The Metabolic Mind Blog:
Fueling Mental Health
Perspectives on the science and practice of metabolic therapies for mental health.
The Metabolic Mind Blog:
Fueling Mental Health
Perspectives on the science and practice of metabolic therapies for mental health.
The Metabolic Mind Blog:
Fueling Mental Health
Perspectives on the science and practice of metabolic therapies for mental health.
Metabolic Mind: A nonprofit exploring the intersection between metabolic and mental health
Metabolic Mind: A nonprofit exploring the intersection between metabolic and mental health
Metabolic Mind: A nonprofit exploring the intersection between metabolic and mental health
What can you expect from the Metabolic Mind blog?
What can you expect from the Metabolic Mind blog?
What can you expect from the Metabolic Mind blog?
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Bret Scher, MD
Bret Scher, MD
Content
Fresh Start Awardees Announced: Celebrating Success with Ketogenic Therapy in Treating Mental Illness
Ten Awardees have received a $10,000 prize to help them pursue future goals.
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Hannah Warren
Fresh Start Awardees Announced: Celebrating Success with Ketogenic Therapy in Treating Mental Illness
Ten Awardees have received a $10,000 prize to help them pursue future goals.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Is Serious Mental Illness a Life Sentence?: Suicidal Ideation, Euthanasia, and the Dire Need for Mental Health Care Innovation
Mental illness can be reversible through metabolic therapies, challenging the idea of lifelong chronic diagnoses in psychiatry.
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Hannah Warren
Is Serious Mental Illness a Life Sentence?: Suicidal Ideation, Euthanasia, and the Dire Need for Mental Health Care Innovation
Mental illness can be reversible through metabolic therapies, challenging the idea of lifelong chronic diagnoses in psychiatry.
Read More
Hannah Warren
6 Key Takeaways on Protein Intake for Ketogenic Therapy
Understanding how to balance protein intake while on a ketogenic diet can be essential for those using this dietary approach to treat a psychiatric condition. Here are six key points on protein consumption for those implementing ketogenic therapy.
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Bret Scher, MD, FACC
6 Key Takeaways on Protein Intake for Ketogenic Therapy
Understanding how to balance protein intake while on a ketogenic diet can be essential for those using this dietary approach to treat a psychiatric condition. Here are six key points on protein consumption for those implementing ketogenic therapy.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Fresh Start Awardees Announced: Celebrating Success with Ketogenic Therapy in Treating Mental Illness
Ten Awardees have received a $10,000 prize to help them pursue future goals.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Is Serious Mental Illness a Life Sentence?: Suicidal Ideation, Euthanasia, and the Dire Need for Mental Health Care Innovation
Mental illness can be reversible through metabolic therapies, challenging the idea of lifelong chronic diagnoses in psychiatry.
Read More
Hannah Warren
6 Key Takeaways on Protein Intake for Ketogenic Therapy
Understanding how to balance protein intake while on a ketogenic diet can be essential for those using this dietary approach to treat a psychiatric condition. Here are six key points on protein consumption for those implementing ketogenic therapy.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
3 Ways to Leverage Hedonic Adaptation: Lessons from Serious Mental Illness & Recovery
Harness hedonic adaptation to boost happiness: practice negative visualization, savor experiences, and embrace failure for personal growth.
Read More
Hannah Warren
3 Tips for a Healthy & Happy Keto-friendly Summer
Enjoy a happy keto-friendly summer with increased energy & a vibrant social life. Savor delicious keto foods, engage in enriching activities, & embrace solitude for healing.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Why Did the Maryland Health Department Halt a Critical Schizophrenia Study? A Conversation with Dr. Deanna Kelly
This blog is from an interview conducted by Metabolic Mind’s Dr. Bret Scher with Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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Bret Scher, MD, FAAC & Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP
How To Meet Your Future Self On New Year’s Eve: Part 2
Reinforce positive behaviors by visualizing your Future Self: Let meditation and metabolic therapies guide you to your desired future.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Does the Brain Need Carbs? Debunking 4 Myths About a Ketogenic Diet
The body doesn't require dietary carbs: Keto diets usually include some carbs, the body can make glucose from fats and proteins, and the brain effectively uses ketones.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FAAC
How Can You Inspire Someone to Try Ketogenic Therapy
Five Things I Share from a Lived-Experience Perspective
Read More
Hannah Warren
Can patients do ketogenic therapy for a psychiatric condition without the help of a metabolic psychiatrist?
We recommend working with trained clinicians when implementing a medical keto diet, but what are the options if a patient cannot access metabolic psychiatry care?
Read More
Hannah Warren
A Place for Anger in Healing: Positive, Purposeful & Pissed
I’m grateful to be well, so why am I also angry?
Read More
Hannah Warren
World Bipolar Day 2024: Celebrating A New Form of Treatment that Offers Hope & Healing
Ketogenic therapy has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of bipolar disorder. Rigorous research is investigating mechanisms, but some patients may not want to wait.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Is Vegetarian or Vegan Ketogenic Therapy Possible?
Can vegetarians and vegans use ketogenic therapy as a cutting-edge treatment for psychiatric disorders?
Read More
Hannah Warren
Pioneering, compassionate and liberated people are changing the Way We Talk about Mental Illness.
We need advocates to rally for precision psychiatry and better, more effective mental health treatment options.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Can a Keto Diet Help People Suffering from Depression?
Learn how Dr. Erin Bellamy has seen ketogenic therapy's success in her own practice.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC & Erin Bellamy, PhD
Angels on Water Skis: My Descent into Mania & How I Regained & Maintain My Sanity
My journey from psychosis to remission: How I restored my brain energy.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Jan Ellison Baszucki: Doctors said my son’s bipolar disorder couldn’t be healed by diet. They were wrong.
This piece was originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 23, 2023.
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Jan Ellison Baszucki
How To Meet Your Future Self On New Year’s Eve: Part 1 Of 2
Time to connect with your Future Self! This article explores how the “science of Future Self” can help with implementing Metabolic Therapies.
Read More
Hannah Warren
The Connection Between Metabolic And Mental Health
An emerging connection between metabolic and mental health can change treatment paradigms for psychiatric illness.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
3 Neurogastronomy Tips For Happy, Healthy Holidays In Ketosis
My very merry Christmas without the cookies: how eating with all your senses and using the power of language can enhance your holidays.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Does Keto Cause Heart Attacks?
Sensational headlines are attention-catching, but there may be more than meets the eye
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Researcher with Bipolar Shatters Stigma
Learn more about bipolar disorder in Dr. Bret Scher’s interview with Dr. Iain Campbell, a research scientist from the University of Edinburgh studying – and living with – bipolar disorder
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC & Iain Campbell, PhD
How To Talk to Your Doctor About Keto for Mental Health
If you’re considering using a ketogenic diet to treat a mental disorder, it’s extremely important to seek professional guidance from your treating clinicians. Here are key points to discuss with your physician.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC, Georgia Ede, MD & Ignacio Cuaranta, MD
Please Don’t Call Ketogenic Therapy A “Diet”
Embracing a body-positive approach to metabolic mental health.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Does Erythritol Cause Heart Attacks?
A recent study published in Nature Medicine showed that there is a connection between higher blood levels of erythritol and a higher risk of stroke and heart attacks. Does this mean that we should all stop having erythritol-sweetened products? Read on to see how Bret Scher, MD recommends that we look at this study.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Ketogenic Therapy For Mental Health Conditions
When countless people are suffering and lives are at stake, why invest time and money in Randomized Controlled Trials?
Read More
Hannah Warren
Can Nutrition Treat Mental Disorders?
What you eat can directly impact your metabolic health and your mental health.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC and Chris Palmer, MD
Five Reasons I No Longer Label Myself Bipolar
And why metabolic brain dysfunction is a more accurate description.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Tapering Psychiatric Medications On Keto: Interviews With Matt Baszucki And Dr. Georgia Ede
When starting a ketogenic diet or initiating therapeutic nutritional ketosis for treating a psychiatric illness, careful management of your medications is critical.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC featuring Georgia Ede, MD and Matt Baszucki
Keto For Brain Health: A Dramatic Personal Journey
An inspiring story of how one family used a ketogenic diet to get their daughter and their lives back from the cognitive decline that comes with Down Syndrome.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC featuring Annette Bosworth, MD, Mary Kowalczyk and Suzi Kowalczyk
Is Ketosis Safe? Breaking Down The Myths
Emerging evidence indicates that ketogenic therapy can help treat mental illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia, and others. But some may question whether it is safe.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
What Are Metabolism And Metabolic Health, And How Do They Impact Mental Health?
Disrupted metabolism, so-called metabolic dysfunction, is a dangerous condition that has been associated with numerous medical conditions, including mental illness, dementia, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and more.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Does Keto Cause Heart Attacks? A Look At The Evidence
There’s a common belief that ketogenic therapy increases your risk of developing heart disease. But the reality is there is no such evidence.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Breaking News: Ice Cream Is Healthy! (Or Is It…?)
Is ice cream healthy? Or has nutritional epidemiology misled us again?
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Do You Have Insulin Resistance? Test, Don’t Guess.
Is ice cream healthy? Or has nutritional epidemiology misled us again?
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
3 Ways to Leverage Hedonic Adaptation: Lessons from Serious Mental Illness & Recovery
Harness hedonic adaptation to boost happiness: practice negative visualization, savor experiences, and embrace failure for personal growth.
Harness hedonic adaptation to boost happiness: practice negative visualization, savor experiences, and embrace failure for personal growth.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
3 Tips for a Healthy & Happy Keto-friendly Summer
Enjoy a happy keto-friendly summer with increased energy & a vibrant social life. Savor delicious keto foods, engage in enriching activities, & embrace solitude for healing.
Enjoy a happy keto-friendly summer with increased energy & a vibrant social life. Savor delicious keto foods, engage in enriching activities, & embrace solitude for healing.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Why Did the Maryland Health Department Halt a Critical Schizophrenia Study? A Conversation with Dr. Deanna Kelly
This blog is from an interview conducted by Metabolic Mind’s Dr. Bret Scher with Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
This blog is from an interview conducted by Metabolic Mind’s Dr. Bret Scher with Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FAAC & Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP
Bret Scher, MD, FAAC & Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP
Blog
How To Meet Your Future Self On New Year’s Eve: Part 2
Reinforce positive behaviors by visualizing your Future Self: Let meditation and metabolic therapies guide you to your desired future.
Reinforce positive behaviors by visualizing your Future Self: Let meditation and metabolic therapies guide you to your desired future.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Does the Brain Need Carbs? Debunking 4 Myths About a Ketogenic Diet
The body doesn't require dietary carbs: Keto diets usually include some carbs, the body can make glucose from fats and proteins, and the brain effectively uses ketones.
The body doesn't require dietary carbs: Keto diets usually include some carbs, the body can make glucose from fats and proteins, and the brain effectively uses ketones.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FAAC
Bret Scher, MD, FAAC
Blog
How Can You Inspire Someone to Try Ketogenic Therapy
Five Things I Share from a Lived-Experience Perspective
Five Things I Share from a Lived-Experience Perspective
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Can patients do ketogenic therapy for a psychiatric condition without the help of a metabolic psychiatrist?
We recommend working with trained clinicians when implementing a medical keto diet, but what are the options if a patient cannot access metabolic psychiatry care?
We recommend working with trained clinicians when implementing a medical keto diet, but what are the options if a patient cannot access metabolic psychiatry care?
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
A Place for Anger in Healing: Positive, Purposeful & Pissed
I’m grateful to be well, so why am I also angry?
I’m grateful to be well, so why am I also angry?
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
World Bipolar Day 2024: Celebrating A New Form of Treatment that Offers Hope & Healing
Ketogenic therapy has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of bipolar disorder. Rigorous research is investigating mechanisms, but some patients may not want to wait.
Ketogenic therapy has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of bipolar disorder. Rigorous research is investigating mechanisms, but some patients may not want to wait.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Is Vegetarian or Vegan Ketogenic Therapy Possible?
Can vegetarians and vegans use ketogenic therapy as a cutting-edge treatment for psychiatric disorders?
Can vegetarians and vegans use ketogenic therapy as a cutting-edge treatment for psychiatric disorders?
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Pioneering, compassionate and liberated people are changing the Way We Talk about Mental Illness.
We need advocates to rally for precision psychiatry and better, more effective mental health treatment options.
We need advocates to rally for precision psychiatry and better, more effective mental health treatment options.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Can a Keto Diet Help People Suffering from Depression?
Learn how Dr. Erin Bellamy has seen ketogenic therapy's success in her own practice.
Learn how Dr. Erin Bellamy has seen ketogenic therapy's success in her own practice.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC & Erin Bellamy, PhD
Bret Scher, MD, FACC & Erin Bellamy, PhD
Blog
Angels on Water Skis: My Descent into Mania & How I Regained & Maintain My Sanity
My journey from psychosis to remission: How I restored my brain energy.
My journey from psychosis to remission: How I restored my brain energy.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Jan Ellison Baszucki: Doctors said my son’s bipolar disorder couldn’t be healed by diet. They were wrong.
This piece was originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 23, 2023.
This piece was originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 23, 2023.
Read More
Jan Ellison Baszucki
Jan Ellison Baszucki
Blog
How To Meet Your Future Self On New Year’s Eve: Part 1 Of 2
Time to connect with your Future Self! This article explores how the “science of Future Self” can help with implementing Metabolic Therapies.
Time to connect with your Future Self! This article explores how the “science of Future Self” can help with implementing Metabolic Therapies.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
The Connection Between Metabolic And Mental Health
An emerging connection between metabolic and mental health can change treatment paradigms for psychiatric illness.
An emerging connection between metabolic and mental health can change treatment paradigms for psychiatric illness.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Blog
3 Neurogastronomy Tips For Happy, Healthy Holidays In Ketosis
My very merry Christmas without the cookies: how eating with all your senses and using the power of language can enhance your holidays.
My very merry Christmas without the cookies: how eating with all your senses and using the power of language can enhance your holidays.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Does Keto Cause Heart Attacks?
Sensational headlines are attention-catching, but there may be more than meets the eye
Sensational headlines are attention-catching, but there may be more than meets the eye
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Blog
Researcher with Bipolar Shatters Stigma
Learn more about bipolar disorder in Dr. Bret Scher’s interview with Dr. Iain Campbell, a research scientist from the University of Edinburgh studying – and living with – bipolar disorder
Learn more about bipolar disorder in Dr. Bret Scher’s interview with Dr. Iain Campbell, a research scientist from the University of Edinburgh studying – and living with – bipolar disorder
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC & Iain Campbell, PhD
Bret Scher, MD, FACC & Iain Campbell, PhD
Blog
How To Talk to Your Doctor About Keto for Mental Health
If you’re considering using a ketogenic diet to treat a mental disorder, it’s extremely important to seek professional guidance from your treating clinicians. Here are key points to discuss with your physician.
If you’re considering using a ketogenic diet to treat a mental disorder, it’s extremely important to seek professional guidance from your treating clinicians. Here are key points to discuss with your physician.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC, Georgia Ede, MD & Ignacio Cuaranta, MD
Bret Scher, MD, FACC, Georgia Ede, MD & Ignacio Cuaranta, MD
Blog
Please Don’t Call Ketogenic Therapy A “Diet”
Embracing a body-positive approach to metabolic mental health.
Embracing a body-positive approach to metabolic mental health.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Does Erythritol Cause Heart Attacks?
A recent study published in Nature Medicine showed that there is a connection between higher blood levels of erythritol and a higher risk of stroke and heart attacks. Does this mean that we should all stop having erythritol-sweetened products? Read on to see how Bret Scher, MD recommends that we look at this study.
A recent study published in Nature Medicine showed that there is a connection between higher blood levels of erythritol and a higher risk of stroke and heart attacks. Does this mean that we should all stop having erythritol-sweetened products? Read on to see how Bret Scher, MD recommends that we look at this study.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Blog
Ketogenic Therapy For Mental Health Conditions
When countless people are suffering and lives are at stake, why invest time and money in Randomized Controlled Trials?
When countless people are suffering and lives are at stake, why invest time and money in Randomized Controlled Trials?
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Can Nutrition Treat Mental Disorders?
What you eat can directly impact your metabolic health and your mental health.
What you eat can directly impact your metabolic health and your mental health.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC and Chris Palmer, MD
Bret Scher, MD, FACC and Chris Palmer, MD
Blog
Five Reasons I No Longer Label Myself Bipolar
And why metabolic brain dysfunction is a more accurate description.
And why metabolic brain dysfunction is a more accurate description.
Read More
Hannah Warren
Hannah Warren
Blog
Tapering Psychiatric Medications On Keto: Interviews With Matt Baszucki And Dr. Georgia Ede
When starting a ketogenic diet or initiating therapeutic nutritional ketosis for treating a psychiatric illness, careful management of your medications is critical.
When starting a ketogenic diet or initiating therapeutic nutritional ketosis for treating a psychiatric illness, careful management of your medications is critical.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC featuring Georgia Ede, MD and Matt Baszucki
Bret Scher, MD, FACC featuring Georgia Ede, MD and Matt Baszucki
Blog
Keto For Brain Health: A Dramatic Personal Journey
An inspiring story of how one family used a ketogenic diet to get their daughter and their lives back from the cognitive decline that comes with Down Syndrome.
An inspiring story of how one family used a ketogenic diet to get their daughter and their lives back from the cognitive decline that comes with Down Syndrome.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC featuring Annette Bosworth, MD, Mary Kowalczyk and Suzi Kowalczyk
Bret Scher, MD, FACC featuring Annette Bosworth, MD, Mary Kowalczyk and Suzi Kowalczyk
Blog
Is Ketosis Safe? Breaking Down The Myths
Emerging evidence indicates that ketogenic therapy can help treat mental illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia, and others. But some may question whether it is safe.
Emerging evidence indicates that ketogenic therapy can help treat mental illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia, and others. But some may question whether it is safe.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Blog
What Are Metabolism And Metabolic Health, And How Do They Impact Mental Health?
Disrupted metabolism, so-called metabolic dysfunction, is a dangerous condition that has been associated with numerous medical conditions, including mental illness, dementia, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and more.
Disrupted metabolism, so-called metabolic dysfunction, is a dangerous condition that has been associated with numerous medical conditions, including mental illness, dementia, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and more.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Blog
Does Keto Cause Heart Attacks? A Look At The Evidence
There’s a common belief that ketogenic therapy increases your risk of developing heart disease. But the reality is there is no such evidence.
There’s a common belief that ketogenic therapy increases your risk of developing heart disease. But the reality is there is no such evidence.
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Blog
Breaking News: Ice Cream Is Healthy! (Or Is It…?)
Is ice cream healthy? Or has nutritional epidemiology misled us again?
Is ice cream healthy? Or has nutritional epidemiology misled us again?
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Blog
Do You Have Insulin Resistance? Test, Don’t Guess.
Is ice cream healthy? Or has nutritional epidemiology misled us again?
Is ice cream healthy? Or has nutritional epidemiology misled us again?
Read More
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Bret Scher, MD, FACC
Blog
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