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Nicole Laurent, LMHC

@KetoCounselor

1 year

I don't know who needs to hear this, but ketogenic diets as a treatment for mental illness is an evidence-based intervention. And if you work in mental health as a counselor, or an adjunctive medical field, it is imperative you learn how to implement or support it.

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Keto is used as an important part of most cancer treatments. Maybe it should be used before cancer develops. And maybe it could be useful in encouraging prevention.

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4 months

I don't know who needs to hear this, but vitamins and minerals are required for your brain to function. Let's do a thread on the research done on prison populations. What do you think happens when they are given multivitamins and other essential nutrients? 🧵(1/21)

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1 year

Ketogenic diets are mitochondrial interventions that affect brain and body metabolism. This is why it improves so many conditions that do not seem to be related. It is the ultimate root-cause intervention. #chronicillness #metabolism #mitochondria #brainenergy

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1 year

If over 80% of 27 human studies reported a favorable effect of ketogenic diets on cognition why are we still telling people with recurrent and chronic brain fog to eat more blueberries and play brain games? Can we get a media outlet to report on this, please? 🧵

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"Many neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depressive disorder are characterized by cerebral glucose hypometabolism, 🧵

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Certain neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, epilepsy, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depression have areas of decreased glucose metabolism in the brain. The use of a ketogenic diet can assist in restoring brain energy levels.🧠

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1 year

According to this meta-analysis pulling data from 24 studies, the ketogenic diet as a lifestyle intervention is the most effective & practical treatment for metabolic syndrome.

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1 year

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you use a #ketogenic diet to treat #mentalillness , there is a very good chance that your condition will improve. (1/3)

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1 year

Why do we need seniors to have access to a ketogenic diet to help ward off dementia? Because telling them to eat more fish and blueberries is woefully insufficient! Think I am making this up? I am not. It's time for a thread on a recent study. 🧵 (1/19)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Can eating a ketogenic diet improve symptoms of serious mental illness? Yes. Yes it can. And once again, I am not just making this up. 🧵(1/5)

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11 months

If you are a doctor warning people away from a ketogenic diet because of concerns about heart health, I don't know what research you are even reading at this point! Let me turn you on to a branch of the lit you may not be aware of. Keep reading. ⬇️ (1/17)

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8 months

Research in metabolic psychiatry is blowing up! What's on the horizon? I will tell you just a few! (1/21)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Ketogenic diets are a very helpful therapeutic alternative in treating arthritis. And this is good news for brain health. When you reduce body inflammation you reduce your neuroinflammation. #arthritis #keotgenic #neuroinflammation

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1 year

Untreated #insulin resistance gives you a leaky gut and leaky blood-brain barrier. Why aren't functional doctors checking your fasting insulin levels and recommending you change your diet to reverse insulin resistance as a treatment for your gut problems? #leakygut #BBB

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1 year

Can a professional in #neurology please explain to me why we don't put people on ketogenic diets post-stroke to help their recovery? (1/4)

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1 year

Ketogenic diets produce lots of ketone bodies. Ketone bodies constrain glutamate production. This reduces the amount of kynurenic acid produced. And that's good for your brain health. (1/2)

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1 year

#Ketogenic diets are not a fad. We know more about the effects of the ketogenic diet on the brain than any other dietary intervention. Including #Mediterranean diet, #vegan and vegetarian diet. We know it best for its effects on the #brain .

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1 year

Magnesium is a mineral that is highly abundant in the human body and is considered the second most abundant mineral hanging out in your intracellular spaces. 🧵 (1/11)

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5 months

I don't know who needs to hear this, but Ketogenic Diets can have positive impacts on anxiety disorders. How? I will tell you. ⬇️ (1/8)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Decades of neuroscience research on the ketogenic diet have shown that it: - changes neurotransmitter systems - decreases brain inflammation - alters calcium channel regulation - improves mitochondrial function - increases mitochondrial biogenesis (1/13)

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1 year

Would you like to know about a randomized crossover trial that used a modified #ketogenic diet in #Alzheimers disease? 1/9

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Nicole Laurent, LMHC

@KetoCounselor

1 month

Health professionals telling everyone that lowering carbs is bad for the thyroid really just need to knock it off. That assertion was always theoretical, and now data is coming in that really shows the opposite, with hard markers and everything. Prepare for a thread. ⬇️ (1/11)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

When we put people with Diabetes on a low-carb diet, their depression gets a lot better. This intervention has been proven to be successfully administered remotely with this population. 👇(1/4)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Some people think ketogenic diets are restrictive and that any kind of restriction is bad. But I think we need a short thread defining what food is and is not. 🧵(1/11)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Of the 40–50 micronutrients required for human physiology, most can be found within the mitochondria, and many have recognized functions within mitochondrial metabolism. #mitochondria #nutrition

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@KetoCounselor

11 months

Guess what happened when @GeorgiaEdeMD , @ShebaniMD , and @IainCampbellPhD presented their data at the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference 2023? Stick around for a thread, and I will tell you. 🧵(1/9)

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Nicole Laurent, LMHC

@KetoCounselor

5 months

A ketogenic diet is a powerful intervention for Panic Disorder, directly impacting four key mechanisms seen in this disorder pathology: glucose hypometabolism, neurotransmitter imbalances, inflammation, and oxidative stress. (1/9)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

I want you to understand that the ketone body BHB, produced on a ketogenic diet, is a powerful molecular signaling body. So settle in for a ridiculously long thread. 🧵 (1/27)

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Nicole Laurent, LMHC

@KetoCounselor

10 months

For those nervous, cautious, or still concerned about the ketogenic diet and the alleged creation of heart disease, I present this article that just came out. (1/14)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Well this is seriously not cool. “Mild Cognitively Impaired participants treated with anti-[amyloid] drugs were projected to have a material regression toward brain volumes typical of Alzheimer’s dementia ~8 months earlier than if they were untreated.”

Alzheimer’s Drugs Cause Brain Shrinkage

Researchers discover a link between anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drugs and brain shrinkage.

www.madinamerica.com

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Maybe we could just make sure everyone gets their Vitamin D level checked every time they get sent for labs? (1/6)

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@KetoCounselor

5 months

A ketogenic diet is a powerful modulator of neurotransmitter imbalances seen in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), such as decreased GABA and increased glutamate, along with serotonin and dopamine dysfunctions. (1/9)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Some of you are unclear about what a serious sign of cognitive decline actually looks like. So let's have a thread! 🧵(1/22)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a crucial defense mechanism for the brain, regulating the exchange of molecules between the bloodstream and the brain. When the BBB is disrupted, it can have severe consequences for brain health. (1/12)

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Nicole Laurent, LMHC

@KetoCounselor

7 months

There was a study involving 19 adults following a low-carbohydrate (CHO) diet for 4 weeks. What did they find? Keep reading. I am happy to tell you. 🧵(1/16)

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@KetoCounselor

1 month

There are no less than 10 active trials going on investigating the use of ketogenic diets as a treatment for mental illness with a line up of investigators and institutions involved are no joke. Don't be left behind. Keep reading. 📖 (1/23)

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@KetoCounselor

6 months

Did you know that the ketogenic diet is a promising therapeutic intervention for MDD and other psychiatric disorders? And that it works by targeting the mitochondrial dysfunction central to these conditions. 🧵(1/12)

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1 year

I think it's time for you to understand how crucial zinc is for your mood and cognitive functioning. Even an insufficiency is a problem. So let's have a thread! 🧵(1/20)

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Nicole Laurent, LMHC

@KetoCounselor

2 years

If you work in the mental health field and do not understand the term metabolic psychiatry you are in for a treat. Every mental health professional practicing at every level will need to gain competence in this to do right by their patients.

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Is the field of Metabolic Psychiatry new and emerging? Actually no. There has been a long history of metabolism being known to play a role in mental illness. #metabolicpsychiatry #mentalillness (1/12)

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1 year

If you are a medical professional warning people from saturated fat and, as a result, a ketogenic diet, I want you to know you have no evidence base for this assertion. (1/3)

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1 year

Mitochondrial Health and a Ketogenic Diet

How Biogenesis, Dynamics, and Mitophagy Fix Your Brain. I made a blog post of the thread I did recently so you can share with others more easily on other platforms. Enjoy!

mentalhealthketo.com

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1 year

Ketogenic diets have neurotransmitter-balancing effects. Let's do a short thread on one of my fav NTs called GABA. 🧵

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

I don't know who needs to hear this, but #ketogenic diets help balance the neurotransmitter serotonin. I would argue that it is a lot better than medications. Because ketogenic diets balance several neurotransmitter systems at once without a lot of really uncool side effects.

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1 year

The effects of a ketogenic diet on immune function is one of the mechanisms by which it improves brain health. A healthy immune system protects the brain and reduces neuroinflammation. Brain immunology is a thing we don't talk about enough. 🧵

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1 year

What are the brain changes we see with a #ketogenic diet? This thread will refer to a published paper on #bipolar , but I want you to understand that any mental illness or neurological disorder will benefit from these changes. 1/13

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1 year

Some of you are new to the concept of a ketogenic diet. A ketogenic diet is a very low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet. This diet triggers the metabolic fasting state of the body. Here is a mini intro to the biochemistry involved. 🧵(1/17)

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1 year

These #ketone bodies can enter the #brain and work to fight toxins, balance neurotransmitters, and reduce #inflammation . SO promising for those suffering from #psychiatric disorders, which are often associated with metabolic dysfunction.

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you are still looking at LDL scores as a marker to determine heart disease risk, your need to update your education. (1/3) #doctors #MD #physicians

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Nicole Laurent, LMHC

@KetoCounselor

6 months

Done teaching my CEU, and just like that there are 15 more mental health professionals in the world that understand how to support patients using ketogenic diets as a treatment for mental illness. 🎓🎉🧠

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@KetoCounselor

11 months

"When mitochondria don’t function properly, neither does the brain.

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@KetoCounselor

11 months

When you switch to a ketogenic diet, you unleash a cascade of positive changes throughout your body. 🧠💪✨ (1/9)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

I don't usually tweet about cholesterol, but some of you are terrified to try a ketogenic diet as a treatment for mental illness or neurological symptoms because somebody told you it will raise your cholesterol and you will ruin your heart health. 🧵(1/5)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

This is a visual of all the things a ketogenic diet can do for a brain. I am still waiting for somebody to show me a pharmaceutical (used on or off label) or a combo of pharma that reliably does all this without concerning side effects. #waiting

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Anybody who is paying even the slightest attention knows that ketogenic diets (KD) can have positive effects on neurodegenerative diseases and mental disorders. (1/7)

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@KetoCounselor

11 months

Zinc is a vital trace element that plays a crucial role in our overall health and super important for brain health. Let's learn what we know about it's role in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative processes. Shall we? (1/23)

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@KetoCounselor

11 months

Because metabolic health IS mental health, we are going to break down this study in which the ketogenic diet just handed the Dash diet its ass. (Yes, I talk like this in real life). 🧵 (1/22)

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@KetoCounselor

10 months

If you have autoimmunity and your medical provider has not gotten all up in your business about the amount of glucose you are taking in as part of your diet, then they are missing the boat, and you are missing your chance at healing. 🧵 (1/30)

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@KetoCounselor

5 months

Can somebody please tell me why addiction professionals and treatment centers aren't utilizing the powerful effects ketogenic diets can have in stabilizing reward systems in the treatment of Substance Use Disorders? 🤷 (1/4) #SUD

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1 year

The Ketogenic Diet: A Powerful Molecular Signaling Therapy for the Brain

The Ketogenic Diet: A Powerful Molecular Signaling Therapy for the Brain You may not realize it, but the ketone body BHB, produced when following a ketogenic diet, is a powerful molecular signaling...

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1 year

Have you ever heard of glutamate excitotoxicity? No? Well, settle in for a thread. You're going to need to know about this fascinating (and slightly scary) topic that's essential to understanding brain health. 🧵 (1/30)

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1 year

I think we need to talk about how a ketogenic diet acts as a primary redox therapy, but nobody is talking about it that way. But they totally should! 🧵 (1/20)

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1 year

What was a surprising benefit of your ketogenic diet you didn't expect?

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4 months

The experimental, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial involved 231 participants. The results demonstrated a significant reduction in antisocial behaviors among those who received the active supplements. (3/21)

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1 year

I have a blog about ketogenic diets for mental illness. Posting here in case you didn't know. Lots of primary sources in the references.

Mental Health Keto Blog

About Me Hi, I’m Nicole Laurent. I am a mental health counselor who helps people with therapy and nutrition to change their brains. This is where I write about why I do what I do. Subscribe to My...

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6 months

I just have to say. Some of my patients that had normal fasting insulin and glucose levels responded the most from ketogenic diets. (1/4) #bipolar #MDD #Schizoaffective

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5 months

@janellison I might do this for my life insurance renewal blood tests coming up. 😆

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11 months

It's time for a thread about an important nutrient called selenium. And we are going to look at it's role and effect on Alzheimer's disease. Are you ready? (1/25)

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@KetoCounselor

4 months

Some of you are interested in metabolic psychiatry. And as such you are interested in different physiological markers used in research on brain metabolism. So, let's have a thread about Lactate. 🧵(1/19)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Niacin, also known as vitamin B3, is a super important part of our diet, and it comes in two common forms: nicotinic acid and nicotinamide. 🧵(1/27)

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1 year

This is a really excellent article written by Lauren Ciccarelli and reviewed by Natasha Winters, ND, FABNO, on the Keto-Mojo website. Great to share with people to get the word out on all the ways people can feel better!

Keto As a Treatment & Prevention for Alzheimer’s

There is growing research about using a ketogenic diet as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease as well as a possible prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

keto-mojo.com

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4 months

Compared to the placebo, the active supplement group showed an average 26.3% fewer offences. For individuals taking active supplements for a minimum of two weeks, there was an average 35.1% reduction in offenses. ⬇️ (4/21)

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1 year

I am planning on doing a thread on vitamin B3 niacin soon, so I wanted to introduce something called pellagra and give you a heads-up about what the subclinical form might look like. 🧵(1/15)

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9 months

Some of you have been on a keto diet for quite a while, and your ketone production has gone down. And yes, that is normal. Tissues adapt, and more are utilized. But it could also be that you have grown carnitine insufficient. (1/12)

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1 year

Some of you are beginning to understand that to have a healthy brain that allows a good mood and rockin' cognitive function, you need to focus on mitochondrial function. Am I right? 🧵 (1/25)

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11 months

The time is really ripe for #metabolicpsychiatry It was an honor to get to watch history unfold in the movement and see real progression towards what I believe will be more people getting to know all the ways they can feel better! (9/9)

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Cancer and cancer treatments are not great for brain health. So I am going to do a thread about how ketogenic diets can be helpful in some cancer treatments. 🧵(1/18) #cancer #ketosis #ketogenicdiet

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1 year

The current recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for proteins (0.8 g/Kg Body Weight/day) is not sufficient for older persons. Period. And if anyone tells you differently, they haven't updated their nutrition knowledge in a really long time. (1/7)

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1 year

Dementia is a major public health challenge, affecting around 55 million people worldwide. Unfortunately, it's expected that the number of people living with dementia will increase by 50% over the next decade. (1/10)

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1 year

The struggling brain is already trying to shift to ketones for fuel. (1/4)

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@KetoCounselor

1 year

Insulin resistance (IR) is linked to various conditions like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity & neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's). The ketogenic diet (KD) helps treat these disorders.🍽️ (1/13)

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1 year

A lot of you are calling highly processed products "food". They are not food. They deplete more nutrients than they provide. They are drugs. They are designed to hijack your neurochemistry and make you crave them and buy them more. (2/11)

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You have absolutely no control over the narrative people construct about who you are. Positive or negative. But you have a ton of power over the narrative you tell yourself about who you are and what you are capable of.

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1 year

A 3-week RCT done by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that a ketogenic diet could reduce the need for detox medications, reduce alcohol withdrawal symptoms, and reduce #alcohol cravings. (1/4)

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1 year

The ketogenic diet (KD) has been acknowledged as a protective factor for the #brain , specifically in scenarios involving brain trauma and neurodegenerative illnesses. (1/20)

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Carnitine is an amino acid that can become depleted on a ketogenic diet. It's used to transport fatty acids into the #mitochondria . (1/4)

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7 months

Love this. Chris is not the only clinician seeing these transformations. I am seeing them. Georgia is seeing them. Shebani is seeing them. Iain is seeing them. My god, we are reproducing the effects in completely different therapy rooms! (1/2)

Metabolic Mind

@Metabolic_Mind

7 months

Countless psychiatrists have approached Harvard psychiatrist @ChrisPalmerMD to share how the #BrainEnergy theory is helping their patients take back their lives as psychiatric symptoms resolve. #MetabolicTherapy #MentalIllness Watch our full interview:

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Got to meet the guy that first introduced me to the #ketogenic diet as a way to feel better! It was a podcast on @ihmc_stemtalk with @DominicDAgosti2 talking about his research on divers and what had been done on Alzheimer's at that time.

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If you consider yourself a bit of a gut microbiome expert, but you are still talking smack about ketogenic diets, your self-proclaimed title is undeserved, and you are no longer providing evidence-based practice. (1/15) #realtalk

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In September 2017, I received my @KetoMojo and began to fine-tune my ketogenic diet in earnest with feedback from a blood ketone monitor. That was about 6 years ago. Settle in for a thread about my personal journey if you are interested. 🧵(1/12)

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Someone asked how insulin resistance could lead to increases in triglyceride and uric acid production. And I am certainly no @BenBikmanPhD (who you should follow!) I will give you the gist of it as I understand it. Settle in for a thread. 🧵(1/12)

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Ketogenic Diets for White Matter Disease

When your neurologist tells you that you have early White Matter Disease (which goes by a variety of names) there actually are effective treatments. But I would argue you won't find them in convent...

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The tides are turning, and people are taking charge of their health like never before! With big pharma falling short, we're in a renaissance of exploring all the ways we can feel better. #metabolicpsychiatry #neurotwitter

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So you go to your doc to talk about using a ketogenic diet to treat your mental illness and faltering cognitive function, and they are all like, "Noooo you need fiber and whole grains!" What do you do? 🧵(1/9)

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If your doctor has said you are anemic and just thrown you on some iron supplements, I want you to know that they may not have done a sufficient analysis. There are different forms of anemia, and throwing in an iron supplement will not resolve all of them. 🧵(1/14)

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1 year

A woman with severe depression and various symptoms, including suicidal thoughts, #PMS , #panicattacks , #chronicpain , and poor #sleep quality switched to a carnivore diet. (1/5)

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Would you like to see how a #brain with Mild Cognitive Impairment, often the precursor state to #dementia , lights up with energy when given the #ketone body acetoacetate? #MCIhttps ://youtu.be/EifPhQeJbRc?t=84

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@KetoCounselor

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Mitochondria and ketone bodies play important roles in the regulation of redox potential, and together they can help heal your brain. 🧵(1/12)

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Nicole Laurent, LMHC

@KetoCounselor

1 year

A PubMed search for the ketogenic diet shows a 300% increase in annual publications on KD in the last 10 years.

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