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Only 7 percent of American adults are metabolically healthy by standard biomarkers

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published July 3, 2026 · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Harvard Psychiatrist REVEALS We Have Been Treating Mental Illness All WRONG
Only 7 percent of American adults are metabolically healthy by standard biomarkers
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
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Harvard Psychiatrist REVEALS We Have Been Treating Mental Illness All WRONG

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"93% of Americans currently have one or more abnormalities among those biomarkers, leaving the brain out of it. In order to be considered metabolically healthy, you would have to have none of those 5 biomarkers. And only 7% of American adults currently gets that."

Dr. Palmer revealed that 93% of American adults have at least one metabolic abnormality among five standard biomarkers: low HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and abdominal obesity. This metabolic dysfunction epidemic is directly linked to the concurrent mental health crisis affecting Americans across all age groups.

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Harvard Psychiatrist REVEALS We Have Been Treating Mental Illness All WRONG
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