Chris Palmer, MD ✓

@ChrisPalmerMD · Belmont, MA · joined 21 Feb 2013

Harvard psychiatrist working at the interface of metabolism and mental health. Author of Brain Energy. https://t.co/bZ0wRxiv8M Founder of MH². https://t.co/z1oYoR3h0g

143 931Followers

772Following

19 010Posts total

134KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views8 285this account5 994median for 100K–1M

Reach, %5.76%this account2.51%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.31%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	8 285	5 994	1.38×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.76%	2.51%	2.29×
Engagement rate	1.31%	1.40%	0.94×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

11.6K31 Jul

84.6K5 Aug

1.1K

785

1.3K

5.8K19 Aug

10.8K27 Aug

18K28 Aug

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.46%31 Jul

0.46%5 Aug

1.22%

1.40%

2.76%

0.75%19 Aug

1.22%27 Aug

3.32%28 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes66.8%1 128 in total

Reposts12.5%211 in total

Replies2.1%36 in total

Quotes1.2%20 in total

Bookmarks17.4%294 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Excited to see the evidence base for ketogenic therapies as a treatment for severe mental illnesses and neurocognitive disorders continue to advance! This systematic review and meta-analysis includes 73 studies. More are on the way! https://t.co/rV7dm4fX6a 18K views · 479 likes · 104 reposts · 11 replies 28 Aug 2026 Thanks, @hubermanlab, for distilling this great conversation into a 30-minute Essentials episode! 10.8K views · 113 likes · 17 reposts · 2 replies 27 Aug 2026 Among Boston marathon runners, having a current or prior psychiatric diagnosis was associated with slower marathon performance, independent of baseline fitness, training, and demographic factors. https://t.co/zp7aoBHdLG 5.8K views · 36 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies 19 Aug 2026 @ChrisPalmerMD Spend some time in ketosis and you will immediately know what it does to your mind. Clarity and quickness you have never known before. But you have to forgo bread and cupcakes so most will never know. 😂 1.3K views · 32 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 05 Aug 2026 @ChrisPalmerMD Depression isn't always just in the mind. Sometimes the first warning signs begin in the body's metabolism. Treating mental health while ignoring metabolic health is only solving half the problem. https://t.co/npnoOMr2Wx 785 views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 05 Aug 2026 @ChrisPalmerMD An important finding. Growing evidence suggests that metabolic health and mental health are closely interconnected, although the biological relationships are complex and likely bidirectional. 1.1K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Aug 2026 Three measures of insulin resistance positively predicted major depressive disorder in a 9-year follow-up period among adults with no history of depression or anxiety disorder. Mental health and metabolic health are inseparable. https://t.co/UIDXMmt8SQ 84.6K views · 308 likes · 63 reposts · 12 replies 05 Aug 2026 I'm delighted to be speaking at this SAMHSA Webinar, "Metabolic Psychiatry: A Nutrition Based Approach to Treating Mental Illness" on August 20th. It's free! Please join us. https://t.co/WAiG0u12A7 11.6K views · 139 likes · 20 reposts · 7 replies 31 Jul 2026