A Recovering Physicist with Ally Houston - Episode 2312

Episode 2312 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes physicist Ally Houston, and the two discuss brain health, metabolic health, being a "recovering physicist," and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/03/recovering-physicist-ally-houston-episode-2312 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS A RECOVERING PHYSICIST Vinnie welcomes physicist Ally Houston; Vinnie heard of Ally through Dr. Georgia Ede. (2:00) Ally talks a bit about his career and studies as a physicist, and the two briefly discuss the concept of perpetual motion and entropy (look it up). (3:45) They discuss mental health and challenges like OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). (9:30) Getting your metabolic health back with change your life! Ally shares his health background. (14:15) He had been struggling since a child with various autoimmune conditions as well as mental health diagnoses. Ally describes conditions like achalasia cardia, sarcoidosis, and others. They discuss vitamin D, the generalized bad metabolic health in the U.K., and something called the "Glasgow Effect". Vinnie asks how Ally came to a ketogenic lifestyle. (20:00) Ally came across Gary Taubes and his ; he also discovered other blogs and resources about the ketogenic diet. He started experimenting with his eating and within weeks was seeing a significant difference in his clarity of thinking, healing depression, and more. Ally shares what some of his day-to-day mental struggles were. Ally considers himself a “recovering physicist” and explains why. (25:15) He suspects a lot of highly-educated people in medicine and other areas can become rigid in their thinking. Vinnie and Ally discuss Georgia Ede’s work in studying the effects of a ketogenic diet on treatment-resistant depression. (34:00) The conversation turns to bicycle racing, racer Graeme Obree, and the physics involved. (36:20) EXPERIMENTING WITH FOOD Vinnie and Ally chat further about how Ally experimented with changes in eating. (48:00)  They discuss how mitochondria are supposed to work in the body a