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The Doctor's Farmacy · January 7, 2026 · 56m
Why Mental Illness Is a Metabolic Problem — and What That Means for Your Health
Christopher Palmer on Hyman's show: the metabolic theory of mental illness expanded. Why antidepressants work for some but not others (metabolic subtypes), the role of the ketogenic diet in treatment-resistant cases, and how the psychiatric profession is slowly accepting metabolic approaches.
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Palmer argues that mental illnesses are not 'chemical imbalances' but metabolic disorders: mitochondrial dysfunction, insulin resistance, and chronic inflammation produce the symptoms we label as depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia.
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Palmer describes how gut microbiome disruption alters neurotransmitter production and brain metabolism, contributing to psychiatric symptoms that are often treated as purely neurological.
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