I had the incredible opportunity to attend, and speak on a lived experience panel, a symposium on metabolic psychiatry in Austin, Texas this week. I learned so much and am feeling so inspired about what feels like the future of psychiatry. In this video, I share my thoughts around this monumental shift that needs to take place in psychiatric care, and reflections from my own experience and sharing publicly on this channel.

Thank you so much Baszucki Group for involving me in this event and for everything you're doing to mobilize and propel this movement forward.

I understand that this intervention may not work for absolutely everyone. But there is no denying from my own experience, the experiences I've heard from others, and emerging research, that this is something really big.

MEDICAL KETO RESOURCES
You can learn more about medical keto for mental illnesses on the Metabolic Mind YouTube channel (@metabolicmind) and on their website https://www.metabolicmind.org/

You can find more about my keto coach Nicole Laurent and her work on her website:
https://www.mentalhealthketo.com/

You can also learn more about metabolic health and mental illness from the book 'Brain Energy' by Dr. Christopher Palmer https://brainenergy.com/

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