Dr. Chris Palmer

So there are, you know, I have heard probably from thousands of people around the world since my work has become more public. And actually, our first podcast together, hands down, the most cited reason people know who I am As they should. Well, I know about you, but it's Huberman, that Huberman Lab podcast.

So there are, you know, I have heard probably from thousands of people around the world since my work has become more public. And actually, our first podcast together, hands down, the most cited reason people know who I am As they should. Well, I know about you, but it's Huberman, that Huberman Lab podcast.

So there are, you know, I have heard probably from thousands of people around the world since my work has become more public. And actually, our first podcast together, hands down, the most cited reason people know who I am As they should. Well, I know about you, but it's Huberman, that Huberman Lab podcast.

And because at the end of the day, I'm hearing from thousands of people who simply listened to that podcast, made changes, started a ketogenic diet for their schizophrenia or other treatment resistant mental disorder. Reach out to me. You saved my life. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten handwritten notes, emails, messages from people who use those words. You saved my life.

And because at the end of the day, I'm hearing from thousands of people who simply listened to that podcast, made changes, started a ketogenic diet for their schizophrenia or other treatment resistant mental disorder. Reach out to me. You saved my life. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten handwritten notes, emails, messages from people who use those words. You saved my life.

And because at the end of the day, I'm hearing from thousands of people who simply listened to that podcast, made changes, started a ketogenic diet for their schizophrenia or other treatment resistant mental disorder. Reach out to me. You saved my life. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten handwritten notes, emails, messages from people who use those words. You saved my life.

I never met this person. All I did was share this knowledge. And then they saved their own lives with knowledge. Coming back to your question now in a roundabout way, does ketogenic diet impact mitochondrial health? We have strong evidence that it does. So the ketogenic diet is mimicking the fasting state. And I just want to say that again. The ketogenic diet mimics the fasting state.

I never met this person. All I did was share this knowledge. And then they saved their own lives with knowledge. Coming back to your question now in a roundabout way, does ketogenic diet impact mitochondrial health? We have strong evidence that it does. So the ketogenic diet is mimicking the fasting state. And I just want to say that again. The ketogenic diet mimics the fasting state.

I never met this person. All I did was share this knowledge. And then they saved their own lives with knowledge. Coming back to your question now in a roundabout way, does ketogenic diet impact mitochondrial health? We have strong evidence that it does. So the ketogenic diet is mimicking the fasting state. And I just want to say that again. The ketogenic diet mimics the fasting state.

What does that mean? It means the ketogenic diet is mimicking no food consumption. So is the ketogenic diet the healthiest diet that everybody should follow? No, that's not the way I think about it. The ketogenic diet is an intervention. It is shifting metabolism. It is shifting countless kind of systems, signaling pathways, other things, gene expression.

What does that mean? It means the ketogenic diet is mimicking no food consumption. So is the ketogenic diet the healthiest diet that everybody should follow? No, that's not the way I think about it. The ketogenic diet is an intervention. It is shifting metabolism. It is shifting countless kind of systems, signaling pathways, other things, gene expression.

What does that mean? It means the ketogenic diet is mimicking no food consumption. So is the ketogenic diet the healthiest diet that everybody should follow? No, that's not the way I think about it. The ketogenic diet is an intervention. It is shifting metabolism. It is shifting countless kind of systems, signaling pathways, other things, gene expression.

in the human body and brain, and that results in effects. And the good news is these effects appear to be life-changing and life-saving sometimes. So they're highly beneficial effects. Again, dose and the way you do it matter because fasting, the extreme version of fasting is starvation, and that results in death. So that is not at all a good thing. Not feasible.

in the human body and brain, and that results in effects. And the good news is these effects appear to be life-changing and life-saving sometimes. So they're highly beneficial effects. Again, dose and the way you do it matter because fasting, the extreme version of fasting is starvation, and that results in death. So that is not at all a good thing. Not feasible.

in the human body and brain, and that results in effects. And the good news is these effects appear to be life-changing and life-saving sometimes. So they're highly beneficial effects. Again, dose and the way you do it matter because fasting, the extreme version of fasting is starvation, and that results in death. So that is not at all a good thing. Not feasible.

So let's make sure that if you're going to do a ketogenic diet or a fasting regimen that you're not— depriving yourself of essential nutrition, that you're getting enough calories, you're getting enough nutrients, that you're doing it in a medically sound way so that you're optimizing your health and not hurting your health.

So let's make sure that if you're going to do a ketogenic diet or a fasting regimen that you're not— depriving yourself of essential nutrition, that you're getting enough calories, you're getting enough nutrients, that you're doing it in a medically sound way so that you're optimizing your health and not hurting your health.

So let's make sure that if you're going to do a ketogenic diet or a fasting regimen that you're not— depriving yourself of essential nutrition, that you're getting enough calories, you're getting enough nutrients, that you're doing it in a medically sound way so that you're optimizing your health and not hurting your health.

But we have, you know, it's hard to measure this in humans in vitro because we can't, like, do an intervention to a human and then dissect their brain and, like, biopsy it and look at the mitochondria under the microscope. So we mostly have animal data that supports this. But animal data strongly supports that ketogenic interventions improve mitophagy.

But we have, you know, it's hard to measure this in humans in vitro because we can't, like, do an intervention to a human and then dissect their brain and, like, biopsy it and look at the mitochondria under the microscope. So we mostly have animal data that supports this. But animal data strongly supports that ketogenic interventions improve mitophagy.