Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris Palmer
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in threads on metabolism and mental illness, especially keto for psychiatric conditions.
What it is
Andrew Huberman interviews Harvard psychiatrist Chris Palmer about nutrition, metabolism and mental health, including the ketogenic diet as a treatment for depression and schizophrenia.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2022 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Recommends hellectronic · 2024-01 · on “Patients say keto helps with mental illness. Science is racing to understand why”
I heard the podcast from Huberman and Dr. Chris Palmer and they talk about ketosis and mental illness. It was really interesting. [this video]
Cites willhinsa · 2022-12 · on “Ask HN: I have diagnosed ADHD and cannot work with Slack anymore. Advice?”
This episode, right? [this video] Dr. Chris Palmer: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Huberman Lab Podcast #99 > 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 offset the cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s. He describes the key roles of mitochondria in
Cites sriacha · 2024-07 · on “James C. Scott, author of Seeing Like a State, has died”
Now that I think about it a little more, that general idea fits into Scott's framework of the how the constraints of cultivation, specifically that what we cultivate domesticates us in turn. Specifically grain being so calorie dense and pleasurable that we end up becoming beholden to its growth, with significant cost. Look at all the ideas permeating these days about dangers of high carb diets, this book [1] suggesting they make us stupid for example. Or about the link between metabolic disfunction and mental disorders [2] [1] [LINK] [2] [this video]