Dr. Georgia Ede

I'm nutritionally pro-choice, which means if you came to me with a mental health issue, I would support you in optimizing the diet of your choice and making it as brain healthy as I possibly could because it's very important that you feel comfortable with the diet that you're eating. And so there are lots of ways to do that. But I think it's really important.

I'm nutritionally pro-choice, which means if you came to me with a mental health issue, I would support you in optimizing the diet of your choice and making it as brain healthy as I possibly could because it's very important that you feel comfortable with the diet that you're eating. And so there are lots of ways to do that. But I think it's really important.

And one thing I encourage people to do in my work and in my book is to open our minds and get curious about food, the biology of food, the biology of the brain. Because most of what we hear about nutrition doesn't come from biology. It doesn't come from clinical experiments or information about how cells work or about what's actually inside food.

And one thing I encourage people to do in my work and in my book is to open our minds and get curious about food, the biology of food, the biology of the brain. Because most of what we hear about nutrition doesn't come from biology. It doesn't come from clinical experiments or information about how cells work or about what's actually inside food.

It comes from this type of study called a nutrition epidemiology study, which is just questionnaire-based guesswork. Untested theories about what we should eat. Most of what we believe about nutrition is untested theories, wild guesses, and wishful thinking.

It comes from this type of study called a nutrition epidemiology study, which is just questionnaire-based guesswork. Untested theories about what we should eat. Most of what we believe about nutrition is untested theories, wild guesses, and wishful thinking.

So it's insulin. So everybody out there who's trying to lose weight, they need to know one thing, and it works. You cannot burn fat if your insulin levels are too high. So if you know what raises insulin... You can turn that insulin knob down. If you know how to do that, you will lose weight. It's a biological fact. So when you turn down insulin, you will burn fat.

So it's insulin. So everybody out there who's trying to lose weight, they need to know one thing, and it works. You cannot burn fat if your insulin levels are too high. So if you know what raises insulin... You can turn that insulin knob down. If you know how to do that, you will lose weight. It's a biological fact. So when you turn down insulin, you will burn fat.

So a ketogenic diet, you can't produce ketones unless your insulin is low enough. So the ketones on that meter are showing you that you are burning fat. You can't make ketones unless you're burning fat. So you really cannot burn fat unless you're in ketosis. You don't necessarily have to be in ketosis all the time. You don't necessarily have to have very high ketone levels.

So a ketogenic diet, you can't produce ketones unless your insulin is low enough. So the ketones on that meter are showing you that you are burning fat. You can't make ketones unless you're burning fat. So you really cannot burn fat unless you're in ketosis. You don't necessarily have to be in ketosis all the time. You don't necessarily have to have very high ketone levels.

But if you're not in ketosis, you're not burning fat. So if you're not in ketosis, the brain can't even see that you've got energy, spare energy to burn. You might have 200, 300 pounds of stored energy as fat. the brain will still ask you to eat more carbohydrate because it's not in fat-burning mode. So it's in carbohydrate-burning mode. When it's hungry, it's going to look for more carbohydrate.

But if you're not in ketosis, you're not burning fat. So if you're not in ketosis, the brain can't even see that you've got energy, spare energy to burn. You might have 200, 300 pounds of stored energy as fat. the brain will still ask you to eat more carbohydrate because it's not in fat-burning mode. So it's in carbohydrate-burning mode. When it's hungry, it's going to look for more carbohydrate.

You have to teach it. You have to bring your body into fat-burning mode and train your body. Give yourself some time, a few weeks, to learn how to burn fat again and stay there. My mother is 91 years old. she has lost 50 pounds on a ketogenic diet. It is never too late to, all she has to do is make sure there are ketones on her meter.

You have to teach it. You have to bring your body into fat-burning mode and train your body. Give yourself some time, a few weeks, to learn how to burn fat again and stay there. My mother is 91 years old. she has lost 50 pounds on a ketogenic diet. It is never too late to, all she has to do is make sure there are ketones on her meter.

When her glucose meter was nice and stable, she wasn't losing weight because the insulin was still too high. The ketones tell you, the ketones are essentially a mirror image of your insulin level. So we don't have a home insulin level test yet. We have

When her glucose meter was nice and stable, she wasn't losing weight because the insulin was still too high. The ketones tell you, the ketones are essentially a mirror image of your insulin level. So we don't have a home insulin level test yet. We have

fabulous continuous glucose monitors, which I recommend anybody out there with a mental health issue or physical health, anybody out there who can afford $45 or $50 for a single two-week glucose sensor, which are now available in the United States over-the-counter, which they weren't before. I think you've had them in the UK for a lot longer.

fabulous continuous glucose monitors, which I recommend anybody out there with a mental health issue or physical health, anybody out there who can afford $45 or $50 for a single two-week glucose sensor, which are now available in the United States over-the-counter, which they weren't before. I think you've had them in the UK for a lot longer.

You can see what your glucose levels are doing in response to your lifestyle, your food choices, your exercise, etc., It can't tell you what's going on with your insulin level. So you can have a nice, beautiful, stable glucose level, nice in the healthy range. Your insulin can still be too high and you're burning all that glucose for energy. A ketone meter will tell you if you're burning fat.

You can see what your glucose levels are doing in response to your lifestyle, your food choices, your exercise, etc., It can't tell you what's going on with your insulin level. So you can have a nice, beautiful, stable glucose level, nice in the healthy range. Your insulin can still be too high and you're burning all that glucose for energy. A ketone meter will tell you if you're burning fat.