A growing body of scientific evidence suggests the ketogenic diet, long used to treat epilepsy, could be effective for treating schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders and reducing the often debilitating side effects of antipsychotics.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to “make America healthy again.” With HHS updating its Dietary Guidelines for Americans this year, now is his chance. Nearly all Americans are at risk for metabolic disease. It’s time to recommend for them the lower-carb diet.