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Would you like a calm, clear mind, no brain fog or mood swings? I specialise in ketogenic metabolic therapy for mental health conditions. Restorative sleep?

Do you want more energy? An untroubled mind? I teach you how eat to fix your fatigue & coach you to new healthy habits for better sleep and a calm mind. 💥Your-Energy-Reboot💥

01/09/2025

🧠Nutrients for Brain Health and a Carnivore Diet

Carnivore diets can provide an abundance of the nutrients required for optimal neurotransmitter function. Protein, and in particular the amino acid tryptophan, are important for the production of neurotransmitters.

In addition there are important micronutrients that acts as essential cofactors including choline, B vitamins, zinc, iron, copper, calcium, selenium, magnesium, vitamin D and omega-3 fats.

Explore the science behind mood and metabolism from a carnivore diet perspective with my latest blog. Click the link in my bio.

https://www.moiranewiss.co.uk/post/carnivore-diets-for-mental-health-exploring-the-science-behind-meat-mood-and-metabolism

25/08/2025

🔥Inflammation & A Carnivore Diet

Carnivore diets may reduce inflammation. Chronic, low-grade systemic inflammation interferes with neurotransmitter function, brain plasticity, and energy metabolism, all linked to psychiatric conditions. This might be because the diet eliminates both inflammatory seed oils and sugar. It also provides a good balance of fatty acids including a human species appropriate balance of omega 3:6 fats.

Explore the science behind mood and metabolism from a carnivore diet perspective with my latest blog. Link in my bio.

https://www.moiranewiss.co.uk/post/carnivore-diets-for-mental-health-exploring-the-science-behind-meat-mood-and-metabolism

12/08/2025

🌿Eliminating Plant Foods… could it be helpful?

The second potential benefit of a carnivore diet is that it removes plant foods which contains antinutrients like lectins, phytates and oxalates. In addition, all processed food additives, and some dietary irritants such as gluten are also excluded.

Gluten itself has been reported as a cause of mental illness with case reports attributing the onset of psychosis to gluten consumption.

There are many anecdotal reports that removing these foods, that can for some people be gut irritants, improves gut health, reduces bloating and IBS symptoms, and enhances mood and cognitive clarity.

Examples of nutrients blocked by anti-nutrients which are needed for brain health include:

🔴 Iron (especially heme iron), blocked by: phytates (found in grains, legumes, nuts, seeds); polyphenols (in tea, coffee and some fruits).

🟢 Zinc, blocked by: phytates.

🟡 Magnesium, blocked by: phytates, oxalates (in spinach, beets, almonds).

Explore the science behind mood and metabolism from a carnivore diet perspective with my latest blog, link in my bio.

https://www.moiranewiss.co.uk/post/carnivore-diets-for-mental-health-exploring-the-science-behind-meat-mood-and-metabolism

04/08/2025

🦠Gut Health & A Carnivore Diet

There is plenty of evidence that gut health is linked with mental health. The gut-brain axis is the communication pathway between the digestive tract and the central nervous system.

Emerging research links gut inflammation and dysbiosis to depression, anxiety, and even autism spectrum disorder. Improving gut health might therefore be key to improving mental health.

It could be argued that the worst gut health might be found in inflammatory bowel conditions like Chron’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. Many people have reported that low fibre diets have been helpful for this condition, and they are even used in the NHS to help manage inflammatory flare-ups.

A low fibre diet means less plant food which means more animal food. A case report of 10 people using a carnivore diet for inflammatory bowel disease found clinical improvements were universal, with clinical improvement scores ranging between 72 and 165 points using the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire. The diets comprised mostly meat, eggs, and animal fats and the individuals reported it was pleasurable, sustainable, and unequivocally enhance their quality of life.

Explore the science behind mood and metabolism from a carnivore diet perspective with my latest blog clicking the link in my bio.

https://www.moiranewiss.co.uk/post/carnivore-diets-for-mental-health-exploring-the-science-behind-meat-mood-and-metabolism

04/07/2025

Ketones have a positive impact on brain health in many different ways, all of which target mechanisms that might be dysfunctional in someone with poor metabolic health.

🩵 Efficient Energy Source: Ketones, particularly beta-hydroxybutyrate, provide an efficient and stable energy source for the brain, heart, and muscles.

🩵 Reduction of Oxidative Stress & Inflammation: Ketones reduce oxidative stress by lowering the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during energy production and signal to directly dampen inflammation via the NLRP3 inflammasome helping prevent and resolve inflammation.

🩵 Neuroprotective Effects: Ketones support brain health by providing an alternative fuel that can bypass problems with the burning of glucose, they can also help to promote the ability of neurons to grow and reorganise or rewire connections and support the production of neurotrophic factors (such as brain derived neurotrophic factor). In addition, ketones can help prevent neurons from self-destructing, something called apoptosis.

🩵 Neurotransmitters: Ketogenic diets have been shown to help balance the level of GABA and glutamate two important neurotransmitters. GABA is a calming neurotransmitter and puts the brakes on brain activity whereas glutamate is excitatory and ramps it up. Ketones increase GABA production and dampen glutamate.

🩵 Mitohormesis: when a small amount of stress has a beneficial effect on the mitochondria. The moderate level of free radicals produced by mitochondria when eating a ketogenic diet have been shown to protect against chronic disease by upregulating mitochondrial capacity and endogenous (internally produced) antioxidants.

10/06/2025

Back from one of the best wild camping experiences. Supporting young people achieve their silver DofE on the Isle of Mull through Explorers Scouts.

3 days backpacking over two mountain passes with stunning scenery and exciting wildlife including adders and eagles.

Dehydrated chilli and curry (no carbs just extra fat) plus plenty of dried meat and a few nuts and dark chocolate kept me energised and keeping up with the teenagers!

09/06/2025

Carnivore Diets, Ketosis & Mitochondrial Function

A well formulated carnivore diet is inherently low in carbohydrates and high in fat, it is in effect a ketogenic diet, meaning that it promotes ketosis, a metabolic state where the body burns fat for fuel and produces ketone molecules like beta-hydroxybutyrate.

In this situation there are insufficient carbohydrates to meet metabolic requirements, causing ketones to replace glucose as a preferential energy source. Ketosis, the state when we are making and burning ketones, is an evolutionarily conserved metabolic state that enables us to survive in times of food scarcity by burning our own body fat.

Most anthropologists believe that modern humans evolved as Homo Sapiens eating a diet high in fatty animal foods and low in starchy plant foods, meaning that we were likely in a state of nutritional ketosis for much of the time. In fact we were hyper carnivores getting most of our energy from meat, seafood and eggs with small amount of tubers and berries.

To find out more: Link in the bio.
https://www.moiranewiss.co.uk/post/carnivore-diets-for-mental-health-exploring-the-science-behind-meat-mood-and-metabolism

04/06/2025

A brilliant long weekend in London to attend the annual conference ‘Prevention Or Prescription?’. As usual a fantastic event filled with inspirational talks and great debates on many aspects of lifestyle medicine. Key topics included ketogenic diets for cancer, remission of type2 diabetes, weight loss and GLP-1 drugs, the impact of seed oils on health, and how humans evolved eating a carnivore diet.

Great to meet up with good friends all of whom are making a significant difference to people using nutrition and other lifestyle strategies. Plus I had the pleasure of eating not once but twice at the fabulous restaurant and enjoying their delicious low carb menu.

03/06/2025

While this zero-carb, high-fat diet may seem extreme, there are many reasons that it may offer unique benefits for brain health by targeting the root causes of mental illness, including mitochondrial dysfunction, insulin resistance, inflammation, gut dysbiosis, and neurotransmitter imbalances.

My new blog explores how a carnivore or animal-based diet may support mental health and examines the scientific studies backing it up.

Have a read! Link in the bio.
https://www.moiranewiss.co.uk/post/carnivore-diets-for-mental-health-exploring-the-science-behind-meat-mood-and-metabolism

23/05/2025

I don’t eat a lot of plants during the winter months but I love adding in my home grown fruit and vegetables in the summer. Even though I live in Scotland we have salad, broccoli and strawberries ready to eat now in May.

I’m a big believer in seasonal eating with a focus remaining on animal foods to provide the most nutrient density. This is how I believe we are designed to thrive. It helps ensure our metabolic health stays optimal and hence prevents or even helps reverse chronic diseases.

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21/05/2025

NEW BLOG!!!

I have a new blog all about how meat may be the missing puzzle to improve your mood. It explores how carnivore or animal-based diets might be optimal for brain health and explains which nutrients are key for brain health and the foods we find them in. It takes us back to the principles of our evolutionary history in the Paleolithic period, before we domesticated animals or cultivated plants. We simply ate more meat! After we developed the tools and skills for farming and agriculture and especially after the industrial revolution, our health deteriorated. Getting back to basics with the diet we were meant to eat might help you improve your metabolic health as well as your mental health.

Please take a read of my blog to see how it can help you with your mental health.
https://www.moiranewiss.co.uk/post/carnivore-diets-for-mental-health-exploring-the-science-behind-meat-mood-and-metabolism

19/05/2025

Remembering what I love about living in Argyll! 💜🩵💜

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