Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients

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$Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients$

Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients

Dr. Albert Danan showed that in a French cohort of treatment-resistant inpatients, all experienced weight loss and psychiatric symptom reduction, with nearly half no longer meeting criteria for mental illness after treatment.

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