Revolutionizing Mental Health: The Rise of Metabolic Psychiatry | Dr. Georgia Ede
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After decades of stagnation, the field of psychiatry is undergoing a transformative shift.
For 75 years, mental health issues were largely viewed as “chemical imbalances” best treated with medications. While these medications have helped many, their efficacy is often limited, and they come with common side effects like fatigue, weight gain, and sexual dysfunction.
Enter metabolic psychiatry-a groundbreaking new approach that reimagines mental health challenges as issues rooted in brain metabolism. This fresh perspective is revolutionizing how we perceive and address mental health conditions, offering powerful, practical, and safe solutions that are accessible to everyone.
The most exciting discovery of our time? Robust mental health is deeply connected to robust metabolic health-and achieving metabolic health starts with a brain-friendly diet.
For those struggling with mental health, understanding how dietary changes can provide benefits that no medication can is critical. However, the key lies in making the right changes-ones that go beyond conventional dietary advice.
By integrating cutting-edge research on brain metabolism with evidence-based insights on brain-nourishing foods, we can unlock a powerful formula for optimal mental well-being. This exciting synergy is the focus of our podcast, and today, we’re thrilled to feature an expert in this field: Dr. Georgia Ede, MD, author of Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind.
Dr. Georgia Ede, MD, is a Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist and a trailblazer in the emerging field of nutritional psychiatry. Based in Northampton, Massachusetts, Dr. Ede discovered her passion for nutrition after transforming her own health in her early 40s. Through dietary changes, she reversed several chronic conditions, including fibromyalgia, migraines, chronic fatigue syndrome, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Dr. Ede earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from Carleton College in Minnesota and her MD from the University of Vermont. She completed her residency in general adult psychiatry at Cambridge Hospital in 2002. After five years in private practice, she joined Harvard University Health Services (2007-2013) as a staff psychopharmacologist. During her tenure, she became the first psychiatrist at Harvard to offer nutritional consultations for mental health concerns.
Today, Dr. Ede dedicates her career to nutritional psychiatry, focusing on the profound connection between food and brain health. She is a passionate researcher, writer, and speaker, empowering individuals to take charge of their mental well-being through the science of nutrition.
In this episode, Dr. Ede shares her insights on the revolutionary potential of metabolic psychiatry and the role of diet in mental health. Together, we’ll explore how rethinking the way we nourish our brains can lead to profound changes in how we think, feel, and live.
Join us for a deep dive into the intersection of nutrition and psychiatry and discover how small, actionable dietary changes can unlock a brighter, healthier future for your mind.
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0:05 Introduction
4:15 Welcoming Dr. Ede
5:01 Dr. Ede's Backstory And Experimenting with Her Own Diet
10:46 Shifting Beliefs From Standard Psychiatric Medicine
15:22 SSRI's And Their Efficacy
20:13 Standard American Diet And Widespread Mental Health Crisis
26:21 Inflammation And Its Affect On Mental Health
30:18 Insulin Resistance, The Brain, and Impact on Mental Health
34:49 The Pushback Georgie Has Received W
39:28 Metabolism, Mitochondrial Function Relation To Mental Health Issues
44:36 Using A Ketogenic Diet To Manage Mental Health
52:55 Personalized Medicine Through A Diet That Works For Your Body
1:01:20 Thank you to Dr. Georgia and Conclusion
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Dr. Georgia Ede is an internationally recognized expert in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. Her
twenty-five years of clinical experience include twelve years at Smith College and Harvard
University, where she was the first psychiatrist to offer students nutrition-based approaches to
mental health conditions.
Dr. Ede co-authored the first inpatient study of the ketogenic diet for serious mental illness, developed the first medically accredited course in ketogenic diets for mental health, and is a recipient of the Baszucki Brain Research Fund’s Metabolic Mind Award. Her bestselling new book Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind was recommended by the New York Times Book Review as among the three best mental health books of 2024.
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I suffered depression over 50 years and with this diet I am off all meds for nine years with NO symptoms. I believe I had an autoimmune disorder and not bipolar. My mood disorder symptoms were not bipolar but autoimmune side effect and with diet, movement and meditation I am healthy.
Congratulations! Glad you found this amazing resources!
I’m reading this book called “Anatomy of an Epidemic” by Robert Whitaker about the pharmaceutical industry. He investigates “why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the US tripled over the past two decades?” Thanks for interviewing this nice doctor who thinks for herself and actually helps people.
At about 15:00 numerous helpful resources are cited including Dr Chris Palmer and his groundbreaking book, Brain Energy. I’m thrilled to see another podcast for those suffering from mental illness and how food can heal. So accessible to almost anybody!❤
thank you!
I have the book..
Waw, she is so honest by letting us know that she didn’t know about nutrition! She is humble; and therefore, she is strong. Thank you you both for this invaluable information!
Thank you Dr. Perlmutter for bringing Dr. Ede to our attention to continue our medicine education for making better choices. You are “tops”💖
Watching this video while eating a homemade keto buñuelo.
Dr. Ede is an absolute legend and a master of explaining such complicated concepts in a way that anyone can understand.
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THIS is the future of mental health therapy. We should have known this all along. Had we known this, then humanity would not experience the scourge of chronic diseases, including mental illness. It's clear that nutrition has a profound effect on the human psychology. I hope that this position on mental health is adopted by psychiatry from now on. The opposition by the medical industry is steep, but the evidence is clear on the effect of poor nutrition on one's mental well-being.
I suffered my entire life with debilitating anxiety, depression, anger, borderline personality disorder, learning disabilities, cptsd, chronic pain, and bipolar disorder amongst other diagnoses. I'm happy to report that through keto alone, I've been medication and episode free for over 6 1/2 yrs. I also no longer suffer from chronic pain. Through a more resilient nervous system, I've been able to work on my trauma . I trained with Dr Ede and now help others. My story was told on episode 11 of the Keto Bipolar YT channel. I currently coach and have an online Meetup support group for those interested or who are already using ketosis to treat chronic mental health conditions . It's called , Mental Health & The Ketogenic Lifestyle. So grateful for this intervention.
That's amazing! Congratulations!
What an informative interview and how amazing that Dr Edes give Dr P such acknowledgement.. just shows the sincerity and pure hearted souls both Dr's are .. thank you to both of you 💗.. blessings from Johannesburg South Africa 🇿🇦 🙏
Thank you from Massachusetts USA!
Dr. Ede is absolutely brilliant! Achieving ketosis took some practice, but once I got there, I felt unstoppable. My focus, attention, mood, energy, and sleep have all improved dramatically. I feel like a completely different person, and I can’t imagine ever going back to the Standard American Diet. This way of eating has transformed my life!
I just finished Dr. Ede's book the other day. It was so good....I loved it!
Thank you for reading it and glad you enjoyed it!
Remarkable! I wish medicine could be more open to the idea of holistic care
You stay in the #1 spot on my trusted source list for obvious reasons- and very few have qualified to make the list at all because I have a clinical laboratory background.
Thank you for staying the course despite the criticism and attacks - you are still changing the world.
I just got Dr Ede’s book! She’s a rockstar too!
Thank you, Sharon--please let me know what you think of the book~
excellent interview - thank you both!
Thank you for having hope on the menu Dr. Ede💝
Great interview! I learned a lot.
In Edinburgh Scotland, the Craighall psychiatric hospital , had a unit set up researching nutrition effecting different conditions.The Queens unit had been in operation since the early 1970’s .
All foodstuffs were grown in pesticide,herbicide etc free conditions including tea grown in Tanzania, all meat products raised without hormonal stimulants etc.
Patients we’re making substantial improvement particularly depression and some other illnesses.
So this is not a ‘new ‘ discovery in mental health treatment.
@@fionasaunders7646 suppressed, so new to most people.
Thank you.
Very good interview thank you for sharing
I took 450 mg of Lithium for 22 years. During that time I did not have to pay so much attention to the Arthritic Diet to control joint inflammation. I wonder if Li is an anti-inflammatory and that's why it's effective.
thanks for brings some degree of sanity into our lives...
100% agree
Thank you Dr. Perlmutter for mentioning cashews. I just realized my body is reacting to them as if I had overindulged in sweet pastries. No wonder I like cashews so much :(
Great interview. Both of you are heroes in my book
cashews are bad? what can I eat. What is left
@jeanpaultongeren125 Some people do better with cashews than others:) But generally, a paleo style diet tailored to your carbohydrate tolerance is a great place to start (this is one of the plans in my book)
Fantastic conversation!
Thank you for interviewing Dr Ede. She is wonderful. I always look for any of her lectures/interviews 👍👍👍
🦖🦖🦖🦖carnivore!!😉
Fantastic interview! Thank you so much for sharing this information!! It really has me reevaluating my diet! I’m in the thick of menopause and am hopeful that this information along with my HRT will help preserve my brain!!
Thank you
Fascinating listening to this. So thanks. Yes, I know you're both also in the business of selling your books, (which sound well worth buying!), but what you say here makes such common sense to me...ie : that we should surely get our policy priorities right and employ appropriate, monitored nutritional interventions before simply relying solely on pharmaceuticals. After all, "the mainstream" already recognise the effects that a state of Ketosis had when treating some of the most severe forms of Epilepsy...and have done for the last century. Surely there's a little clue there?!?
Rude.
@@stevelanghorn1407 good point. Lifestyle over medication. Agree.
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I love this channel…! ❤️
I think the use of fasting insulin labs are still not embraced as useful in the US medical world as Dr. Perlmutter alluded to here because I asked for this test in November at my primary care appointment since I've never been offered it (maybe because I'm not a diabetic). My insurance is supposed to pay for 100% of my lab tests if I use a specific lab (not the one conveniently at my doctor's office) which I did, but they're trying to deny paying the fasting insulin lab by calling it experimental.
Our huge NHS state healthcare system, here in Britain, doesn't currently offer HOMA-IR tests at all. The blood serum HbA1C test is the main test. Thereafter, possible follow-up tests are the FBG fasting blood glucose tests & maybe the OGTT oral glucose tolerance test. But you'd have to pay a private clinic for the HOMA-IR test...which only a few, wealthier, health-conscious people do over here.
If you live in the U.S. you can order your own fasting insulin test from online lab services and it will cost you $15 or less out of pocket without insurance coverage
@GeorgiaEdeMD Well, it's a matter of principle is my actual complaint. My cost is only about $9 but I'm supposed to have a zero copay if I use a specific lab (which I did). I had another insurance before that wouldn't pay for my varicose vein surgery for about a year until I threatened to contact my lawyer....& I had a pre-authorization number.
@@joghogGood move with the lawyer. Best Wishes...
@@lindajones4849 Thanks. Sad I had to because my doctor's office was sending me late payment bills. Happy New Year to you!
A reason for the push back (by fellow medical practitioners I assume) could be explained by a combination of Dr Iain McGilchrists thesis on hemi spherical brain differences (likely the medical fraternity has overwhelming left brain bias, which makes sense except for when paradigm shift thinking is appropriate) and good ol' pride/ego/nacissism especially by those towards the top of the hierarchy. You are dealing with highly complex science (albeit your excellent communication style to us non medical/scientific viewers) which adds to the resistance. The USA culture of money before health, eg cereal at breakfast, is a massive barrier to the change your driving. Finally, global education focuses on specialisation without regard to any holistic approach to situational analysis. A psychiatrist looking beyond psychiatry is rare. In this case not only diet but you also need to consider social elements to make change (stakeholder analysis 101)
@@TomZanetic Rockefeller Medicine. Intentionally orchestrated before most of us were even born.
Also see Dr. Brooke Goldner's Goodbye Lupus diet.
Thanks a Lot 👍👍👍
10:30 - why psychiatrists are so reluctant to suggest any treatment besides drugs
A great peoce of art of medicine! Agree with every word 👍
Vitamin D helped me
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Hippocrates encouraged: Let food be medicine. And even though 2,500 years have passed since he lived, today we know beyond any doubt that the Greek precursor of medicine was right. A good diet can heal.
I appreciate all seen shared! AND what do you do if your a vegetarian for p philosophical reasons- and how can the large majority of the world eat carnivore/ keto. So many of my frowns are young and in debt. Very difficult for them to afford meat. Really tough for them…
As for me I’ve been helped by carnivore..
@@karenslaughing the solution may be for vegetarians to eat organic. And basic organic foods are affordable (avoid prepackaged foods). Eat beans, grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds. I also wondered about vegetarians. But, it seems being on a plant based diet due to a spiritual lifestyle is solution in itself? By meditating the underlying emotional triggers of illness are worked through gradually but surely. Emphasis on whole foods and ethical lifestyle. No drugs or alcohol either. Use olive oil, that’s healthy and get exercise! Yes, many roads to health. Evolutionary Herbalism on YT teaches herbal medicine. Nature Therapy! Time spent in the woods with the trees and by the stream…
Any thoughts about trauma causing the psychiatric problems?
Shock physical , mental, émotional , financial, accidents, grief, grave injurys, etc has the potential to cause dépression, bipolar psychosis etc .
Cracking up
On the edge
Can't take no more
Reached m'y limit
I've had enough
Etc etc
Its all in the language . When one loses ones sense of safety, control, order, social, emotional norms we face cognitive dissonance . We can not cope with the new reality and turn inwards, shuting out thé world . I believe it takes two years to recover from such trauma with great discipline and work including diet .
Thérès no quick fix . Drugs have their role to bring a derailed train to a stop but offerts no solution long term .
One gets sucked into the labyrinth of psychiatry and its often very difficult to find your way out. Plus you loose sooooo much time . I speak from expérience .
With keto, controling oxilates, t'ai chi ,cute poodle companion, walking, patchwork and prayer I made it out . M'y psychiatrist is clueless . Antipsychotics are a chemical cosh, permanent brain damage resulting in permanent handicap .
Peace
i had to put holes in my belt to tighten my pants...
Can we tie this into dihydraberberine?
@@billdonson887 can you?
I keep hearing that the reason we like sweet tasting fruits (and sugar) is that our ancestors needed the extra fat from eating sweet berries to tide them over winter when food is difficult to find. But what about those who lived near the equator where there is no winter?
Should this reasoning be less applicable to them? Shouldn't our ancestors who lived near the equator be less addicted to sugar?
Aside from coconut and avocado, generally fruits and berries are NOT a source of fat. So, someone may have miss informed you.
As for sugar addiction, that's a result of refined sugar. It's not caused by eating fruit or berries.
Oh, you might enjoy the book "The Pleasure Trap"....or just find youtube videos talking about it. It talks about evolution and why we crave and eat what we do.
@@kathysharp7551 I think chensally3 refers to eating copious amounts of fruits to store their sugars as fat in the body which can then be burned again in winter
@Dbm7b5-p7y oh, thanks for explaining :)
" Temptations are everywhere. Ultraprocessed food / sweets everywhere : the gas station , the drugstore. If you make it to the checkout counter without buying any junk food there is morecandy to tempt you onelast time before you escape....👿😓👹
it is interesting to hear Dr. Edes career journeys and how she had to fight against people conviction s about what constitutes a healthy diet. I am planing to do he quiet paleo diet. I do like to know though why she is not in favour of dairy. Dr. ede claims it can cause insulin resistance. I am keen to know the biochemical pathway through which this could occur. kind regards, miss you
It sounds like you may have read Change Your Diet Change Your Mind already, but if you haven't, there are many pages of information about the pros and cons of dairy in chapter 8. Insulin resistance occurs naturally during growth spurts (puberty, pregnancy in humans, for example) and milk is a growth formula.
@GeorgiaEdeMD dear dr. EDE. I have indeed read that chapter in the book. I am enjoying reading the book and I am learning a lot about nutrition and the three different diets you propose. I just find it difficult to reconcile with the thought that dairy, especially fermented dairy would be so bad for metabolic health. Your view contrasts the view of for example Dr. Bikman who opines that dairy can be a very nutritious food source. And there are various others in the low carbon community such as Dr. Erik westman who is also not against dairy. Hence my query to you about dairy being so bad for metabolic health.
@@REIMARAValkI believe Dr Edes concern about adults eating dairy is that it can be inflammatory in some people. Some people might not include you. If it was me, I wouldn’t worry about eating dairy (I don’t worry about it) and see how it goes for you.
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The only truth is holistic care
The Clean Diet by Alejandro Junger MD and intermittent fasting helped me transform my health. Now I'm looking into the GAPS diet for my son. He's already had two bad reactions to the pills. The GAPS diet is for people with ADHD, Autism, and other mental health issues. GAPS = Gut And Psychology/Physiology Syndrome and was created by Natasha Campbell-McBride MD
Please read Dr Chris Palmers book Brain Energy made a big difference for my ASD son.
Can you tell us in 3 minutes?
Sumnary: Avoid processed foods. And, yes, sugar is a processed food.
I have ask 3 different doctors to test my fasting insolin all have said No. I explain why still they refused the last time I asked was last month.
If you live in the U.S. you can order your own fasting insulin test from online lab services and it will cost you $15 or less out of pocket without insurance coverage
It is now 1/25 and I asked my doctor to check insulin in my last test and just didn’t.
If you live in the U.S. you can order your own fasting insulin test from online lab services and it will cost you $15 or less out of pocket without insurance coverage
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I thought a HOMA-IR was an insulin resistance test.
@dr_ericberg
Yes it is an equation that combines insulin and glucose levels:)
How does all the poisoned food that is 89% what is available in stores relate to the mental healt crisis!??!!! How can you eat different HEALTHY when the food is making us physical sick, and mentally??!!
My daily diet always start with high protein high carb no fat meal and then end the day with a high protein high fat no carb meal, works great for me.
First meal of the day is a whey protein shake with 1 or 2 bananas, 4 eggs, wild blue berries, cocoa nibs, nuts and herbs
My last meal is 400 grams of meat, butter, 4 eggs, some boiled mushrooms and a single carrot to add a little fiber
Sometime I also eat 4 eggs right before bed as a snack
@@HH-hb9uy I guess you workout. From what I can see
@jeanpaultongeren125 2-3 times a week, nothing crazy thou.
whole food plant diet is the ticket for humans. We have long alkaline intestines just like herbivore animals. To remind you herbivores only eat plants.
These two doctors just spent over one hour discussing evidence based, scientific information about treating mental illness with a specific modality. A modality, I might add, that flies in the face of western medicine - as also discussed. Does that not raise any questions or curiosity in your mind?
Watch dr Berg on vegans .
Disaster long term .
The anti-bot features of Web3 Infinity Token are a breath of new air. It's high time someone brought up that subject!
CORPERATE CAPTURE….
Long video without useful info but a LOT of talk. Thanks.
Talks a lot about the problem. Maybe she has information on solutions on other videos.
Change your diet. Get her book. Check it out from the library if you don’t want to buy it.
The technology behind Web3 Infinity Token intrigues me. It might herald in a revolution.
Thatswhy I love Peter D' Adamo s bloodtype diet😊🎉❤
The Keto diet took me from suicidal to happy and calm.
Waah sounds like a real good doctor whose wanting just to freakin help. Shame on those people supporting the big foodand farmasuitecal wtf
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Thank you, a great interview!
Very good interview! Thank you!
Fantastic interview! Thank you so much for sharing this information!! It really has me reevaluating my diet! I’m in the thick of menopause and am hopeful that this information along with my HRT will help preserve my brain!!