Dr. Chris Palmer
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When you lose everything, when you're poverty-stricken, when you lose your life. So these are people who, say, take a man who had a wife and two kids. He's the provider. He loses his job. He can't feed his wife and two kids. The wife wasn't working. She was staying home, raising the kids. They are furious with him because he had $100 in the stock market and lost it all.
When you lose everything, when you're poverty-stricken, when you lose your life. So these are people who, say, take a man who had a wife and two kids. He's the provider. He loses his job. He can't feed his wife and two kids. The wife wasn't working. She was staying home, raising the kids. They are furious with him because he had $100 in the stock market and lost it all.
And that was their life savings. And now he's drinking every night. He's now an alcoholic. or maybe using opioids, because we actually had an opioid epidemic back at the turn of the century too. So now he's numbing his pain and his humiliation. It's easy to understand. So those are psychological, social causes of mental illness or mental health conditions.
And that was their life savings. And now he's drinking every night. He's now an alcoholic. or maybe using opioids, because we actually had an opioid epidemic back at the turn of the century too. So now he's numbing his pain and his humiliation. It's easy to understand. So those are psychological, social causes of mental illness or mental health conditions.
And that was their life savings. And now he's drinking every night. He's now an alcoholic. or maybe using opioids, because we actually had an opioid epidemic back at the turn of the century too. So now he's numbing his pain and his humiliation. It's easy to understand. So those are psychological, social causes of mental illness or mental health conditions.
Those still exist and those can still cause mental illness today. But again, there's a disconnect We have all time ever recorded highs now, higher than the Great Depression. That doesn't make sense. And what is that? And what I'm saying is that sometimes biology, more than psychology or social factors, sometimes biology can drive mental illness too. Is that a sometimes or a lot of the times?
Those still exist and those can still cause mental illness today. But again, there's a disconnect We have all time ever recorded highs now, higher than the Great Depression. That doesn't make sense. And what is that? And what I'm saying is that sometimes biology, more than psychology or social factors, sometimes biology can drive mental illness too. Is that a sometimes or a lot of the times?
Those still exist and those can still cause mental illness today. But again, there's a disconnect We have all time ever recorded highs now, higher than the Great Depression. That doesn't make sense. And what is that? And what I'm saying is that sometimes biology, more than psychology or social factors, sometimes biology can drive mental illness too. Is that a sometimes or a lot of the times?
I think it's a lot of the times because I actually think they're all interconnected.
I think it's a lot of the times because I actually think they're all interconnected.
I think it's a lot of the times because I actually think they're all interconnected.
They're staggering, as everyone knows.
They're staggering, as everyone knows.
They're staggering, as everyone knows.
So right now the statistics are about 70% of adult Americans are overweight or obese. About 40% of adult Americans are obese. The rates in children, it's about 40% of children now are overweight or obese.
So right now the statistics are about 70% of adult Americans are overweight or obese. About 40% of adult Americans are obese. The rates in children, it's about 40% of children now are overweight or obese.
So right now the statistics are about 70% of adult Americans are overweight or obese. About 40% of adult Americans are obese. The rates in children, it's about 40% of children now are overweight or obese.
So that's also... And it's even more challenging for parents because even if you're one of those parents who's trying... your hardest to give your kids real whole foods at home at school. They go to school and get pop tarts and Fruit Loops and mac and cheese and chocolate chip cookies and pizza for lunch or their snack or their breakfast or whatever. A lot of those foods
So that's also... And it's even more challenging for parents because even if you're one of those parents who's trying... your hardest to give your kids real whole foods at home at school. They go to school and get pop tarts and Fruit Loops and mac and cheese and chocolate chip cookies and pizza for lunch or their snack or their breakfast or whatever. A lot of those foods
So that's also... And it's even more challenging for parents because even if you're one of those parents who's trying... your hardest to give your kids real whole foods at home at school. They go to school and get pop tarts and Fruit Loops and mac and cheese and chocolate chip cookies and pizza for lunch or their snack or their breakfast or whatever. A lot of those foods