Metabolic Psychiatry Blog
Metabolic Psychiatry with Lori Calabrese, MD and Rachel Frase, RD.
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Ultraprocessed Foods and Depression? Get Relief with a Keto Diet!
Trish sludged through the day. Life had gotten so hard. Her nursing job had become almost insurmountable. Patients needed her, but her energy was drastically depleted, and she didn’t know why. The mental acuity she’d always relied on… seemed spongy, foggy somehow. If she couldn’t fix this, she could lose her job. Then what would…
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Holiday Optimism Sets a Path for Success In the New Year
Kayla breathed a sigh of relief. A car moving into her lane spotted her car just in time and swerved away to avoid her. Gratitude filled her at the near miss. It could have been a horrible crash, but all was well. This holiday traffic was heavy. Everyone shopping for gifts and groceries, as well…
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There’s Hope After a Long Life of Debilitating Depression
David looked in the mirror. He looked tired, sad, empty. He’d tried so hard to find solutions. For as long as he could remember. And suicidal thoughts … they’d always been there. Since he was four, life had seemed so empty and futile. Packed with disillusionment upon disillusionment … and disappointment. He could remember when…
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Food as Medicine: Using Food to Heal Your Brain
“I don’t want any more medicine, are you kidding me?” “I’m so sick of hearing I should take a pill.” “You mean I need another med to offset the side effects from this one?” “If one more person tells me I have to take more meds, I’ll scream.” Sound like you? Sometimes it’s you—or someone…
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Diet for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome? Get Better with a Ketogenic Diet
Danielle and Zach had been married 6 years. They hadn’t wanted to have children right away, and decided to start their family 4 years ago. But as time went on without getting pregnant, they began to worry that something was interfering with conception. It had reached the point for Danielle that each time her menstrual…
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The Amazing Symposium for Metabolic Health Was Smashing!
Have you ever felt like you were drinking from a fire hydrant? Where the supply was so abundant you were overwhelmed at even trying to take it in? This is an understatement for the Symposium for Metabolic Health in San Diego hosted by LowCarbUSA with the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners, August 17-20. Without question, this…
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Exciting News!! The Symposium for Metabolic Health San Diego 2023
Hosted by LowCarbUSA and the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners August 17 – 20, 2023 This exciting Symposium for Metabolic Health San Diego 2023 is all about metabolic health. It includes up to the minute information about low carb treatments in oncology, neurology, cardiology, and psychiatry, including ketogenic psychiatry. The Symposium is hosted by LowCarbUSA…
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Can Ketogenic Psychiatry Quiet OCD? You Bet It Can!
Jenni locked the door, then tried the knob. It wouldn’t open. Then, she inserted the key to unlock it, opened the door and closed it again, locked it, and tried the knob. It seemed locked, but what if it wasn’t? She inserted the key and unlocked it, opened and closed the door again, and locked…
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The Ketogenic Diet Turbo Scrubs Trauma, Depression, and Anxiety
Amanda screamed in pain, trembling… unable to move. The pain in her right leg was indescribable, more than she could bear. It seemed to spread to all of herself. Jillian had cantered by on her horse, but realized Amanda was no longer beside her, and turned around to find her. Then, she saw her on…
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How Your Ketogenic Diet Transforms Bipolar Disorder
We’ve looked at how your ketogenic diet transforms depression. But what about bipolar disorder, one of the most severe psychiatric conditions? Surely, an illness so complex can’t be treated with something so mild and routine as a change in diet? Sound absurd? Well, it’s not only NOT absurd, it’s a neuroscience-backed intervention that’s changing lives…