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- Stage: seed 🌱
- Type: book
- Topics: health, neuroscience
A revolutionary exploration of the link between metabolic dysfunction and mental illness, proposing that mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain.
Book Summary
Chris Palmer, a Harvard psychiatrist, presents evidence that mental illness is fundamentally a metabolic problem. He connects insulin resistance, mitochondrial dysfunction, and brain metabolism to conditions like depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia.
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- Insulin resistance
- Mental illness and brain metabolism
