Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer
from Huberman Lab
by Scicomm Media
Published: Mon Mar 31 2025
Show Notes
My guest is Dr. Chris Palmer, M.D., a board-certified psychiatrist and professor at Harvard Medical School. He explains how specific nutrition, exercise, supplement-based, and other factors can improve mitochondrial health and thereby provide relief from adult and childhood ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and symptoms of autism. We discuss mitochondrial biology, whether vaccines can impact inflammation and mitochondrial health, and the potential ramifications. We also review creatine, methylene blue, and urolithin A, as well as the role of B vitamins and iron in treating depression. By the end of this episode, you will understand the powerful link between metabolic health and mental health, and the lifestyle, dietary, and other factors you can leverage to help overcome common mental health challenges and disorders.
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Timestamps
Dr. Chris Palmer
Integrating Metabolic, Mental & Physical Health; Childhood Trauma & Risk
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Depression Causes, Molecule Model?, Neuroplasticity?; Metabolism
Mitochondrial Functions, Stress Response, Mental Health
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Mitochondrial Health & 6 Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine
Stimulants, Mitochondria, Dopamine; Alcohol
Nicotine; Substance Use, Metabolic Health & Disease
Children, Energy & Metabolic Function; Diseases of Aging & Mental Disorders
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Diet & Metabolism; Ultra-Processed Foods, Additives, GRAS
Rebellious Spirit, Ultra-Processed Foods & Food Industry Funding
Ketogenic Diet, Epilepsy, Schizophrenia, Bipolar
Ketogenic Diet, Fasting & Mitochondria; Gut Microbiome, Brain Metabolism
Low-Fat Diets; Tool: Occasional Fasts; Ketogenic Diet; Intermittent Fasting
Nutrition Research, Food Industry Lobbyists; Ultra-Processed Foods, Addiction
Creatine & Mitochondrial Health
Methylene Blue & Mitochondria; Serotonin Syndrome
Urolithin A, Mitochondria Function; Supplements & Appropriate Use
Vitamin Deficiencies, Iron Deficiency
Vitamin B12 & Folate Deficiency, Autoimmune Disorders
Mental Illness & Root Causes
Vaccines, Inflammation, Mitochondria, Autism
Neurodevelopmental Disorder Onset & Follow-Up
Vaccines, Autism, Future Research; Mother Obesity & Diabetes
Father Obesity & Autism; Poor Metabolic Health, Blood Biomarkers
Assessing Metabolic Health & Biomarkers; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Future Directions, Bridging Mental & Physical Health
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