The Metabolic Mind Blog:
Fueling Mental Health

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.

Can vegetarians and vegans use ketogenic therapy as a cutting-edge treatment for psychiatric disorders?

We need advocates to rally for precision psychiatry and better, more effective mental health treatment options.

My journey from psychosis to remission: How I restored my brain energy.

This piece was originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 23, 2023.

Time to connect with your Future Self! This article explores how the “science of Future Self” can help with implementing Metabolic Therapies.

An emerging connection between metabolic and mental health can change treatment paradigms for psychiatric illness.

My very merry Christmas without the cookies: how eating with all your senses and using the power of language can enhance your holidays.

Sensational headlines are attention-catching, but there may be more than meets the eye

Learn more about bipolar disorder in Dr. Brett Scher’s interview with Dr. Iain Campbell, a research scientist from the University of Edinburgh studying – and living with – bipolar disorder

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.

Embracing a body-positive approach to metabolic mental health.

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.

When countless people are suffering and lives are at stake, why invest time and money in Randomized Controlled Trials?

What you eat can directly impact your metabolic health and your mental health.

And why metabolic brain dysfunction is a more accurate description.

When starting a ketogenic diet or initiating therapeutic nutritional ketosis for treating a psychiatric illness, careful management of your medications is critical.

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.

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.

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.

There’s a common belief that ketogenic therapy increases your risk of developing heart disease. But the reality is there is no such evidence.

Is ice cream healthy? Or has nutritional epidemiology misled us again?

Is ice cream healthy? Or has nutritional epidemiology misled us again?