Low carb and #keto diets are not the same thing!

Understanding the difference can help you use ketogenic therapy to treat psychiatric conditions like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, anorexia, and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's Disease.

Why is there concern about keto causing atrial fibrillation?

A 2019 study suggested that those on a low-carb diet were more likely to have atrial fibrillation. However, participants on a 'low-carb' diet still consumed more than 100 grams of carbs, significantly more than the

Metabolic psychiatry is a growing but still nascent field, and we understand that it can be difficult to find a clinician trained in ketogenic therapy.

Our team recognizes the urgency patients and families feel and how frustrating this can be. In this video, we share a few

Can a #ketogenic diet cause atrial fibrillation or AFib?

You may have heard from others that this is the case, but this assumption isn't based on a true medical keto diet!

Dive into the science & learn more from board-certified cardiologist Bret Scher, MD: youtu.be/NDV1LdNgQXo

According to National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 21 million U.S. adults have experienced at least one major depressive episode in their lives. Director of Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab Ben Rolnik is one of those people. He lived with severe depression for most of his life, but everything changed when he began ketogenic

If you're battling treatment-resistant depression, it can be easy to lose hope. But there's light: experts in ketogenic therapy are seeing dramatic improvements in patients' symptoms. #MHAM2024

Learn more from about keto for depression from Dr Erin Louise Bellamy: youtu.be/Uz3cev323EQ

Honored to share the stage at #APA2024 with these amazing researchers and clinicians discussing diet and metabolic health in psychiatry. It very encouraging to see increased attention to this crucial topic

Is ketogenic therapy safe?

You may have heard you shouldn't try #keto if you have gout, no gallbladder, or other health conditions. But these warnings aren't necessarily supported by evidence.

Metabolic health expert & cardiologist Bret Scher, MD explains: youtu.be/7uxmJTxoB_E

In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, we want to share content with you about the inexorable connection between mental and metabolic health. To kick things off, here's a video from 2022, when #metabolicpsychiatry was just emerging as a field.

For anyone suffering,

Ohio State's Jeff Volek has dedicated his career to studying ketogenic therapy, and his work showed that keto can reverse type 2 diabetes.

His latest focus? Exploring #keto 's impact on college students living with #depression .

Learn about the study: youtu.be/1-eb1u7SOHU

Mental health = metabolic health.

Emerging evidence suggests that #ketogenictherapy can be an effective treatment for serious mental illness. Understanding this connection can provide hope that there are alternative treatments available! #MHAM2024

Online reports of 'what to eat for X condition' can be misleading, causing confusion and frustration. This time, it was about #bipolar . See why the healthline article is a prime example of well-meaning, but misleading information, and how we can do better!

How can #medicalketo put conditions like type 2 diabetes, PCOS AND serious mental illness into remission?

It's because the root cause of these conditions is often metabolic dysfunction. Through nutritional ketosis, the body can improve its metabolic health and symptoms of many

Join Metabolic Mind's director Bret Scher, MD at this year's American Psychiatric Association meeting in New York City! Don't miss out on his talk with Stanford's Shebani Sethi, MD & Mayo Clinic's Dr. Mark Frye about #ketogenictherapy .

Register to attend in person or virtually: bit.ly/3Uk7rU0

Does the brain need carbs? Short answer: No.
Even if the brain did require consumption of carbs to run, #ketogenictherapy doesn't have to mean zero carbs.

Let's dig into these ideas.

Contrary to popular belief, the brain doesn't rely solely on carbs for fuel. With ketogenic

Unlike most pharmaceutical treatments in psychiatry, #ketogenic therapy doesn't force people to choose between physical and mental health. Keto can improve metabolic health while also offering promise for reducing psychiatric symptoms.

Many people, like Lauren, are able to

For many, achieving remission from a serious mental illness seems unimaginable.

But as Metabolic Mind’s Hannah Warren shares, metabolic interventions, like ketogenic therapy, have allowed her to put her #bipolar disorder, or as she now refers to it, neurometabolic dysfunction,

Dave Feldman's Citizen Science Foundation is creating a powerful movement for individuals to drive innovation through sharing their incredible N=1 stories. Jess Apple discovered metabolic therapies to reclaim her health & set out on a mission to provide resources to others.

Lauren from Living Well with Schizophrenia has been documenting her experience using a medical #keto diet and other metabolic therapies to treat her #schizoaffective disorder in real time over the last four months. She has seen incredible results and even reports that she is sending her

It's so important to realize that ketogenic therapy is far different than simply trying a keto diet. Our own @bschemd gave this eye opening talk at #COSci