Metabolic Psychiatry Blog
Metabolic Psychiatry with Lori Calabrese, MD and Rachel Frase, RD.
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Smash Bipolar Disorder With Ketogenic Psychiatry? You Bet!
Greg woke up in the morning roaring. He never knew when he woke up how he’d feel, or how he’d react. The combination of angst, explosive rage, heartache, and pain burst from him as he became alert, and it took a few moments before he could gather control of himself and hold it all in.…
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Turning On Neurogenesis: The Head is Part of the Body
We’ve talked about our avoidance of the term “mental Illness” through the years, because it misrepresents psychiatric disorders. We’re now going a step further to emphasize that the head is part of the body, and that the key to treating these disorders may very well lie in the metabolism of the whole body. We’re going…
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Devastating Divorce? You CAN Recover and Live Well Again
Jenn was stunned. She read the text message again, to be sure she had not misunderstood. Her husband of 13 years said, “I don’t want to be married anymore.” Her stomach knotted, she felt herself go pale. She was driving, so she pulled the car over for safety, because she couldn’t see what was in…
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Retirement: A New Beginning or Loss of Purpose in Life?
Joe woke up, looked at the ceiling, and sighed. Another day. What was he to do with this day? More of the same, most likely. Get up, drink coffee, read the paper, then watch daytime TV. He had been so excited to retire, to finally have the freedom to choose what he did with his…
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The Metabolic Mind Video about Anorexia
We’ve talked before about our work with Caroline to help her recover from anorexia nervosa, and the subsequent pilot study with 5 women who had suffered from anorexia for many years. In both cases, we used a combination of a nutritional intervention that created therapeutic nutritional ketosis without weight loss and IV ketamine infusions to…
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Has Failure Made It Impossible to Enjoy Anything? Reset Now!
Blake turned over in bed. He lay on his back, staring at the ceiling. What would he do with his day, he wondered. Ever since his business failed…scratch that…ever since HE failed…his sense of purpose had evaporated. He had been humiliated by the death of his business. And worse than that, he’d been disillusioned. He…
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Smashing Anorexia with a Therapeutic Ketogenic Diet Plus IV Ketamine
Halley put on her makeup and looked in the mirror. She abhorred her round face and the fat on her chest and arms. She quietly resolved that she’d swim more laps tomorrow, because the 30 laps she swam daily just wasn’t improving her appearance. It was hard, so hard, to go out in public because…
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Ketamine2022: Ketamine and Related Compounds at Oxford, UK is over. …Unforgettable!!
Thrilling? Yes. EYE opening? Yes! Opportunities?? YES!! This week saw the best conference of the ketamine-for-depression specialization. A gathering of neuroscience researchers, psychiatrists, chemists, and more came to share their work with ketamine and related compounds. Researchers hailed from all over the world — the Netherlands, Israel, Sweden, Greece, Ireland, Scotland, France, Australia, Italy, Canada…
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Building Confidence in Your Capabilities: Put First Things First
Twenty-year-old Jake felt listless, really somewhat lost, truthfully. He had led a confusing life of trying to take classes his counselors and parents told him to take, joining organizations that were recommended to him. But never being able to sink his teeth into anything. Nothing seemed like it mattered. Whether it was classes or sports or charity…
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How Flavonoids Protect Your Brain and Make It Work Better
Flavonoids go to bat for you and for your brain. They shield, protect, and fight for you — throughout your brain and over time — to help you flourish. Improve your resilience. Sharpen your mind. Enhance your memory. Prevent brain fog. Protect from conditions associated with dementia. Let’s talk about some of the ways flavonoids…