As mental health challenges grow more complex, a new approach—metabolic psychiatry—is gaining momentum by targeting the brain’s metabolic health through interventions like the ketogenic diet.
This piece was originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 6, 2026. Ten years ago, at age 19, our son Matthew experienced a manic episode that...
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U.S. health and human services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s claim that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet may cure certain psychiatric conditions is misleading and not backed by evidence,...
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In February, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US secretary of health, made a characteristically bold claim. A doctor at Harvard University, he proclaimed, “has cured schizophrenia using keto diets”. If you happened to be passing Harvard University that day,...
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