
Huberman Lab
Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris Palmer
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21 Nov 2022 · 3h 0m
Nutrition basicsMetabolism & fasting
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My guest this episode is Chris Palmer, M.D. , a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School . He explains the important connection between nutrition, metabolism and mental health and his pioneering work using the ketogenic diet to successfully treat patients with various mental illnesses, including depression and schizophrenia. Dr. Palmer explains how the ketogenic diet is an evidenced-based treatment for epilepsy, mimics the fasted state and can