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Early Evidence Supports Ketogenic Diet for Mental Illness

by | 4月 18, 2024 |

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By Eve Bender

Source Medscape

The ketogenic diet shows promise in reducing the symptoms of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and reversing metabolic syndrome, results of a new pilot study show.

Participants who adhered to the high-fat, low-carb diet experienced a 30% reduction in psychiatric symptoms and an average 10% reduction in weight.

“We’re seeing huge changes,” first author Shebani Sethi, MD, of Stanford University in Stanford, California said in a press release. “Even if you’re on antipsychotic drugs, we can still reverse the obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and the insulin resistance. I think that’s very encouraging for patients.”

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