Books and Videos on Metabolic Mental Health

The metabolic revolution rolls on...

Following up on mental health and nutrition… The argument is that some people struggle with cerebral insulin resistance. They have trouble metabolizing glucose and their mental health improves when their brain burns ketones for fuel.

One of many compelling stories of discovery, of resolving long-term mental health through dietary changes, is this Metabolic Mind interview: Ketosis and Depression: An inspiring personal story from Stanford's Healthcare Innovation Lab.

Much compelling recent research as well as new books, videos, and conference presentations. Chris Palmer’s Brain Energy (past post here). And interview:

Dr. Georgia Ede has new book: Change your Diet; Change your Mind

Highly recommended is Metabolic Mind website.

Metabolic Mind videos on YouTube

Presentations (videos, overheads, links to research) by leading metabolic researchers and health practitioners are available from the Swiss Re Metabolic Health conference in Zurich. All free online.

Down the page are links to four sessions in: THEME III: Metabolic psychiatry – a new frontier.

My Google search returns these two articles first: A 2021 study The use of the ketogenic diet in the treatment of psychiatric disorders reviews 14 studies and explains the basics of ketogenic vs government-promoted high-carbohydrate diets.

On the Metabolic Mind research page is link to The Role of Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy on the Brain in Serious Mental Illness: A Review.

And Does the keto diet relieve or cause depression?, which also provides an overview of studies and proposed mechanisms for mental health improvements with ketogenic nutrition. Rather than “diets” better to think of them at “therapeutic nutritional ketosis.”

This recent research is very much in-line with University of Texas biochemist Dr. Roger Williams’ earlier popular book Nutrition Against Disease, discussed in earlier post with link to Life’s Best Medicine interview with Dr. Rachel Brown, author of Metabolic Madness: Understand Why Metabolic Health Is Key to Mental Health.

My presentation at Liberty International on Nutrition Against Disease is here: