I educate on ketogenic diets for mental illness & neurological disorders because I want you to know all the ways you (or a loved one) can feel better. 🧵(1/4)
Learning all the ways you can feel better helps you understand that you deserve better treatment options than you are currently being offered. (2/4)
Learning all the ways you can feel better means that you no longer feel like you have to suffer in silence because you are already receiving a standard of care that is not working well for you. (3/4)
Learning that a ketogenic diet is available and effective is the first step to you becoming empowered enough to advocate for yourself and take control of your health. (4/4) #ketoformentalhealth#neurotwitter#healthcare
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Vitamin B6 is essential as an enzymatic cofactor in over 140 biochemical reactions, including transaminations and replacement reactions. (1/6)
Pyridoxine is the most common form of B6, which also helps reduce oxidative stress caused by Aβ, inhibits plasma levels of Aβ, and prevents grey matter atrophy in Alzheimer's Disease. (2/6)
Depakote, Tegretol, Lamictal, Neurontin,
Gabapentin, Valium, Klonopin, Xanax, Topamax, and Topiramate are often used to treat seizures. Did you know that a ketogenic diet can be used to treat seizures? Without the dependency or side effects of these medications? (1/4)
Did you know that you can use a #ketogenic diet to help treat seizures, mental illness, and neurological issues and possibly not need to use these medications? Did you know that was an option you could pursue? (3/4)
Mitochondria are essential to our overall health and well-being. In addition to producing energy, they regulate many critical processes in the body. (1/11) #mitochondria#energy#health
Mitochondria play a key role in the production and regulation of neurotransmitters. They also help produce key hormones like cortisol, estrogen, and testosterone. (2/11) #mitochondria#hormones#neurotransmitters#neurotwitter
Mitochondria are involved in epigenetics, which is the expression of #genes from the nucleus. They send signals to the nucleus that turn genes on or off. (3/11) #epigenetics#genes#mitochondria
Medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, can affect how microglia and astrocytes produce inflammatory molecules. 🧵 (1/19)
Interleukin 8, or IL-8, is a molecule that causes inflammation in the body. It is produced by immune cells in the brain called macrophages, microglia, and astrocytes. (2/19)
IL-8 can either help or hurt the body's response to inflammation, depending on how much is present. IL-8 is complicated. It can have neuroprotective or neurotoxic roles. (3/19)
"And well, one of the beautiful things about the mitochondrial theory is that it also connects psychological and social factors that we know can play a role in mental disorders and metabolic disorders.
So, childhood adversity, trauma, and stress, they all impact mitochondrial function. And we've known for many decades that they also play a role in mental disorders.
But they also play a role in things like premature cardiovascular disease. And again, the way to connect them is through mitochondria." @ChrisPalmerMD
Once upon a time, deep within the human brain, there was a bustling community of cells. Each cell had a specific job, but there was one organelle that was responsible for providing them with the energy they needed to function - the mighty mitochondria. This is a story 🧵 (1/12)
One particular mitochondrion, let's call him Mitch, was thriving and well-functioning. He was producing energy like he was supposed to, and his fellow mitochondria in the area were thriving as well. (2/12)
But then, harmful substances and behaviors started to affect him. His host sometimes smoked Cigarettes and consumed alcohol, and was too sedentary. This poisoned Mitch and killed off most of his fellow mitochondria in that area of the brain. (3/12)