What is metabolic health anyway?
It depends on who you ask, but there are some generally agreed upon parameters for measuring metabolic health. It can be measured in our blood or bodies. These medical, physiological and laboratory test markers...
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Diabetes for Dummies, aka Diabetes Dirge
Metabolic health – normal versus insulin resistant muscles affect basal metabolism.
Ketogenic diet helps young Ecuadorian twins improve their schizophrenic symptoms
Chris Palmer, MD was a co-author of this 2018 case study which showed an improvement in schizophrenic symptoms in young Ecuadorian twins on a ketogenic diet. They were a male and a female, diagnosed with...
Why write medical case reports about unique cases?
Publishing unique case reports in the medical literature helps move mental-health care forward. “I would push you to write up some case reports…. Writing a case report might seem like a waste of time,...
Summary – The ketogenic diet may help stop seizures an Advancing Psychiatry article by Chris Palmer, MD
This dietary treatment, the ketogenic diet, based on ancient medicine, is making a comeback as a treatment for epilepsy. The ketogenic diet controversy The keto diet is one of today’s most controversial diets, so...
Might the ketogenic diet help fight Alzheimer’s Disease?
Major Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease Studies show that major risk factors for Alzheimer’s include metabolic, lifestyle and genetic factors: Diabetes (1, 4, 7) Obesity (1) Cardiovascular disease (1,4) Lack of exercise (1, 7)...
Why evaluate dietary interventions? They’re just food.
Chris Palmer. MD just published Diets and Disorders: Can Foods or Fasting Be Considered Psychopharmacologic Therapies? It is in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry(1) and you’ll find an executive summary in this post. First...
Fact check – Americans Can’t Afford to Wait Any Longer. It’s Time to Overhaul the U.S. Dietary Guidelines
“Americans Can’t Afford to Wait Any Longer. It’s Time to Overhaul the U.S. Dietary Guidelines.” More than 50 doctors, researchers, and clinicians signed an open letter that was published in the New York Times...
Relieving depression with the ketogenic diet?
Perhaps those suffering from treatment-resistant depression could find some relief with the ketogenic diet? Any attempt to try this MUST be medically supervised because there are both psychiatric and metabolic dangers in this dietary...
Doris’s chronic schizophrenia put into remission bringing hope to many
Starting at the end, Doris is ok. She is living happily ever after. But it wasn’t always so. She gave us permission to share her story of schizophrenia in remission. Why? Doris wants to...
