@bigfatsurprise
We need a new name for UPF's that doesn't include the word: 'food'. We need a constant reminder of what actually IS food and what is 'not food'. UPF's are not food.
@gunsnrosesgirl3
Eating a ketogenic diet which made it easy to cut out alcohol and improve sleep. Also heavy lifting 🏋️♀️ , meditation and getting sunshine directly on the eyes and skin.
@janellison
It is worth noting that the Secretary also halted a study into the use of Clozapine, which is considered to be an effective (rare), but underused antipsychotic medication, and is protective against suicidality.
I am very concerned about continuity of care for the participants
As I read Chapter 3 of "Good Energy", I'm simultaneously thrilled that
@CaseyMeansMD
is not afraid to shine a light on how the medical profession evolved the way it has, and deeply saddened by all the unnecessary loss and suffering we have endured individually and collectively,
Splurging to share ‘Good Energy’ w/ a circle of 10 hoping each will share again. Thrilled that
@CaseyMeansMD
’s book and
@calleymeans
advocacy are bringing a focus on metabolic health to critical mass. ♾️
Grateful to these (and more) pioneers:
@drjasonfung
@bulletproofexec
@CaseyMeansMD
There’s a large community of doctors, biohackers, self-healers and advocates working hard to do just that! I believe your work is bringing the metabolic health movement to a desperately needed tipping point to reach mainstream awareness! 🎇
Worth watching Metabolic Mind's entire interview with Dr. Deanna Kelly -- the ketogenic study was tiny, but a uniquely well controlled study in an ideal setting.
How can we reboot it?
Why Did the Maryland Health Department Halt a Critical Schizophrenia Stu...
@IainCampbellPhD
This is a dramatic development. I support the petition, but I suspect legal action will be necessary.
Research aside, I wonder if the patients can insist on dietary preferences in this setting so that they may continue to receive a ketogenic diet if they choose to do so.
@markeatsmeat
This is a recipe for increased chronic illness and frailty, and all the associated burdens of ‘care’. We really need an official
#metabolichealth
panel of scientists to reach the public outside the bubble. That’s my wish. 🙏
@ChrisPalmerMD
Trick question! My take is that, yes, the person was experiencing a serious illness to which psychiatry has given one of those diagnostic labels. As understanding improves thanks to your work, it will be interesting to see how the labeling might change.
A word from Dr. Deanna Kelly, whose inpatient trial of ketogenic therapy for schizophrenia has been halted by
@MDHealthDept
. If you haven't yet, please sign the petition (linked in post) and contact the Maryland Health Department to challenge its decision.
URGENT: Keep government from closing a landmark clinical trial for schizophrenia
As reported by the
@baltimoresun
yesterday, the Maryland Health Department
@MDHealthDept
, led by Dr. Laura Herrera Scott, has halted the only U.S. inpatient trial on ketogenic therapy for
Must watch conversation between
@dhrupurohit
and
@ChrisPalmerMD
about a wide range of topics, including what alcohol, cannabis, and ultraprocessed foods do to our mitchondria, and how to heal.
Dr. Palmer downplays the ketogenic diet at the beginning, but near the end, describes
@KetoCounselor
A silver lining to this dark cloud is that 775 psychiatrists have publicly taken a stand in favor of studying the ketogenic diet as a treatment for schizophrenia. This is something to build upon.
Join Metabolic Mind's director
@bschermd
at this year's
@APApsychiatric
meeting in New York City! Don't miss out on his talk with Stanford's
@ShebaniMD
& Mayo Clinic's Dr. Mark Frye about
#ketogenictherapy
.
Register to attend in person or virtually:
@psychharm
I have friends who love their Lexapro but have been drinking like fish since they started taking it. Another has developed a fiendish cannabis habit.
#MHC2024
session: Nicole Laurent
@KetoCounselor
in conversation with
@shashiiyengar
&
@theirasahay
!
Sharing insights on Mental Health and using Ketogenic Diet as therapeutic piece of the treatment!
# Nutrition should be the first line of treatment for mental disorders &
@drjanaway
That healing is possible. That mental health is metabolic health. That restoring robust metabolic health conveys physical, mental, emotional resilience to navigate life’s joys and sorrows from a strong foundation. It can happen quickly or might take a longer time, but benefits
One of the most informative interviews with
@GeorgiaEdeMD
yet -- and that is saying something! One to bookmark.
Unlocking the Connection: Diet & Depression with Dr. Ede via
@YouTube
Highly recommended for parents. How I wish I’d had
@GeorgiaEdeMD
‘s book as a young mom when I was mystified and arduously challenged to identify what triggered one son’s wild symptoms. The knowledge about food and our body’s ability to use it – or not – that Dr. Ede imparts is a
I so appreciate
@drmarkhyman
's tireless efforts.
Although, how powerful would it be to see an army of food-informed doctors educating government leaders -and challenging vested interests - rather than a lone soldier?
It's not too late to join forces. We can ALL make our
Thank you to all of you who have helped support the Food Fix Campaign mission! Your support is why I’m able to go to Washington, D.C. to educate our country’s leading decision makers and advocate for real change to our broken food system. The Food Fix Campaign is driving the
In a world where everything from depression to eating disorders to schizophrenia are being reversed using metabolic interventions, with the ketogenic diet being the strongest lever, it's very hard for me to understand why every person connected with the field of
#psychiatry
is
Today's the day! Excited to start 'Good Energy' by
@CaseyMeansMD
with
@calleymeans
- sure to help so many people understand and prioritize
#metabolichealth
transforming lives in the process! 👏
An open letter (video) to all organizations and individuals supporting or treating anyone living with schizophrenia or other chronic mental health conditions.
Happy World Schizophrenia Day! We owe this to every person living with mental illness.
I plan to get outside to enjoy the 4th! 🇺🇸 But first..
What better way to celebrate our freedom than to challenge a government entity to do better?
If you have:
✅Signed the petition
✅Written to Secretary Herrera Scott
Then it's time to contact Governor Wes Moore.
1⃣
@drjanaway
I think it would be v beneficial for as many MH professionals as possible to listen closely to individuals who have put their illnesses into remission, to let them explain how they did it, and what their b/f, during, and after psychiatric, psychological, and social-emotional
@ChrisPalmerMD
I don’t get the sense that many prescribing doctors think about medication in these terms or know how to navigate this important reality.
@iam_emilyanne
My diet was good, not great, growing up. I developed an eating disorder after I quit gymnastics -- I've always attributed it to that. However, I remember now that at the same point in time I also started drinking canned soda with caffeine + artificial sweetener, so I wonder what
@MitoPsychoBio
It seems a problem with relying so heavily on medication to treat health issues, is that we don't have good information about how any given medication impacts REM and deep sleep.
How can we work together to change this dynamic:
Psychiatry: You must try and fail two meds before you can try the newer, expensive, potentially less awful medication
Also psychiatry: Don't try keto, it might not work
#metabolismfirst
#metabolichealth
#brainenergy
@MichaelAlbertMD
He no doubt realized plenty of benefits during the 2 yrs in ketosis. Lots of people not only do well w/ keto, but reverse conditions nothing else has helped. When he developed these fairly minor issues, he safely made a change. Is your view that eating ‘everything in moderation’,
@KenDBerryMD
We seriously, desperately need a new med school. From the ground up. One medical school that is centered on metabolic health - would not be hard to get high profile endorsements and attract talented students who want to help people, no doubt as most of today’s doctors did when
Stress and Psychiatric Disorders: The Role of Mitochondria
"Converging lines of evidence indicate that mitochondria play a key role in the biological embedding of adversity."
#BrainEnergy
@gunsnrosesgirl3
Metabolic interventions - especially a ketogenic diet 🥓but also meditation 🧘🏻♀️
temperature exposure ❄️☀️ resistance training 🏋️♀️ and managing exposure to artificial light 💡 🤓
Eye opening to see some charged protestations to Layne having carelessly referred to epilepsy as a mental disorder.
My loved one had partial seizures as a child and experienced psychosis as a young adult. Neither experience was voluntary.
But it seems that while epilepsy no
New study shows the ketogenic diet cures Schizophrenia & Bipolar disorder? 🤔🤔🤔
This is a CLASSIC example of influencers drawing ridiculous conclusions from a study that was not designed appropriately to support the claim they are making 🤡
A new study (PMID: 38547601)
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It's also ALS and Huntington's Disease Awareness Month. In that spirit, here's a link to
@drmclphillips
's talk, 'Neurodegenerative Disorders as Metabolic Icebergs' at Low Carb Down Under 2023
#metabolicpsychiatry
‘Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced’ ~ James Baldwin
Even while psychiatry takes a ‘quantum leap forward’, as Dr. Georgia Ede has said, with the discovery that psychiatric symptoms are caused by neurometabolic dysfunction
Dozens of times a year, deputies pick up patients at this Memphis-area hospital and bring them to jail to wait for mental health treatment. It’s been going on for years.
@drcateshanahan
I appreciate and value your work so much. 🙏I'm frustrated beyond words, however, at how challenging it seems to be to influence medical curriculum. My loved ones listen to me and watch my example, to some extent, but at the end of the day, they trust doctors -- and they should
FDA chief: We are FAILING on diabetes.
Yet
@DrCaliff_FDA
didn't "connect the dots" says
@nsbarsky
"...A safe, effective, cheap solution to the T2 diabetes epidemic already exists....The condition of insulin resistance which afflicts 95% of diabetics, is reversible with a
@LewDrakePhD
@BiggestComeback
Apparently doctors are much more comfortable dosing people up on a drug they don’t fully understand because Big (Sugar Daddy) Pharma said it’s going to be great!
In her letter, Secretary Herrera Scott says they've taken a 'fresh look' at the consent process associated with privately funded studies.
So if the keto study had been federally funded the patients' consent would have counted?
#ketoformentalhealth
#brainenergy
#healthjustice
Patients who are committed to treatment by a court can consent to taking clozapine or other psychiatric medications, but they are somehow not competent to consent to a ketogenic diet?
I’m not in favor of coercion.
I’m in favor of research and patients’ rights to access
@BiggestComeback
Well. The few times I go to doctors’ offices, I find even young ones - and their staff - are tired, congested, obese. Maybe they should know better, but many don’t seem to.
One of many powerful stories
@Metabolic_Mind
- my guess is that Ben’s story of relieving anxiety and depression is one of the most widely relatable, especially to younger generations who grew up with near constant challenges to their metabolic health as the norm - we didn’t know
Before starting ketogenic therapy,
@BenRolnik
's unpredictable depression episodes made planning ahead impossible. Now, he lives without the constant worry of bad days–a change he never thought possible.
#MHAM2024
More about Ben's journey to wellness:
First in Florida, next, nationwide! Sign the petition to improve nutritional quality in hospital settings.
Improve Nutritional Quality in Patient Meals at FSHospital long term treatment - Sign the Petition! via
@Change
Just seeing this ⬇️...so true: 'the real distinction that needs to be made is between regenerative vs degenerative forms of food production for ALL the food we consume.' Good luck to Sage Regenerative Kitchen!
After one's realizes the important role livestock play in rebuilding soil organic matter faster & regenerating degraded soils, it's really no wonder why a vegan restaurateur & farmer is transitioning her small restaurant chain (Sage Kitchen) w. 3 locations in LA from a vegan
Let food be thy medicine, let
@GeorgiaEdeMD
be thy guide.
Just finished "Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind". Amazed by the encyclopedic nutritional information and the methodical instructions for implementing not only a ketogenic diet, but various ways of eating to improve
@FructoseNo
@loricalabresemd
Desperately needed! Let’s 1) get doctors trained to safely implement with meds on board/deprescribe and 2) teach medical students to implement it for prevention and as a first line treatment. Which medical school will distinguish itself by taking the lead on this?
Speaking of
#metabolicneurology
. Was just curious about the status of research into MS and the ketogenic diet, and found this summary article posted on WebMD eleven days ago. Very good news.
The author comments on concerns about keto lacking fiber -- isn't it true that the
In
#MetabolicNeurology
, the need is clear. Let's take a page from
#MetabolicPsychiatry
and drive demand for more science — more case reports, more pilot trials, more RCTs.
I am calling for increased awareness, funding, and researchers to do this urgent work.
Must read: Neil Barsky's latest article in his Death by Diabetes series, along with the legal complaint (linked in article) filed by Elizabeth Hanna, former ADA Chief Nutritionist
@DrDavidHealy
Excellent. Related, but separate: my wish is for scientists to identify the mechanisms at work which trigger suicidal thoughts and actions. Does pharma know? Are there multiple, depending on the med? Primarily one? Related to brain insulin signaling? Is anyone researching this?
@ChrisPalmerMD
Let's do a sit-ins at: the
@APApsychiatric
, at the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN),
@ABMSCert
(American Board of Medical Specialties),
@AAMCtoday
(Association of American Medical Colleges), and at the Liaison Committee on Medical Education until they teach,
@thelowcarb_rd
Key word ‘suggests’.
I would love to see an official
#MetabolicHealth
panel take on the task of responding to articles like this and breaking down the science in a public way.
APA reposted, so re-upping:
This is both promising and alarming.
(See Psychiatric News's post below)
Incoming APA President, Dr. Ramaswamy Viswanathan includes a plant-based diet as one of six pillars of lifestyle medicine.
While a plant-based diet can reverse disease, it
Viswanathan said he will work with APA components to develop a curriculum on lifestyle medicine and psychiatry, to disseminate knowledge about it, and to promote research in this area.
@APAPsychiatric
@KenDBerryMD
I get it. But the ‘smart people’ are also just lucky that their search for good info was successful. The goal is for everyone, rich or poor, from doctors to dietitians, from politicians to hospitals, and even (especially!) children to have that information, too.
@DanielNeal2
Yes! Unfortunately, some psych meds interfere with REM sleep. Although it would be ideal to bypass meds, in the meantime, I wish testing their effect on sleep was part of the drug approval process.
Let's do sit-ins at:
@APApsychiatric
, at the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN),
@ABMSCert
(American Board of Medical Specialties),
@AAMCtoday
(Association of American Medical Colleges), and at the Liaison Committee on Medical Education until they teach, require
We need to fight to improve mental health care for the millions of people with treatment-resistant illnesses.
This might mean speaking up or attending marches and fundraisers.
Do you agree?
@ChrisPalmerMD
I’m struggling to find the right words in response to this, but I want to thank you and congratulate you for pioneering this new understanding, which will prevent so much suffering and save countless lives. Well done, Dr. Palmer! 👏💚
The research is clear: Crash diets are effective in reducing weight in the short term but almost NEVER work in the long term.
Ozempic is an injectible crash diet that is not a long-term solution.
@thelowcarb_rd
@YourMotherGaia
I would support this effort. Prevention and individual agency is so powerful. But how can we reach dietitian and med schools? 🙏
@ChrisPalmerMD
Pure intuition from a layperson: I wonder about the role of brain insulin signaling in meds that trigger suicidal thinking in some - Singulair would be an interesting example to analyze
This is a very important conversation. But phones and social media aren’t the only aspects of modern life contributing to anxiety and depression in young people. We would all benefit from resuming a proper human diet - one free of UPF’s, and proper human habits that keep us
A number of states are moving to regulate social media use among children and teens.
This comes amid a larger conversation about social media and smartphones.
@TheStephSy
reports.