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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to “make America healthy again.” With HHS updating its Dietary Guidelines for Americans this year, now…

Years of research link brain health to metabolism. Researchers are now exploring treatments like ketogenic metabolic therapy, which shows early promise for bipolar disorder.

During high school, Matt Baszucki suffered from insomnia and panic attacks. By 19, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and despite taking numerous medications, progressed into mania. Like Laura…

I always wanted to understand life. What moves us? What allows us to heal and thrive? And what goes wrong when we get sick or when we eventually…

A cautious, and nuanced editorial about elevated LDL cholesterol while on a keto diet. Read more here!

High cholesterol has long gotten a bad rap for causing poor heart health — but a new study suggests that the low-carb ketogenic diet may not be linked…

A one-year prospective study found that very high cholesterol in 100 otherwise metabolically healthy individuals on a ketogenic diet for an average of 5 years did not correlate…

A ketogenic diet consisting of low-carb, high-fat foods may ease the symptoms of serious mental illness and reduce weight gain and other side effects. Read more here!

Following a ketogenic diet may improve the lives of people with serious mental health conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, a study has found. Read more here!

Baszucki Group today announced the launch of two new initiatives across multiple sites exploring the effectiveness of ketogenic therapy for children and adolescents with bipolar disorder. The participating…

$3.3 million gift from Baszucki Group fuels transformative bipolar disorder research and precision nutrition clinical service. Learn more here!

“For the first time in years, I felt like my brain was finally running on the right fuel,” said one of the participants in a new pilot study…

UCLA Health is set to begin a multi-site pilot study to explore whether a ketogenic diet, when combined with mood stabilizing medications, helps stabilize mood symptoms in teenagers…

Today Baszucki Group announces and invites proposals for the Metabolic Psychiatry Scholar Award, a new funding opportunity designed to support and elevate outstanding early-career investigators bridging the fields…

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Read the full New York Post article here! Desperate for answers, Matt’s parents — Roblox co-founder David Baszucki and novelist Jan Ellison — turned to Dr. Chris Palmer,…

Baszucki Group is proud to partner with leading experts in metabolic psychiatry to offer free, accredited continuing medical education (CME) courses designed to transform the understanding and management…

Metabolic Mind celebrates Hope and Resiliency with Fresh Start Awards for individuals using ketogenic therapy to reclaim their mental health Metabolic Mind, a nonprofit initiative of Baszucki Group,…

Baszucki Group today announced the launch of the Metabolic Mind Fresh Start Award to empower individuals who have fought hard to win back their mental health. The Award honors the courage, strength, and resilience of individuals who have implemented ketogenic therapy to treat a serious mental illness. Awardees will receive a one-time prize of $10,000 to help them reach their goals.

Jan Ellison Baszucki and David Baszucki penned an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun urging the state of Maryland to reverse its decision to shut down promising food as medicine research for schizophrenia.

This study investigates the experiences of individuals who have identified as recovered or recovering from mental illness using a ketogenic diet.

A recent Stanford study suggests that a ketogenic diet may help treat bipolar disorder. The diet, which is high in fats and low in carbohydrates, led to remission in about half of the patients in the study. This approach, part of a growing field called metabolic psychiatry, aims to improve mental health through dietary changes, offering a potential alternative to traditional medications that often have significant side effects.

A pilot study led by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that a ketogenic diet not only restores metabolic health in these patients as they continue their medications but…

Peer-reviewed clinical pilot trial reports dramatic improvements in psychiatric and metabolic outcomes in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

Funding will support the creation of a multidisciplinary research team focusing on the intersection of neuroscience, psychiatry, and metabolism

Roblox founder’s family foundation awarded the new prize to a scientist leading pioneering research at the intersection of metabolism, psychiatry, and neuroscience.

Three years after starting a keto diet with the help of Dr. Chris Palmer, Matt Baszucki needs fewer medications to manage his bipolar disorder. He shared his story on NBC's Today Show.

$2 million gift from Baszucki Group will support translational research for early phase illness

Iain Campbell, a researcher in Scotland, has lived with bipolar disorder since he was young. After trying the ketogenic diet, he discovered profound improvements in his symptoms — and now wants to learn if it can do the same for others. He shared his recent findings at the Metabolic Health Summit in Clearwater, Fla., on Jan. 25.

University of California San Diego has begun enrolling participants in a clinical trial evaluating ketogenic therapy for the treatment of anorexia nervosa. The study is supported by a philanthropic gift from Baszucki Group.

Jan Ellison Baszucki penned an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle to share her family's journey of using a ketogenic diet to treat her son's bipolar disorder.

Matt Baszucki found the low-carb/high fat diet finally made the difference to his bipolar disorder – after being prescribed 29 drugs over five years.

Dr. Iain Campbell will lead pioneering studies of Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy for Bipolar Disorder at the University of Edinburgh, one of the United Kingdom’s leading research centers

Seven champions of Metabolic Psychiatry receive $100,000 awards recognizing their work in advancing Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy for mental disorders.

Baszucki Brain Research Fund backs first clinical pilot trials of ketogenic metabolic interventions for mental health conditions in nearly 60 years.