{"id":2996,"date":"2026-08-29T07:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kensmartips.com\/depression\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:05:29","slug":"essentials-diet-nutrition-for-mental-health-dr-chris-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kensmartips.com\/depression\/?p=2996","title":{"rendered":"Essentials: Diet &amp; Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E56LSFCNdkI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Chris Palmer, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. We explain how nutrition and metabolism directly affect mental health, including the biological mechanisms underlying these effects. We also discuss how carbohydrate restriction, ketogenic diets and fasting can improve mood, energy, and, in some cases, treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions.  <\/p>\n<p>Show notes: https:\/\/go.hubermanlab.com\/it2boBG<\/p>\n<p>Watch more Huberman Lab Essentials: https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLPNW_gerXa4OGNy1yE-W9IX-tPu-tJa7S&amp;si=a1_sA7rUT-fE0OM5<\/p>\n<p>Huberman Lab<br \/>\nWebsite: https:\/\/www.hubermanlab.com<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hubermanlab<br \/>\nThreads: https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@hubermanlab<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/x.com\/hubermanlab<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hubermanlab<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hubermanlab<br \/>\nLinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-huberman<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chris Palmer<br \/>\nWebsite: https:\/\/www.chrispalmermd.com<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/x.com\/chrispalmermd<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chrispalmermd<br \/>\nYouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ChrisPalmerMD<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChrisPalmerMD<\/p>\n<p>Timestamps<br \/>\n00:00:00 Chris Palmer<br \/>\n00:00:20 Personal Story, Nutrition &amp; Mental Health<br \/>\n00:05:28 Treatment-Resistant Mental Disorders &amp; Low-Carbohydrate Diet<br \/>\n00:07:32 Ketogenic Diet &amp; Schizophrenia Success Story<br \/>\n00:11:01 Nutrition for Mental Disorders, Ketosis, Highly Processed Foods<br \/>\n00:13:55 Epilepsy &amp; Ketogenic Diet, Fasting; Mitochondrial Benefits<br \/>\n00:19:54 Mitochondria Functions, Mental Disorders<br \/>\n00:25:44 Mitophagy, Autophagy, Longevity &amp; Calorie Restriction<br \/>\n00:30:51 Carbohydrate Restriction, Depression Treatment<br \/>\n00:33:49 Acknowledgements<\/p>\n<p>#hubermanlab <\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer &amp; Disclosures: https:\/\/www.hubermanlab.com\/disclaimer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Chris Palmer, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kensmartips.com\/depression\/?p=2996\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Essentials: Diet &amp; 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