John C. Raiss, MD

Psychiatrist, Santa Monica

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

@JoyceCarolOates Joyce Carol Oates has a great and very enjoyable short in this week’s New Yorker The Frenzy. Must reading for men middle aged or older

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@bigfatsurprise Agree!

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@nicknorwitz @Metabolic_Mind Amazing

[Nick Norwitz MD PhD @nicknorwitz]

1/10) 🚨NEW! #Keto for Anorexia🚨

We report on 3 patients who achieved remission from treatment-resistant anorexia using animal-based keto diet 🥩🍳

👉BMIs 10 - 13 kg/m2

👉Each gained ≥20kg

👉+Dramatic improvements in mental health

https://t.co/8bSKflrp1Z

Read & Share🧵🙏

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

@nicknorwitz @DaveEDanna @Schwarzenegger Well said

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@nicknorwitz Exactly right. Massive ignorance re nutrition

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@nicknorwitz Fried

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@tednaiman Very helpful video!

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

@elainegodfrey that’s how Jan Masaryk was killed in Prague in 1948: defenestration masked as suicide

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

@LuminelloEMR What's wrong with this program? It's been 35 minutes and it is impossible to prescribe

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

@LuminelloEMR

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@rebeccabarkin Amazing

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

3 Patient responded to the transplant. Would a dietary change have sufficed?
https://t.co/mvLjEUDdJq

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

2 I tested this hypothesis one night by consuming a big teaspoon of Nutella [a sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread whose principal ingredients are sugar and palm oil]. Within minutes, a depressive episode kicked in and I was stuck on the couch catatonic for about five hours.

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

Paper on fecal microbiome transplant in bipolar disorder contains this: I was able to figure out what was causing the intense depressive episodes, which seemed to be sugar or sugary foods. 1/2

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

@tednaiman Looks great but how do you print the recipe?

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

I got Physical Hardcover Printed Book -- 'The P:E Diet' from @thePEdiet on @Gumroad: https://t.co/bF06Og7dMp because I was so impressed with Ted Naiman MD's talk on Adapt Your Life, that I thought his book was worthy of close study.

[John C. Raiss, MD @jcraiss]

@nicknorwitz @Elinav_Lab Great summary of a complex paper!

[Nick Norwitz MD PhD @nicknorwitz]

11/ Again, here's a link to a verbal video rundown. Certainly a stellar paper. The @Elinav_Lab group always produces incredible research! Very grateful for them!

https://t.co/sgaIVlZksx

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

the "lock her up" crowd is melting straight the fuck down right now and throwing a shit-fit for the ages and I for one could not be more fucking amused. bring it, crybabies