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Metabolic Mind
Metabolic Mind is working to transform the study and treatment of mental disorders by exploring the connection between metabolism and brain health. Metabolic interventions like ketogenic therapy are being used to treat serious mental illnesses like Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Major Depressive Disorder. We explore topics that can help you understand how Metabolic Psychiatry might help you or a loved one treat mental disorders Watch our videos at https://www.youtube.com/@metabolicmind…
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Metabolic MindPsychiatrist Shares His Experience With GLP1 Weight Loss Drugs with Dr Rodrigo Mansuer
GLP1 agonist weight loss medications Wegovy and Ozempic have become popular medications for overweight and obesity and are also increasingly being used in…
Metabolic MindTreating Weight Gain From Psychiatric Medications with Dr Matt Bernstein
Can you successfully lose weight that you’ve gained from antipsychotics and other psychiatric medications for bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, and…
Metabolic MindDon't Call It Bipolar Disorder with Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren treated her bipolar disorder and put it into remission with metabolic therapies, including a keto diet. Her symptoms of psychosis and mania have…
Metabolic MindBrain Energy, Mitochondria, and Mental Health with Dr. Chris Palmer
According to Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Chris Palmer and the Brain Energy theory, mitochondria play a crucial role in mental health and in psychiatric conditions…
Metabolic MindWhat are Metabolism and Metabolic Health, and How Do They Impact Mental Health?
Now more than ever, we need to know how to improve our metabolic health. Disrupted metabolism, so-called metabolic dysfunction, is a dangerous condition that…
Metabolic MindIs Ketosis Safe for Mental Health?
Emerging evidence indicates that therapeutic ketosis, often from a ketogenic diet, can help treat mental illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder…
Metabolic MindKetosis and Alzheimer's: A Metabolic Neuroscience Journey With Dr. Stephen Cunnane
Early evidence indicates that ketogenic therapy is a safe and effective treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia. Dr. Stephen Cunnane has…
Metabolic MindFasting and Ketosis to treat Dementia With Dr. Matthew Phillips
Metabolic neurology is a growing field focusing on the connection between metabolic and neurologic health, and encompasses neurodegenerative diseases like…
Metabolic MindMitochondria - The Key To Disease and Mental Health with Dr. Martin Picard
Emerging evidence suggests mitochondrial dysfunction can cause or contribute to many psychiatric and neurologic disorders. To promote metabolic and mental…
Metabolic MindKeto and MCT for Alzheimer's, One Doctor's Family Journey
Dr. Mary Newport saw first hand the beneficial effects ketones can have for Alzheimer’s dementia when her husband experienced dramatic cognitive improvements…
Metabolic MindKeto For Alzheimer's: A Treatment Whose Time Has Come
Nutritionist Amy Berger literally wrote the book on using therapeutic nutritional ketosis from a ketogenic diet to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s dementia. Now…
Metabolic MindAnorExit: A new Treatment Model for Anorexia
A new program for treating Anorexia Nervosa with Ketogenic Therapy called AnorExit is accepting clients. Early evidence and clinical experience indicate that…
Metabolic MindKeto For Anorexia- 5 Dramatic Individual Journeys
Anorexia nervosa is a devastating eating disorder with the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness. Restricted diets are considered contraindicated…
Metabolic MindTreating Anorexia with Keto
Caroline lived with anorexia for 15 years and got to the point where she gave up hope of ever recovering and living a “normal” life. That is until her aunt…
Metabolic MindUpcoming Research Study: Ketogenic diet for Anorexia Nervosa
A new study of Ketogenic Diet for treating Anorexia Nervosa will launch at UC San Diego in late summer 2023. Leading psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Guido…
Metabolic MindPsychiatrist Transforms His Practice with Keto and Metabolic Treatments
Dr. Matthew Bernstein is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist with over two decades of clinical experience. Yet, despite his extensive training and experience, he…
Metabolic MindDietitian Cures Her Anorexia With Keto
Michelle Hurn put her anorexia into remission using nutritional ketosis through a ketogenic diet. That meant going against everything she was taught as a…
Metabolic MindDoes Keto Cause Heart Disease?
There’s a common belief that being in nutritional ketosis or following a ketogenic diet increases your risk of developing heart disease. But the reality is…
Metabolic MindMetabolic Therapies for Psychiatry: State of the Evidence
Metabolic health is strongly connected to mental health, and metabolic therapies, like nutritional ketosis, or the insulin-sensitizing medication metformin…
Metabolic MindAdjusting Psychiatric Medications on a Keto Diet
Can a keto diet help with tapering psychiatric medications in conditions like bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, or other psychiatric…
Metabolic MindKetosis and Ketamine for Anorexia
A newly published pilot study indicates a keto diet combined with ketamine infusions can dramatically improve anorexia nervosa eating disorder. But it may not…
Metabolic MindThe Link between Insulin Resistance and Depression – An interview with Dr. Natalie Rasgon
Metabolic dysfunction, such as insulin resistance and pre-diabetes, is closely associated with symptoms of depression. But how do we know if metabolic…
Metabolic MindKeto for Brain Health – A Dramatic Personal Journey
Here's an inspiring story of one family using nutritional ketosis to treat dementia and eventually regain their lives. While everyone may not have as dramatic…
Metabolic MindMetformin, Insulin Resistance and Bipolar depression: From research to clinical care
Dr. Cynthia Calkin's study using Metformin in treatment-resistant Bipolar Disorder showed that improving insulin resistance dramatically improved depression…
Metabolic MindResearcher with Bipolar Shatters Stigma
If you or a loved one lives with bipolar disorder, this podcast is one you don’t want to miss. Dr. Iain Campbell is a shining example of what “success” looks…
Metabolic MindMetabolic Mind: Metabolism and Mental Health
Metabolic Mind is a non-profit initiative providing education & resources at the intersection of metabolic & mental health. Metabolic interventions like…