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Dr. Chris Palmer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1446 total appearances

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Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

Like never, never are they binging on steak and broccoli. They're binging almost exclusively on ultra-processed foods. And then they go through these cycles where they binge on them and then they beat themselves up and they feel disgusting and they're ashamed and they're humiliated and... And then they try their best. They white knuckle it to avoid those foods.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

Like never, never are they binging on steak and broccoli. They're binging almost exclusively on ultra-processed foods. And then they go through these cycles where they binge on them and then they beat themselves up and they feel disgusting and they're ashamed and they're humiliated and... And then they try their best. They white knuckle it to avoid those foods.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

Like never, never are they binging on steak and broccoli. They're binging almost exclusively on ultra-processed foods. And then they go through these cycles where they binge on them and then they beat themselves up and they feel disgusting and they're ashamed and they're humiliated and... And then they try their best. They white knuckle it to avoid those foods.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

And then something bad happens in their life. They get stressed. Somebody cuts them off in traffic. They've had a hard day at work. Their boss came down on them, whatever. And and then they go home and they're like, you know, screw it. I hate my life. I hate myself. I don't. Health doesn't even matter for me. I'm worthless. Classic addiction cycle. And I may as well just enjoy myself.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

And then something bad happens in their life. They get stressed. Somebody cuts them off in traffic. They've had a hard day at work. Their boss came down on them, whatever. And and then they go home and they're like, you know, screw it. I hate my life. I hate myself. I don't. Health doesn't even matter for me. I'm worthless. Classic addiction cycle. And I may as well just enjoy myself.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

And then something bad happens in their life. They get stressed. Somebody cuts them off in traffic. They've had a hard day at work. Their boss came down on them, whatever. And and then they go home and they're like, you know, screw it. I hate my life. I hate myself. I don't. Health doesn't even matter for me. I'm worthless. Classic addiction cycle. And I may as well just enjoy myself.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

And just like an alcoholic would, just like a cocaine addict would. It's not that people are using every single day. You know, they go through cycles. And it's really tragic. Harvard Medical School just literally two days ago came out with an article, Is Sugar Addictive? And their conclusion, no, no, because sugar is found in fruit, so it can't be addictive. I'm like, really? Not the same sugar.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

And just like an alcoholic would, just like a cocaine addict would. It's not that people are using every single day. You know, they go through cycles. And it's really tragic. Harvard Medical School just literally two days ago came out with an article, Is Sugar Addictive? And their conclusion, no, no, because sugar is found in fruit, so it can't be addictive. I'm like, really? Not the same sugar.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

And just like an alcoholic would, just like a cocaine addict would. It's not that people are using every single day. You know, they go through cycles. And it's really tragic. Harvard Medical School just literally two days ago came out with an article, Is Sugar Addictive? And their conclusion, no, no, because sugar is found in fruit, so it can't be addictive. I'm like, really? Not the same sugar.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

They went out of their way to say, well, you know, it's not addictive like alcohol and nicotine because people sometimes have trouble stopping those completely. And I'm thinking, and what do you think is different about sugar? Do you really don't understand that some people can't stop consuming ultra-processed, high-sugar foods? You really don't understand that?

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

They went out of their way to say, well, you know, it's not addictive like alcohol and nicotine because people sometimes have trouble stopping those completely. And I'm thinking, and what do you think is different about sugar? Do you really don't understand that some people can't stop consuming ultra-processed, high-sugar foods? You really don't understand that?

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

They went out of their way to say, well, you know, it's not addictive like alcohol and nicotine because people sometimes have trouble stopping those completely. And I'm thinking, and what do you think is different about sugar? Do you really don't understand that some people can't stop consuming ultra-processed, high-sugar foods? You really don't understand that?

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

Like, are you living in an ivory tower?

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

Like, are you living in an ivory tower?

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

Like, are you living in an ivory tower?

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

So creatine is... a molecule that is foundational to energy transformation in cells. So creatine goes into the mitochondria and there it gets combined with ATP to become phosphocreatine. And then it leaves the mitochondrion and goes to places in the cell where energy is needed, like a synapse or a ribosome that's trying to make some new proteins or something else.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

So creatine is... a molecule that is foundational to energy transformation in cells. So creatine goes into the mitochondria and there it gets combined with ATP to become phosphocreatine. And then it leaves the mitochondrion and goes to places in the cell where energy is needed, like a synapse or a ribosome that's trying to make some new proteins or something else.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

So creatine is... a molecule that is foundational to energy transformation in cells. So creatine goes into the mitochondria and there it gets combined with ATP to become phosphocreatine. And then it leaves the mitochondrion and goes to places in the cell where energy is needed, like a synapse or a ribosome that's trying to make some new proteins or something else.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

It goes to places in the cell where energy is needed, and it can combine with ADP to be converted back into ATP. So it's basically a phosphate shuttle. Creatine is a phosphate shuttle that is foundational to energy metabolism. It is foundational to mitochondrial function. Our bodies can produce creatine on its own as long as we have the essential vitamins and nutrients that make it up.

Huberman Lab
Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

It goes to places in the cell where energy is needed, and it can combine with ADP to be converted back into ATP. So it's basically a phosphate shuttle. Creatine is a phosphate shuttle that is foundational to energy metabolism. It is foundational to mitochondrial function. Our bodies can produce creatine on its own as long as we have the essential vitamins and nutrients that make it up.