Book Review: Brain Energy by Dr. Chris Palmer
‘Brain Energy’ belongs in the hands of every psychiatrist, medical director, health services administrator, recovery specialist, and pediatrician – ASAP – but is suitable for anyone and everyone.
Grabbing Jello
In December, I emailed people close to me a video of my friend, Hannah Warren, talking with Dhru Purohit on his podcast (Episode #453).
Hannah described using metabolic therapies, including a ketogenic diet, as her sole treatment to achieve complete remission from neurometabolic dysfunction (diagnosis: Bipolar I).
I find Hannah’s story breathtaking because of the near miss of her losing her quality of life, and because of the extraordinary hope it offers anyone experiencing neuropsychiatric symptoms.
My friend Frank said it sounded like ‘grabbing jello’.
I get it. Let’s break it down.
Book Review: The Dietitian’s Dilemma by Michelle Hurn, RD
The Dietitian’s Dilemma might just be my new all-time favorite book. In the span of about 200 pages, Michelle Hurn delivers equal parts memoir, inspiration, history, scientific analysis, and guidebook toward a future of much more robust health – for us as individuals and collectively as a culture.
Letter to the Editor Regarding the April 2 news article: “High-fat keto diet may help people with serious mental illness”
As an advocate for Metabolic Psychiatry, I was thrilled to read coverage of Dr. Shebani Sethi’s Pilot Trial to investigate the effects of the ketogenic diet on bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
From MetabolicMind.org: World Bipolar Day 2024: Celebrating A New Form of Treatment that Offers Hope & Healing
A promising cutting-edge treatment, ketogenic therapy–the one that works for me– is positioned to revolutionize the way that bipolar disorder is treated. Ketogenic therapy is a type of metabolic intervention.
Help Make Metabolic Psychiatry a First-Line Treatment
Monday, March 11th would have been our son Andrew’s 28th birthday. Andrew reminds us that every human being is precious. His life and our loss inspire us to join the growing ecosystem of grassroots volunteers and mental health experts working hard to make Metabolic Psychiatry a first line of treatment for psychiatric symptoms.