"It's not magic, it's science:"

Medical Review by Chris Palmer, MD

When I was in my 40s and 50s, everything was going well. I had a happy life with my wife and son. My optometry business was successful.

But I wanted to die.

I would ask my psychiatrist again and again: if everything is great, why can't I appreciate it?

I never got a good answer to that question from my doctor. But luckily, I discovered the work of Dr. Chris Palmer, and I began to understand the connection between mental and metabolic health. That's when my life started to change for the better.

My story of poor metabolic health began in childhood. By third gr...