What podcasts say about Dr. Chris Palmer
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What Dr. Chris Palmer has said on podcasts
26 statements · 15 positive · 5 negative · 6 neutral
The Atkins diet eliminated Palmer’s metabolic syndrome within three months.
“Within three months, my metabolic syndrome was completely gone.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 3:53
The Atkins diet dramatically improved Palmer’s mood, energy, concentration, and sleep.
“dramatic improvement in my mood, energy, concentration, and sleep”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 4:26
The Atkins diet produced powerful antidepressant effects in some treatment-resistant patients.
“some of the ones who were able to do it ended up having a remarkable and powerful antidepressant effect.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 6:31
Clinical benefits often appeared when patients achieved ketosis.
“when they were trying the diet and not getting ketones, they often did not get a clinical benefit.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 9:15
A ketogenic diet coincided with reduced auditory hallucinations in one schizoaffective patient.
“six to eight weeks in, he spontaneously starts reporting, you know, those voices that I hear all the time, they're going away.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 10:45
Stopping psychiatric medication is dangerous and requires professional supervision.
“getting off your meds is very difficult and dangerous, and you need to do it with supervision”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 12:09
Not every patient requires a ketogenic diet.
“I don't think every patient needs the ketogenic diet.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 12:35
Removing junk food can substantially improve some mood disorders.
“simply getting rid of junk food can make a huge difference in a mood disorder”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 12:39
High-sugar, high-fat foods are especially harmful to metabolic health.
“That combination, high sugar, high fat, seems to be the worst combination for metabolic health.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 13:00
Emerging evidence suggests high-sugar, high-fat foods harm mental health.
“we've got emerging data that suggests. That strongly suggests it's also bad for mental health.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 13:09
Palmer targets blood ketones above 0.8 millimoles for depression.
“For depression, I want to see at least greater than probably 0.8 millimole.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 13:40
Palmer targets blood ketones above 1.5 millimoles for psychotic or bipolar disorders.
“For psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder, I usually want to see levels greater than 1.5.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 13:45
The ketogenic diet was developed in 1921 specifically to treat epilepsy.
“The ketogenic diet, unbeknownst to most people, was actually developed 100 years ago, 1921, by a physician for one and only one purpose, to treat epilepsy.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 15:44
Early ketogenic-diet results reported seizure freedom for 50% and major reductions for another 35%.
“50% of patients who used the ketogenic diet became seizure free, and another 35% had a 50% or greater reduction in their seizure frequency.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 17:59
About 30% of epilepsy patients do not respond to available treatments.
“about 30%, don't respond to the current treatments that we have available.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 18:31
The ketogenic diet makes about one-third of treatment-resistant epilepsy patients seizure-free.
“about one third become seizure free.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 18:59
Another third of treatment-resistant epilepsy patients achieve at least a 50% seizure reduction.
“another third get a clinical benefit, meaning a 50% or greater reduction in their seizure frequency.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 19:07
The ketogenic diet stimulates mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis.
“this diet stimulates two processes that relate to mitochondria.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 20:15
Large randomized trials have not yet established ketogenic-diet efficacy for chronic mental disorders.
“If you're looking for randomized controlled trials documenting efficacy in large numbers of patients with these disorders, we don't have them.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 21:00
Mitochondria directly regulate production and release of key neurotransmitters.
“mitochondria play a direct role in the production and release and regulation of some really key neurotransmitters”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 22:52
Mitochondria are directly involved in neurotransmitter release.
“Mitochondria are directly related to the release of neurotransmitters.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 23:47
Mitochondria participate in all aspects of the human stress response.
“Mitochondria, at least, play a role in all of the aspects of the human stress response.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 24:34
Mitochondria directly regulate inflammatory processes.
“Mitochondria play a direct role in inflammation”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 25:47
Calorie restriction is the best-established way to prevent aging across many animal species.
“It's calorie restriction that is the oldest, truest best proven way to prevent aging In a wide variety of animal species.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 32:46
Palmer recommends trying carbohydrate restriction for burnout or exhaustion.
“I'm probably actually going to recommend. Let's see if we can just carb restrict for a while and see if that produces clinical benefit.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 35:57
People with serious mental disorders should pursue ketogenic diets with medical supervision.
“those are the people. I really do want them to work with a medical professional because meds may need to be adjusted.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris PalmerListen at 36:56
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