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Dr. Chris Palmer

A Harvard psychiatrist, researcher, and author of Brain Energy who argues that mental illness is deeply tied to metabolism and mitochondrial function.

Circuit updated June 8, 2026

Notable quotes

“That man went on to lose now over 160 lbs and has kept it off to this day 10 years later.”
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“the ketogenic diet is actually a 100-year-old evidence-based treatment for epilepsy.”
Dr. Chris Palmer · Young and Profiting
“93% of Americans right now have at least one biomarker of poor metabolic health.”
Dr. Chris Palmer · Young and Profiting
“my hallucinations are going away. My delusions are going away.”
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Young and Profiting·Health

Dr. Chris Palmer says a ketogenic diet made a schizophrenia patient’s hallucinations and delusions go away after two months

The Harvard psychiatrist’s metabolic psychiatry pitch is fascinating, hopeful, and still not the same thing as proof that keto cures severe mental illness.

Jun 8, 2026