New Podcast: Food Junkies
- Dr Erin Louise Bellamy
- 4 days ago
- 1 min read
Dr Bellamy meets with the host of the Food Junkies Podcast to discuss Food Addiction
Dr. Erin Louise Bellamy joins Dr Vera Tarman for a deep dive into ketogenic metabolic therapy: what it is, how it works, and why it may be one of the most underutilised interventions in both psychiatric care and food addiction recovery.
Why is this Podcast Important?
The discussion challenges mono-aminergic frameworks of psychiatric disorder by prioritising metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction as primary or contributory mechanisms
It proposes shared biological pathways, including insulin resistance, neuro-inflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction, across heterogeneous psychiatric categories, supporting transdiagnostic models of mental disorders
The episode advances a GABA–glutamate balance model in which ketone metabolism is hypothesised to exert anxiolytic and mood-stabilising effects, diverging from serotonergic paradigms
Ketogenic therapy is framed as potentially modulating reward salience and “food noise,” with implications for compulsive eating and food addiction phenomenology
It highlights iatrogenic metabolic dysregulation from antipsychotic medication and proposes ketogenic therapy as a compensatory or adjunctive intervention, raising clinically relevant risk–benefit considerations
Useful Links
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