“You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties—and at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”—VADM James Stockdale, USN
Raj Seth’s notes for his upcoming podcast on LowCarbMD with Doctors Brian Lenzkes and Jason Fung. Fat as a kid I had always been fat as far back as I can remember. I developed a fat persona. A self-deprecating sense of humor with sharp retorts to skinny kids. I got […]
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, because you don’t get paid a dime for it… I don’t mean anecdotes on the web… […]
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 the idea of using the ketogenic diet to treat seizures sounds surprising. Celebrities rave about it […]
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) Poor sleep (2, 3, 5) Depression (6, 7) and The ApoE4 genetic allele (4) Combination of […]
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 I want to talk a bit about nutritional psychiatry and why it is important to us […]
“Americans Can’t Afford to Wait Any Longer. It’s Time to Overhaul the U.S. Dietary Guidelines.” Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. spearheaded an open letter to the USDA this morning in the New York Times and the Washington Post. Over fifty healthcare professionals co-signed it, including our own Christopher M Palmer, MD. The […]
Who is Cecile Seth? Cecile Seth, MBA alumna of Harvard Business School, she got her graduate degree as a “… a license to have fun.” What is “fun” for Cecile? She tells us that creative projects that “…identify unmet needs, devise a strategic solution, and implement” are her kind of […]
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 intervention when it is used for people with depression or other mental disorders. Some background information […]
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. Why? Doris wants to further the understanding of her disorder and improve its treatment. How it all began Doris began her journey with mental […]
Christie Barnett’s keto journey: Sitting in a nursing home with my dying mother is where it all began for me. There she was, a 71-year-old formerly dignified college instructor, stuck in a wheelchair, sitting in a diaper. My mom’s final chapter She had a stroke at age 70 and was […]
