Chris Palmer, MD Hence the terminal anorexia idea needs to be scrapped. People change.

I can’t even begin to count the number of people I’ve met who felt that they were defective and beyond repair.

I felt that way about myself earlier in life.

For those who need to hear it, there IS a way out of that place.

#hope

Diet impacts mental health.

Trauma and mental health play a role in obesity and T2 diabetes.

For some reason, both are highly controversial.

Mental and metabolic health are inseparable.

#SARSCoV2 aberrantly elevates #mitochondrial bioenergetics to induce robust #virus propagation

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nature.com/articles/s4139…
Eric Topol

Mitochondria will likely end up being the critical element in many neurologic, psychiatric and systemic disorders. This is what we 'should' be studying in #LongCovid .

Small extracellular vesicles from young plasma reverse age-related functional declines by improving mitochondrial energy metabolism

nature.com/articles/s4358…

Short sleep duration throughout childhood is associated with double the risk for a psychotic disorder and triple the risk for psychotic experiences in adulthood.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Two-Thirds of Unhoused People Have Mental Health Disorders

Offering more effective treatments might be a solution.

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Reactive ('hyperexcitable') astrocytes may be strong biomarkers for schizophrenia pathophysiology and treatment.

How do researchers measure this?

'by detecting overexpressed monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) on the outer mitochondrial membrane.'
#BrainEnergy

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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is increasing in prevalence, resulting in greater economic and social burdens.

'The currently widely accepted theories of MDD pathogenesis include the neurotransmitter and receptor hypothesis, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis hypothesis,…

How can women who are breastfeeding increase their milk supply and improve weight gain in their infants?

Relaxation Therapy and Human Milk Feeding Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Is a ketogenic diet dangerous for the kidneys?

Actually.... 'There is a considerable body of research suggesting that a very low carbohydrate ketogenic diet is safe in individuals with moderately diminished kidney function, even in studies that had higher protein intake than…

Among 78,000 children aged 3 - 12 years old with BMI ≥85th percentile, 31% had elevated or hypertensive blood pressure.

That doesn't bode well for long-term cardiometabolic health. 💔

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