Metabolism And Mental Health?
Have you heard the term “Metabolic Psychiatry”?
It’s pretty new to me and one that I find super fascinating!
Metabolic psychiatry is a new subspeciality focused on targeting and treating metabolic dysfunction to improve mental health outcomes. The rates of metabolic conditions are already very high, one study showed that up to 88% of American adults have poor metabolic health, and in people with psychiatric disease, the rates are even higher.
“We developed the term ‘metabolic psychiatry’ at Stanford to describe treatment of metabolic dysfunction to improve psychiatric outcomes,” says Dr. Sethi, board-certified psychiatrist, obesity medicine specialist, and founding director of Stanford’s Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic.
In the quest for optimal health and vitality, we often return to our metabolism, the complex chain of reactions that our bodies use to convert food into energy, as well as balance hormones, boost energy, and improve sex drive and quality of sleep.
“Currently, one in five Americans live with a mental illness, and the rates of mental illness have been tracking alongside increases in metabolic disease,” says Dr. Sethi.
Based on findings from ongoing research, mental illnesses, such as depression, bipolar illness, psychosis, and eating disorders, are strongly associated with increased inflammation. Individuals with these conditions also suffer from higher rates of metabolic disease, including insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, and unhealthy excess body weight, than the general population.
“The #1 thing you can do for our health? Reduce or eliminate refined carbohydrates and sugar. Your brain has a delicate balance of neurotransmitters, or chemical messengers, and the more sugar and processed food that you consume (we call it the SAD diet, or Standard American Diet), the more these levels become unbalanced,” says Dr. Sethi.
That confirms that the #2 MUST be the food you eat!
The more fresh, clean, high quality and nutrient dense plant food you consume the more you’re contributing to a healthier body, a harmonious metabolic system and healthier state of mind.
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