Ah, so the Ketogenic Diet helps me be more mentally ill. Cool.
Makes sense. The brain is mostly FAT............................
Serious mental illness improves on any diet, I’m sure.
As to whether seriously mentally ill people are drawn to the Ketogenic diet, I’m not sure. Could be.
Great, now all we have to do is put all the homeless people on keto.
Will someone please get this information to Gavin Newsome?
So Mrs. Sprat should be ok while Jack is seriously depressed?
This proves that the liberals are ketophobic
eat good fats- especially butter and coconut oil.
do not use commercial vegetable oils
Meat and eggs and fruits and veggies and cheeses. NOTHING ELSE
Do this religiously (no WHEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) for one month and you’ll be amazed at the results.
Also jello- if you are starting to get joint pain.
Keto diet was first used in the early 20th century as an epilepsy treatment, so not surprised.
“less psychiatric medication” does not = “improves”.
Thanks so much. There are some people I know who need to see this. Not a cure-all, but a bit of improvement, in a practical way.
What the article didn’t tell you but the study did:
Ketogenic Diet Tolerability
Most patients initially experienced one or more symptoms commonly reported during early keto-adaptation such as headache, insomnia, irritability, excitation, dizziness, and carbohydrate cravings. And didn’t require special medical or psychiatric management, and resolved within 2 weeks.
Beyond this initial transition period, the KD was psychiatrically well tolerated by all patients, and 27 of 31 (87%) experienced no problematic somatic side effects. Which meant 13% did which could include suicide attempts which is on the list of somatic side effect.
Two (excluded) patients cited fat intolerance, and 2 (included) patients experienced diarrhea and/or vomiting which resolved within 4 weeks. A fifth patient developed gastroenteritis during week 5 of the intervention and discontinued the diet.
Post-Hospitalization Dietary Adherence
In the months following hospital discharge, 13 of the 28 included patients (46%) reported good adherence to the KD at home, 5 (18%) reported partial adherence. However 21% discontinued the diet the three patients lost to follow-up. That means that more than half of the patients continued the diet consistent with its intent and use.
Wen better than half of the people using the diet discontinued it, it is not a good resume for success. And the success of this study is based upon psychiatric needs far more than dietary so using this for medical benefits is only as good as the use of it by the patients. And in that, as better than half of them discontinued use on their own accord for any reason. I don’t call that a success.
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The bad news is that the mentally ill homeless people in cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco largely cannot afford a Keto diet after purchasing their illicit drugs.
Getting a lot better diet than the usual hospital food leads to better physical health and corresponding mood. That, plus a robust Hawthorne Effect would more than account for improvement. Question then would be how long does the effect last. My guess is, not long.
81 million people better get on it asap.
Solution is to add more meat!! : )
Vitamin pork chop, steak, hamburger, chicken