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.
The brain is the body’s most energy-intensive organ. Despite making up just 2 percent of the body’s mass, it consumes about 20 percent of its energy. Typically, the brain...
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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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Funding will support the creation of a multidisciplinary research team focusing on the intersection of neuroscience, psychiatry, and metabolism
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