
This is such a basic, inexpensive answer to our broken medical systems. We need to give our collective heads a shake.
You hit the nail on the head . Inexpensive . That’s the reason we don’t hear about it. Too much money to be made by the treatments - big pharma plus supply chain z it’s massive .
Bailouts for the insurance and drug companies!@@Teach.Experience.Dance-Vicky
"It is no measure of good health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society"
KRISHNAMURTI
exactly
Absolutely 💗
Writing that down to share. Thank You !
@chinkshink2165 So sorry for your loss. 😔 Losing someone to suicide can be devastating for those left behind. Thank you for sharing. It's a perfect quote for those who are failed by a broken system. Sending kind thoughts.
@@Breca You're welcome
Have genetic (4 generations) depression -- after 30 years on Zoloft SSRi , realised in the end it was the people I was in a relationship with that were causing it. The last one ( a narcissist - told everyone they were anti psychotic - actually he was the cause I rose above my trouble - I had great delight in telling him I no longer needed them. Been off meds for 3 years , coping with anxiety from time to time. I have spent alot of time on my own , better food , better sleep and removed myself from life. I actually feel alot better. But now my younger son is on them coping with the death of his older brother and loss of his marriage. During this rough patch I I went to a psych, and told her I was just going down the rabbit hole coping with life. I gave her Alice in Wonderland book to show were I was at. A pill doesn't change much - taking multivitamins now ! I have spent too much of my life being depressed. I hope my son is proud of me now.
Being on your own is different to being alone & I have adopted this lately, it is helping along with lifestyle changes, having no external dialogue to listen to you can concentrate on yourself & try & cope/heal
@@marynehra502 Thank you
God heal you both of these terrible losses. I'm sure he is proud of you...
@@rosalvabooksllc354 Thank you for your kindness, much appreciated
There could be a genetic predisposition, but when it comes to mental health, you cannot rule out generational trauma and family dynamics. Those four generations of people raised each other and taught each other the same habits that lead to mental health problems generation after generation. I am a geneticist, and even I would not presume that's genetic, knowing what I know now.
I’ve workout since I was young however drastically changing my diet and ditching the alcohol, adding in meditation has made a huge impact on my anxiety over the past two years in the best way. I have to say what we eat can heal or hurt you. This podcast was very informal. Thank you for all of this ❤️
Totally agree with all of this and I’m glad it works well for you. Much better life for you.
I don’t like how some doctors mish mash mental health and mental illness. I know I need medication and I’m troubled with these conversations, particularly how he talks about trauma and Doris.
Read his book- Brain Energy- it was good.
Chris is a beautiful human being and an excellent physician and researcher. Reading his book changed my life ❤
Me too.x
I tried to ask him about all the side effects or dropout associated to his keto treatment (from research papers) and he blocked me.. yeah, maybe he might be a nice man, but only wants to spin his own narrative, and is high on his fame.. he only changed his mind about this topic because a billionaire's son forced him to try something different.. I believe metabolic dysfunction is correct, but he doesn't understand the fundamental mechanisms behind that.. he just wants to push a 100 year old treatment that happens to suit the theory..
In my opinion coming from a background in esoteric psychology is that depression stems from lack of connection to one’s soul and a barren connection with spirit. Schizophrenia is stemming from the ego running from inner stillness and rejecting traumatic imprints from childhood wounding that can’t be shut out and are never addressed
Most mental health is the agony of not knowing how to connect to The Source of Creation and Being at one with The One … this is what brings deep inner peace and purpose 🙏🏽
I've struggled with depression most of my life and later bipolar disorder but I have always had a fantastic metabolism. I know I'm just one person BUT mental illness is very real.
This year I gave alcohol. I am also someone that is lean and exercises and eats very little sugar. I still get depressed despite all the lifestyle changes. I think a lot of people would love for the solution to be simple and down to the individual but unfortunately it is a lot more complex.
Really isnt difficult. Lion diet till well. Then carnivore. Then doing well you can do ketocarnivore.
There's a lot of happy people who are not on Keto type diet and there's been people who have gone on a keto type diet and ended up with improved physical and mental health. I gave up diary it made zero difference
I eat healthy which probably does make a difference to my mental health. Positive relationships, purpose, being free from physical pain, not being debt, so many things can make a positive difference to your mental health and feeling of wellbeing. Is complex and needs a bespoke approach to each and every person. Anxiety depression is in my family, Eton healthy it's always been important to me.
Working on yourself is key ❤❤
Did you ever check out Dr. Georgia Ede?
Eat beef. Eat fat.
Literally is that easy. Give it time. 90 days. But you should see benefits within 1-2 weeks.
Prepare for the possibility of things getting worse in the first few days - your body is shocked with real nutrition.
@@luchiayoung100,000,000%
I think mental health professionals overlook the bigger picture - society is really dysfunctional. It’s easier to pinpoint personal issues, and prescribe accordingly than deal with the overwhelming and overarching problems of society at large - gun violence, racism, toxic capitalism, alienation, etc, etc. It doesn’t help that those in power ignore these issues. The US suffers from a lack of compassion and overall safety.
They don't "ignore", they fuel the issues keeping us sick.
He's on the right track. It's all about maximizing metabolic function.
Went from suicidal to living my best life by eating liver, more ruminate meat, cold showers, creatine mono, exercise, plenty sunlight, and persisting in my endeavors. Thats it. No pills or psychotherapy.
Your success begins and ends with optimising what is best for your body
I think there are many levels of depression & it will be different for each individual,some people that are severely mentally impaired don't have the where with all to do anything, they don't even eat/wash/get out of bed, it is different for everyone as are the causes, mushroom studies when they have been allowed have remarkable results which is directly opposing big pharma so have never been allowed to become mainstream
yep, sooo many ppl, especially over mid 30's, don't get adequate nutrition! Liver is so loaded w/ the right stuff!!!
Every mental health professional needs to watch this. Thank you for sharing.
THANK YOU! This is absolutely brilliant! It is so refreshing and comforting to hear this! I am a Mental health nurse and struggle with the entire field! It is highly frustrating!
We need huge changes in practice towards this way of thinking ❤❤❤
It feels like an entire sea change is beginning to swell, in my opinion. Long overdue in psychiatry.
My
Dr. Georgia Ede is someone you want to look up.
My father died 22 years ago, and immediately my mother went on antidepressants and never went off them. She uses them now to “not feel” anything and ignore the hard things in life. I hate it when meds are abused.
It's hard to get on them and hard to get off them often. That's been my experience. Dulls all emotions not just negative emotions but also wonder, joy, curiosity, longing, and creativity. Perhaps an SSRI helped me through a difficult time once i survived the initial adjustment to brain chemistry being screwed up, but so glad i got off.
@@jodydavison33how long did you use them for until you got off them? And what did you do too feel normal afterwards
@@mooseloose123moose3 I was on an SSRI twice, for a chronic pain condition. The psychiatrist said the medication wasn't helping my chronic pain, so I quit taking it and tried exercise, dietary supplements with some positive effect. Later on, another physician said I should try an SSRI again for chronic pain and I agreed to try it again. He was a good doctor but not a psychiatrist. I stayed on it for maybe a couple years and felt pretty numb and blah. I just looked at the bottle one day and said to myself, what am I doing to my brain? My PCP agreed I could slowly taper off. I decided to listen to my body if it was telling me I had pain, there must be a reason. It worked. I used logic, found effective therapies for my arthritis and chronic pain, and used a sugar free low carb diet recommended by an endocrinologist. Doing well over 20 years later.
Dr Rangan, my world is a better place with you in it. My mum keeps pushing me to take medication but i've always known that wasn't the right path for me to battle my imbalance. Thank you for increasing my clarity on this subject at a time when i'm desperately looking for my own solution. You're one of my earth angels!
I can't say it enough - look up Dr. Georgia Ede.
I was on powerful tricyclic antidepressants when I was a teen and in my 20s. I had so many side effects! I added in several servings of fruits and vegetables daily and became a happy person. Now, 25 years later, I’ve never had a depressed day. I eat 5 servings of fruit and veggies a day, sourdough bread, beans, yogurt, pickled veggies. I’m happy, content, clear headed, mentally focused. I tried keto and felt like crap. I think fruits & (lots of) veggies are key to feeling better.
We are so complex. This brings hope and encouragement.... definitely worth sharing with people who need more help than 'just pills'.
I’ve had low level depression for years and anxiety I’ve found that intense aerobic exercise has helped me a lot. I’m a 71 year old male..however serious mental health issues will require more treatment I believe. Try the exercise..it’s worked for me..also over the last 30 years spiritual teachings have helped too to give some meaning to life.
Excercise is key to coping for many people I know, think we have to try other options before going on the meds that can really dumb you down & often in the end it's the reason they stop taking them
Chris Palmer's work changed my life! Thanks to you both for spreading these treatments
Virginia Woolf , who has been famously labeled bipolar, actually details very clearly that she was never the same after being raped by her stepbrothers. In detail she explains the cause and its effect on her life.
Oh my God! I never knew that. Poor woman. How does one ever fully recover from such trauma? I think you can intellectualize it but the gut emotions will always remain😢
@@HappyLife-wv5msI’m a childhood SA victim. Truthfully you never really get over it. Lots of therapy, somatic processing. Meditation. Journaling.
@@Catturtlelover3000 Me too and I’m glad you said we never really get over it. I’ve met so many people who’ve said to me “that happened so long ago can’t you move on?” Coming from people who don’t understand what trauma really is and what it does to you.
@@FatLittleBirdtheThird it causes a lot of “permanent” nervous system dysfunction. We can try to heal as much as we can but it’s a process that constantly requires reminding the body that it is safe in the present moment
It's infuriating. I've had several people say to me, "I know 'this' is because of 'that'" Whether it was an autoimmune disease, etc. It is such bullshit. So angry...one diagnosis after another.
I love how the message to patients with mental health disorders is “we can’t help you” and “you need to do this range of actions-different from another doctor’s directions- to fix this”. Beyond taking hope away from people it gives more ammunition to people who are disasters without meds and whose paranoia makes them not want to take their meds. Ask anyone with a relative with severe mental health issues if they were better on or off their meds.
_You are what you eat._ - so true.
I'm not "depressed" I just have such a demanding and exhausting life, lone parent, long hours, heavy physical job, low energy, 6 months of depression now and admittedly - a terrible diet. Grabbing sweet snacks for convenience as I'm too tired from work to cook from scratch, low energy, lack of incentive, motivation, excercise, etc. I was really underweight in summer, since my workload increased I've put on 2 stone but not in healthy weight, just fat and bloat, I'm only 9st but unfit, out of shape and so low in mood. I read about the benefits of keto years ago and this podcast has blown me away.
I think you will find cutting out sugar, dairy and grain in addition to adding 6 servings of non starchy plants per day will really help. Batch preparation of vegetables on the weekend can be a good strategy. Raw carrots are digested differently than cooked and don't send sugar soaring. Canned salmon on a green salad with a bit of live saurkraut is a good place to start.
There's also the sociological/societal component as well which I'm so surprised that NOBODY seems to be discussing. The high cost of housing all over the globe which has forced MANY people to live in their vehicles and that includes those with full-time jobs. The welfare/social assistance issue is another global issue. The WEF and their motto of "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy" is being born out around the world. The sociological issues are showing up as incredible stress and depression. This is a collective issue not an independant one. Too ignore the bigger picture is foolish.
We are not evolved for the society we are living in, at all, and people wonder why people are getting ill...
The insecurity could be a factor in causing anxiety? If only we could fix society and situate people within a healthier environment.
Let’s Go Brandon
"Wonderful! There are no words to describe what I felt watching the episode and reading the book (I read it all over the weekend!). I am a psychologist, and a significant part of my work was already related to lifestyle changes, which for many people is sufficient (physical activity, quality sleep, nutrient-rich diet, sunlight,). But now, even more... I am very excited! The world needs to know this, especially about all these connections between various diagnoses. I no longer used diagnoses, as they lack validity and reliability, and my approach is third-generation cognitive-behavioral therapies, but now I am even more confident."
Did you ever listen to Dr. Georgia Ede? Check her out.
Thanks for putting together the harm trauma causes us along with mitochondrial damage related to dietary habits and imbalances. The body indeed is an entire system. You can’t fix one part without impacting the rest. Chris Palmer is brilliant. Excellent interview!
Dr Christopher Palmer's work has been so helpful for me. I spent 5 months in an eating disorder unit, but after I came out I relapsed as the underlying issues were never addressed. Going on a ketogenic diet helped manage my debilitating IBS, stopped my panic attacks (which I found were due to reactive hypoglycemia) and helped me get to a healthy weight. Many people who went to the same ED unit have either died or relapsed, and I hope that the knowledge in this video will be used to treat all kinds of mental illnesses in future.
I'm also slightly on the autistic spectrum, and I think that neurodivergent people may benefit even more from this information as it can sometimes be difficult for us to differentiate emotions from bodily reactions/pain. For example, I only discovered that my panic attacks were linked to low blood sugar when I was in the ED unit (where they would test our blood sugar levels), and can't always tell the difference between nausea/hunger/negative emotions. It was difficult for me to start the diet but after I got into a routine I found that the diet helped me regulate emotions.
One of my sisters recently died by suicide and the other has been sectioned multiple times, and although I've been grieving, having a diet that doesn't exacerbate low mood has helped me to keep going and support my loved ones.
Sorry to hear about the loss of your sister. I am also reactive hypoglycemic, have been on a sugar free low carb diet 16 years now. Best thing I have ever done.
There is a website called pecan bread which is for parents of autistic children. They were using the Specific Carbohydrate Diet to help the symptoms of their autistic children. It was originally developed for Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis but was discovered to also help with autism. It is a type of ketogenic diet.
Do you have hypomobility with your autism I have Asperger's diagnosed this year at 43 with your pain do you have fybromyalgia
@@tomsale5142No, I was tired a lot when I had an eating disorder but I think that's pretty common when your body is under so much stress. I hope you find some relief
@@musicalconnie6216 thankyou not easy ime on ldn though helps IBS muscle pain doesn't seam to
This is so interesting. I have several traumatic memories from early childhood that I will never forget where I felt my life was under threat. I'm in therapy and I also have chronic fatigue, depression and anxiety and other chronic issues. I have never had a doctor recommend a ketogenic diet. I wish they would have support with a nutritionist and life coach because you are so impaired it's challenging to change patterns.
Emily/, my spouse suffered horrible child abuse nearly killed - he got depression, anxiety then bipolar. 3 years ago we started eating low carb, low or no sugar, meat, IF, high fat. He's a different man now. Kind, brilliant, changing diet, lifestyle really works🌷.
I’m deeply grateful that this is being freely discussed. We’re on a path of healing for mental illness ❤
Chris Palmer saved my life ❤
What an utterly remarkable interview! Everyone should hear this as we all know people who have serious health issues or are on the verge ourselves. Groundbreaking! Life saving. Thank you!!!!
This sounds very sensible. I noticed the only daily diet coke drinkers were obese during my teaching career.
My 8 nieces and nephews are not fat and all were given water to drink when thirsty and all benefited from their grandpa's massive vege patch and orchard and homecooked food . Fizzy drinks icecream and cake were for birthdays and other celebrations not regular fare. The previous generation in the family had quite a bit of obesity and this is associated with daily consumption of yeast buns scones biscuits and cake . Great Grandpa was a Baker!
I have done the odd whole month of no sugar or water only as a drink ( charity fund raisers) and I always lose weight sleep better when I do.
This needs to be seen & heard around the world 🌎
We need so many more aware doctors like Dr Rangan and his guest.. Compassion is the best medicine but a broader awareness is so needed. Thank you for spreading these different perspectives 💗
Also most are grieving or going through anticipatory grieving and a lot of things can be fixed and healed without pills.. socializing.. talking to them deeply.. nature.. love.. real friendships.. going out.. working out.. doing your passions and being creative.. music.. meditation.. vitamins/ electrolytes.. drinking tea to fight gut bacteria.. etc..
I am thankful to hear you use the phrase "anticipatory grieving" . This can be a draining part of a history of trauma.
Whıch electrolytes ?
So many gold nuggets tied to the need for root cause analysis and a comprehensive look that takes into account all facets that can affect many diseases. Having lost my youngest brother in February of this year at age 58 who suffered from alcholism, bipolar, schizophrenia, heart disease and many other ailments, this information connected so many dots. Thank you, Chris and Dr. Chatterjee for the enlightening, transparent, and informative conversation!
Most mental illnesses are symptoms of unaddressed childhood trauma like abuse and neglect. Medications can help to suppress the symptoms but only learning to grieve the losses and have love and compassion for the traumatized inner child can help.
My mom is manic depressed. It sucks . I pray she finds help.
This is the most important video i have come across which confirms so many questions i have already had in dealing with my own adhd, bipolar, atopic dermatitis and gut inflammation. Thank you so much for this, i will share it to all i know
This is truly heartening. Excellent guest choice. It's such a pleasure and relief to know that there is hope for change and more receptivity in this field to effect change. Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much, Rangan, for all your work and dedication. I love your videos and interviews. Thank you to Dr. Chris Palmer for this very moving interview ❤❤❤
This is the best video I ever watched. Both professional are so honest and openly willing to learn from each other. Thank you.
Very interesting, informative and brilliant! one of the best interviews so far! Dr. Palmer is very generous with his knowledge! Thank you very much, doctors! 🙏
Age old model in psychiatry (1940s) is Kaplans "BIO PSYCHO SOCIAL" model, now replaced by medical model emphasizing pills rather than integrative approach, including diet.
It is not replaced it runs a long side the medical model. I’m a qualified healthcare professional.
I'm a Nutritional Therapist and am going back to University to study Nutritional Psychology. This guest, is one of the BEST doctors I've listened to or read. Thanks so much for interviewing him! Everyone,.. EVERYONE should listen to this cast!👍🥰
Bravo! Not only love this episode,but am going to watch it again, every word is worth listening and even learning❤
A silent emergency: The rise in suicides among UK doctors
Faced with high-pressure workloads, bullying and poor support structures, medics are at least twice as likely to die by suicide than the general population. The system, the structure, needs to change, doesn't it?
And the system requires they poison their patients
Neurotoxic drugs!@@maplenook
Accountant run Health Care!
They're basically trained drug pushers. More of them are realising they're not really able to help people, let alone heal them.
REAL great conversation and explination of content as it progressed. Top Knatch! Thank you!
Absolutely love Chris Palmer,thank you for this!!! I wondered if you had thought of breaking these things into 3 seperate podcasts of an hour? Almost 3 hours non stop feels overwhelming to listen to and know which parts of what I want to listen to that day. Not just you, several do these long podcasts and it is hard to be able to extract what you need from it. I know you do short videos of 10 minutes.
You can watch it a little at a time, its easy to do.
I was going to do that today, but this was so interesting I watched the whole thing at once!
Such a great informative discussion. Thankyou to you both.
Massively informative podcast! Great examples and easy to understand scientific references. Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you 🙏 Dr. Rangan, your content is priceless.
Thank you. Just a truly amazing interview. We need more people to hear this and take action.
In the early 70’s I moved to Miami. I was so allergic to mold I could not get out of bed. Found an elderly allergy doctor that really helped. One of the things he told me was how important diet is to all problems. He felt that over 50% of people in mental health care were there because of bad diet. What they were being feed makes them worse. I am clean and green organic protein diet and have few problems.
Well done, this is actuals groundbreaking. Your best podcast!
Just amazing interview and discussion. So much invaluble science that on an individual level we can implement. I just love your passion and work Dr Rangan, thankyou...
Thank you both for this wonderful conversation. May this knowledge go „mainstream“ ASAP.
It’s all about trauma. Comprehensive treatment is key.
You can have a wonderful life but still have mental illness.
@@lizmorgan6099maybe it's the toxins on the planet now to
That’s what addiction commentators say.
Thank you both for actually caring about people in a system that tries to force doctors to treat them as numbers.❤
I really enjoyed this talk session and really like this doctor in the interview. Insightful and wise , equipped with research, cases and knowledge also with passion and empathy to help patients as a doctor.
what a wonderful video! Thank you for your efforts and great work! ❤
Excellent Dr. Rangan you are pulling together many branches of knowledge and giving a wider perspective to the whole thing. Dr. Chris also has wide perspective but you help to make it explicit.
Brilliant episode!
Was waiting for Chris Palmer to come on here. Great job Rangan!! 🙌
Amazingly informative and interesting!
Amazing program. Little by little, we're getting closer to understanding brain health. Thx you.
I believe that long term trauma can create metabolic issues. If FROM BIRTH a persons body is filled with cortisol….that HAS to create metabolic changes. It DEVELOPS the metabolic….structure doesn’t it? I mean like it DESIGNS it.
100% sadly we inherit the hand we are dealt. On us to use some of these metabolic strategies to attempt to fix things
Thank you for putting this info out. It is so hard to get this kind of information.
Fantastic. I think a lot of us have wondered about this because we've seen it. It's intuitive.