Author: rachael
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Why Experts Are Exploring Ketogenic Therapy for Mental Health
Research suggests that metabolic health may play an essential role in mental well-being.
After years of therapies, medications, retreats, and self-exploration, Michael, a former nutrition client of mine, had resigned himself to a familiar low-grade depression and anxiety he’d carried since childhood. He accepted it as part of who he was. However, following Michael’s debilitating autoimmune diagnosis, a friend mentioned that changing her own diet had put her condition into remission.
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New Study of College Students with Depression Adds to Growing Evidence for Ketogenic Therapy as a Mental Health Treatment
The promise of ketogenic therapy for treating mental illness is accelerating with the newly published findings of a pilot study at The Ohio State University, which showed remarkable improvements in symptoms of depression in college students who maintained a ketogenic diet. This is the third recent study to show significant improvements in mental and physical health through ketogenic therapy.