Metabolic health and mental health are linked because both depend on mitochondrial function; mitochondria in the brain fail for the same reasons mitochondria in the liver fail, so the same metabolic interventions that fix metabolic syndrome also treat mental illness
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Robert LustigEvidence Quote
“mental health is metabolic health...you got mitochondria in your liver...you have mitochondria in your brain...the same things that affect your mitochondria in your liver affect the mitochondria in your brain”
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The Subcellular Processes That Belie All Chronic Disease. The Hateful (or Grateful) Eight #lustig— Emery PharmaCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:44:48 PM
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