After over 40 years of depression with some suicide attempts I started keto. I dropped my anti depressants from 300 mg per day to 37.5 a day with the help of my psychiatrist. I no longer need to see my psychiatrist and only yearly with my family doctor. I am 73 years old.
I am having to taper off of lithium after 27 years due to kidney health. I am going to implement keto prior to the taper. It seems like a great opportunity
My wife has bipolar type 1 with a rapid cycling course and almost no lucid intervals. Since starting keto 8 weeks ago she has had a dramatic improvement in symptoms, maybe as much as a 70% reduction.
@@bonnieo8 Thanks, it's really quite extraordinary, I keep thinking it's just luck and we've timed the diet with a euthymic interval but as time goes on the more I think it really is working.
Our son has bipolar 1 and the meds are so hard on him. We would like to try this but we can't find a clinician that has availability. It's like being in limbo
That´s very exciting to see a panel on this theme! As a psychiatrist working with ketogenic and metabolic therapies for Mental Ilness in Brazil, I´m still sort of a sole voice in the psyhiatric field here, but to be able to connect with colleagues such Dr. Sethi, Dr. Plamer, Dr. Ede, Dr. Campbell, gives me the sense of scientific comunity that pushes me forward! Thanks Dr. Scher for taking the lead in broadcasting Metabolic Mind.
Started KETO about one month ago, and for the first time in 57 years, I feel normal. I'm no longer feeling like others are watching me and less anxious. There is a strong family history of schizoaffective disorder and anxiety disorders.
A year ago i started having panic attacks out of nowhere. I started having panic attacks almost everyday and crippling anxiety the rest of the time. I almost became agoraphobic and everyone around me said it was just in my head and didn't want to acknowledge it. I looked into candida albicans and because of that I started a keto diet 3 weeks ago and now all my panic attacks and anxiety have stopped and completely gone!! Last week I had a cheat meal of a cheese pizza and a chocolate bar and the next day i started having anxiety again. So i went back on the keto diet(not really a diet) and it went away again. Now i know what was affecting my brain. So glad i didnt entertain my doctors advise of going on antidepressant!! So happy to have my life back!! More doctors need to advise this first or at least know about it.
I like the idea of ketogenic diet as being the standard of care!!!!!!! before putting anyone on these strong medications or along with the medications and taper them off of medications once the balance is regained!!!! As a caregiver to someone with psychotic illness I have hope and faith in this approach of treatment. I just have to figure out how to go about this with limited resources to monitor where I am. Thank you to all that are involved and continues to promote and fight to find alternatives for betterment of these struggling patients. ❤
It’s good to see that this message is getting out. As with keto for blood pressure, cancer and even diabetes, the majority of the medical profession doesn’t believe that diet makes a difference (aside eating a ‘healthy’ - guidelines - diet). Luckily, people can choose for themselves what they want to eat. I settled on low carb for my diabetes. I suggested it to a friend for his hypertension that is now pretty much gone. If someone has a cancer diagnosis, then would cutting out the carbs actually do them any harm? So, for those suffering with mental disorders (which appear to be nigh on impossible to treat that successfully with drugs), then frankly I wouldn’t be waiting for my Dr’s permission to eat differently. The more people that know this is an option, the better as it will probably be a grass roots thing that changes the landscape!
Just took a good bite of kerry gold butter..and an hour later the obsessive thoughts and depression literally vanished and I'm back, lights are back on. Going back to keto as of now. Thank you
I dropped my meds October 2023, bipolar/ptsd. Went on keto, do a lot of walking, lost 35kg, got a clear mind, and took up Tai Chi/qigong again after many years, gave the way to become more grounded, not every day is great, but this is normal for all ;) ,,
Fantastic! So promising. I'd love to be on a modified keto diet someday but more comfortable sticking with strict keto for now! I sent metabolic mind info to my NP psychiatrist and I hope she really clicks with the info. The more support the better. Otherwise, just curious about non responders and what makes them so.
I wonder about non-responders. I have struggled with mental health for many years and so did keto (meat and green veg) and then after a month of that i saw now real progress and so went to carnivore. On both diets i felt depressed and tired. And so even though i was fasting during the keto month but not the carnivorw stage, i began to reintroduce both fasting and 20-50 grams of carbs through sweet potatoes just recently. And its only been a few days but i am starting to feel better the i ever did on keto with green veg & carnivore. I think i need a low carb/keto diet BUT lowcarb/keto is of no real benefit to me without fasting. The fasting for me is the more fundamental and transformative aspect of keto. Ths low carb allows ketosis to occur more easily but the driving force of change is FASTING for me.
@metabolicmind I sporadically check ketone levels, but not consistently. I feel more focused, clearer etc. when combining low carb with fasting. I think my point is that the generic ketogenic protocol is flawed, or at least does not offer enough variation perhaps.... some people need more protein, and perhaps a carb source other then green vegetables. Plus I believe they fasting is far more potent a form of igniting ketosis then just standard keto. There is a health/fitness coach online called Cole Robinson, and he can have 100 grams of carbs and return to ketosis in a matter of hours because he fasts so frequently by doing omad.
In my journey on strict Lion diet I sometimes ate one meal a day, mostly two within a 6 hour window. If the fatty ruminate meat content is high enough, your stress and sleep is under control (circadian rhythm is important), grounding/being in nature helps, you naturally are not hungry and sometimes need to remind yourself to eat, or skip till the next meal time. Cravings vanished. I find longer than one meal a day too difficult. But my meal sizes are fairly small (hand size) in area when fingers are together. I love reverse searing ribeye. It’s my favourite, but with increasing prices only buy when it’s on special. You can do a lot with cheaper cuts in casserole, or mince (not lean/“premium” mince) you can make so many things. Eggs help with this. I use minimal cheese as I find this can trigger cravings if eaten in more than two meals conservatively. I still drink water, but sometimes either a Macher tea or Coffee no sugar/sweetners.
@martinlang9615 I would have loved to be able to adapt to carnivore but I tried for 5 months with no progress at all. Even if it only helped my energy levels I would have stuck with it, but because I was so tired and still depressed I had to give it up. I would like try it again but I have tries multiple times and don't have much time to waste again when I'm pretty certain the same result will occur. I can't even be sure that omad with low carb will be sustainable. I don't know why this diet stuff is so difficult for me but I don't get the high or the focus other people get. I am seeing a gradual improvement through fasting so hopefully that can give me a new baseline. How long did it take you to adapt to carnivore?
Thanks so much for this wonderful research! I am living in Australia and my 24yo son has schizophrenia. He is stable now and into his 4th month on Clozapine, which is working well although I am very concerned about its side effects. Does anyone know of any psychiatrists here in Australia who work with keto and schizophrenia? I know of the clinical trials taking place with Dr Zoltan Sarnyai, however he is not taking on patients not involved in the trial. Thanks!
They are planing to open a clinic soon 🤞otherwise we may need to travel outside Austraila my son also stated cloz and keto pt training and intermittent fasting now the taper starts and feel like we’re on our own I hope things start to get better for you
@@craiglatta6378 thanks for that. Where in Australia are you? I am in northern nsw. Do you know where the clinic might open and who would be opening it? Are you doing the keto and tapering on your own or with the guidance of a psych? Best wishes to you and your son!
@@georgiawhiley2481 we’re down south in Victoria Soon to be heading north for winter Trying to find a psychiatrist that can help us my son always gets unwell after winter so we will try some more vitamin D this winter I would consider going internationally but concerned about an episode while abroad I do have an rv in the USA so if we can’t find help here we may travel
Many experts in the field recommend at least a 4-month trial before deciding on efficacy. That's one reason why we feel it's so important to work with a trained clinician. Here are a few directories you may consider exploring. www.diagnosisdiet.com/directory thesmhp.org/directory/ www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/doctors nutrition-network.org/find-a-practitioner/
Perhaps the Maryland hospital should watch this video . I can’t believe they stopped your clinical study . The bias of modern medicine using drugs over keto is reprehensible.
In fact the keto diet is the most well researched diet in the world. It goes back well over a 100 years ago, when it was discovered how amazingly helpful it is for people with epilepsy.
i was keto 3 week, fine better, then psych gave me lybalvi.. caused extreme hunger/appetite and cravings for sweet.. fell off. now back to sweets.. ozempic seems to help but the cravings are too strong.. therefore gonna use mounjaro max dosage even if i die
Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately, we cant say what the best options are for each individual. However, we hope people will learn about the potential benefits of ketogenic therapy and discuss it as a potential option with their healthcare team.
Read Dr. Georgia Ede’s new book “change your diet, change your mind”. It’s excellent and very thorough with several options to try. Step by step. It’s the book we’ve all been waiting for, in my opinion. Good luck and don’t give up. ❤️
Lots of methods, lots of options now a days. One channel on here is low carb down under. You can be vegan, vegetarian, carnivore (meat eggs) what ever flavor you like. Get a ketone meter for blood testing if you worry your not in ketosis. I've done a few two day fast no water and that is a big reset. But go slow and easy. If it feels wrong/ill back off. Find a good keto doctor if you need. Charlie foundation site has some small amount of doctors listed in various areas.
I haven’t found a specific discussion on this yet, but is there any evidence on what the diet does to help someone who is BP1 but experiences mostly manic episodes ? I think this is less common in the west, its not that unusual for countries closer to the equator
@@HandsomeJigglypuff its not that simple. Cooking keto can be hard sure its, salmon, pasturased eggs, and beef avocado. But to get it tastyfull you need to be able to cook a bit
I hear Gary Taubes at 54 minutes in ;) I wonder how many years we have to suffer to see what is the root cause of Un-Illness. I spent ten years in food-molecular cell biology. Got all the benefits, but not any deeper undestanding. Only after going sub molecular and even sub atomic, I saw the light (pun intended). Maybe everyone should look more into mitochondrial complex 4 and 5. Four makes metabolic water and five is there to collect electromagnetic energy as an equivalent to plant photo-synthesis or what for us the mammals is called photo-phosphorylation. We and plants are not that different. Water, light, air and earth are the connector. These life forces are governed by quantum effects in our semiconducting nano-machinery. Why wasting time in food wars and big pharma stuff? So instead go looking for more info on topics such as MELANIN, POMC, DEUTERIUM. Info that explaines insulin resistance, connects lepitin resistance to it. Proton pumping, Mithochondrial dysfunction, Membrane instability, ROS action, sulfuration, methylation, amylation. It is obvious. Deuterium has a double kinetic energy of Hydrogen but same charge. This fact is everywhere and our ability to regulate it is tied to life int self. It is making a difference in hybrid energy substrates such as glucose = deuterium over 155ppm , alchohol, fructose and ketones= deuterium less than 125ppm. It is clear as chrystal. (aside: my fortune was being both a semiconductor research scientist and a bipolar person. I was suicidal with a plan to end my life with animal fat and salt cholesterol and surely getting MI aka heart attack with a large health insurance policy. Three weeks on keto and on internet, I quit my insurance. : end aside) TCA-cycle is there purely to filter deuterium out of the mitochondrion. Our semiconduction works only with structured zero deuterium water thus semiconducting H2O. Minerals dope it making signaling possible. The true fuels are abundant electrons from the earth's ground, UV-wavelengts and NIR wavelenghts from the skies and external help from our microbiom living outside and in our gut. Even your mitochondria is a bacterial eucariot system. They all are known to use light for powering the chemistry transforming energy in many ways. We have bio Wi-Fi, lasers, leds, solar panes, diodes, transistors, fiber optics, transformers, amplifiers etc. Imagine That! Broblem is that you have to do the work yourself. Otherwise you are part of a belief system, science-religion or food war cult. All research and trial chemistry is done under fake light environment and electrically floating isolated non controlled systems still submitted to the same entropy laws and quantum phenomena. If not taken account one gets strange outcomes that are misleading . Our life is quantum packaged. At least mine is and I wellcome it. Makes things simple.
Sorry to hear that. Just curious, how long were you on it? Some people have a very tough transition in the first few weeks. But a few seem to feel poorly over time. There are theories as to why that may be, but just curious to hear more about your experience. Thanks
Please share more of your experience with Dr Scher 🙏 There are many ways to achieve a ketogenic state through diet (vegan, omnivore, carnivore, fasting) and it might be something you consumed, rather than your metabolic state. I followed the suggestions of Dr Berg in the early stages and felt horrible...then I cut the vegetables out and magically improved.
@johnmartinsen963 do you just eat meat? I was tired on green veg so replaced it with a small amount of sweet potatoes and feel better. Also fasting helped me more then just low carb foods
It's interesting, however NOT everyone will do better in ketosis. May we all find what works for us ! 💟💯🙏like one of the comments below, it did not make me feel better, nor give me mental clarity. In fact, I felt much worse. I do better HCLF, just like @Sweet Fruitness, @Freelee @Durianrider #high fruit #high carb #stay active
Thats a great point that there isn't a "one size fits all" solution. We hope to learn much more about how to predict who may or may not respond, and what are the factors that influence response (ketone levels? Degree of metabolic benefit? Other factors?) Just like one medicine doesn't work for everyone, we couldn't expect one nutritional approach would. But we hope more people learn about ketosis as an option to try with clinical supervision to see if it does work. Thanks for your comment!
yes, agreed. in time, more understanding may arrive about this topic ! I also think we under-estimate how much carbs we need for our metabolism, I always wondered why everything would shut down with my physiology and my mind not working well, when I tried fasting, and I was on keto and carnivore diet too at one stage. Now, I realise that I need a LOT more carbs than I realised, just like Pauline - her YT channel is called @Sweet Fruitness. This morning for breakfast, I made my fruit smoothie - 4 dates, 3 bananas, 4 or 5 prunes, 1 tbs of jaggery (brown sugar from India), 1 tbs of caster sugar, water - blended in a Ninja blending machine - I need my energy, my brain needs energy too ! @@metabolicmind
Hi, I am Australian and have lived with Bipolar II my whole life. I am 63 and was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease a couple of years ago. I also have coeliac disease and an inflammatory bowel disease in remission. Believe it or not, the ketogenic diet is a hard sell for me. I have always struggled with low blood sugar and have to be careful not to allow long periods without food. My life is complicated, so the thought of introducing a dietary regimen along the lines of keto actually fills me with horror. I would need so much support and guidance just to develop a new routine. It seems ironic that I would not grasp such a potential solution with both hands, but I am incredibly medically atypical and fear that my equilibrium could be compromised with a dramatic adjustment in diet. I have a healthy diet, but the cravings mean I eat too much. I would love this to be my solution and have a good news story to share, but it feels like a bridge too far. Any suggestions, though, would be gratefully received.
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After over 40 years of depression with some suicide attempts I started keto. I dropped my anti depressants from 300 mg per day to 37.5 a day with the help of my psychiatrist. I no longer need to see my psychiatrist and only yearly with my family doctor. I am 73 years old.
Please email us at info@metabolicmind.org if you are interested in sharing your story. Congratulations on your success!
wow thats amazing
How are you doing now? I'm starting the same journey 🙏I believe I'm on the same med as you, on 187.5 now.
So hopeful to read tour comment! Did you mainly stick to 20 net or total carbs? What about nuts and dairy?
I am having to taper off of lithium after 27 years due to kidney health. I am going to implement keto prior to the taper. It seems like a great opportunity
My wife has bipolar type 1 with a rapid cycling course and almost no lucid intervals. Since starting keto 8 weeks ago she has had a dramatic improvement in symptoms, maybe as much as a 70% reduction.
I’m so glad for you both!
@@bonnieo8 Thanks, it's really quite extraordinary, I keep thinking it's just luck and we've timed the diet with a euthymic interval but as time goes on the more I think it really is working.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing your wife's success!
Wow
Our son has bipolar 1 and the meds are so hard on him. We would like to try this but we can't find a clinician that has availability. It's like being in limbo
That´s very exciting to see a panel on this theme! As a psychiatrist working with ketogenic and metabolic therapies for Mental Ilness in Brazil, I´m still sort of a sole voice in the psyhiatric field here, but to be able to connect with colleagues such Dr. Sethi, Dr. Plamer, Dr. Ede, Dr. Campbell, gives me the sense of scientific comunity that pushes me forward! Thanks Dr. Scher for taking the lead in broadcasting Metabolic Mind.
Keep going, if we all do our own thing no matter what the naysayers say, we can change the world.
Hi, did you see improvement in patients with mdd? 🙏
Started KETO about one month ago, and for the first time in 57 years, I feel normal. I'm no longer feeling like others are watching me and less anxious. There is a strong family history of schizoaffective disorder and anxiety disorders.
🙌
A year ago i started having panic attacks out of nowhere. I started having panic attacks almost everyday and crippling anxiety the rest of the time. I almost became agoraphobic and everyone around me said it was just in my head and didn't want to acknowledge it. I looked into candida albicans and because of that I started a keto diet 3 weeks ago and now all my panic attacks and anxiety have stopped and completely gone!! Last week I had a cheat meal of a cheese pizza and a chocolate bar and the next day i started having anxiety again. So i went back on the keto diet(not really a diet) and it went away again. Now i know what was affecting my brain. So glad i didnt entertain my doctors advise of going on antidepressant!! So happy to have my life back!! More doctors need to advise this first or at least know about it.
I like the idea of ketogenic diet as being the standard of care!!!!!!! before putting anyone on these strong medications or along with the medications and taper them off of medications once the balance is regained!!!! As a caregiver to someone with psychotic illness I have hope and faith in this approach of treatment. I just have to figure out how to go about this with limited resources to monitor where I am. Thank you to all that are involved and continues to promote and fight to find alternatives for betterment of these struggling patients. ❤
It’s good to see that this message is getting out. As with keto for blood pressure, cancer and even diabetes, the majority of the medical profession doesn’t believe that diet makes a difference (aside eating a ‘healthy’ - guidelines - diet). Luckily, people can choose for themselves what they want to eat. I settled on low carb for my diabetes. I suggested it to a friend for his hypertension that is now pretty much gone. If someone has a cancer diagnosis, then would cutting out the carbs actually do them any harm? So, for those suffering with mental disorders (which appear to be nigh on impossible to treat that successfully with drugs), then frankly I wouldn’t be waiting for my Dr’s permission to eat differently. The more people that know this is an option, the better as it will probably be a grass roots thing that changes the landscape!
What an incredible panel. It’s wonderful to have this information about keto. I love the story about sugar driving you to mania and affairs.
In such difficult times it's great to see such good, and able, people focussing on improving other people's lives.
Dr. Shebani Sethi rules ❤
Thanks for this wonderful opportunity to hear all this from you experts
Just took a good bite of kerry gold butter..and an hour later the obsessive thoughts and depression literally vanished and I'm back, lights are back on. Going back to keto as of now. Thank you
I dropped my meds October 2023, bipolar/ptsd. Went on keto, do a lot of walking, lost 35kg, got a clear mind, and took up Tai Chi/qigong again after many years, gave the way to become more grounded, not every day is great, but this is normal for all ;) ,,
Fantastic! So promising. I'd love to be on a modified keto diet someday but more comfortable sticking with strict keto for now! I sent metabolic mind info to my NP psychiatrist and I hope she really clicks with the info. The more support the better. Otherwise, just curious about non responders and what makes them so.
I wonder about non-responders. I have struggled with mental health for many years and so did keto (meat and green veg) and then after a month of that i saw now real progress and so went to carnivore. On both diets i felt depressed and tired. And so even though i was fasting during the keto month but not the carnivorw stage, i began to reintroduce both fasting and 20-50 grams of carbs through sweet potatoes just recently. And its only been a few days but i am starting to feel better the i ever did on keto with green veg & carnivore. I think i need a low carb/keto diet BUT lowcarb/keto is of no real benefit to me without fasting. The fasting for me is the more fundamental and transformative aspect of keto. Ths low carb allows ketosis to occur more easily but the driving force of change is FASTING for me.
Thats very interesting to hear. Thank you for sharing your story. Did you notice a difference in your ketone levels with and without fasting?
@metabolicmind I sporadically check ketone levels, but not consistently. I feel more focused, clearer etc. when combining low carb with fasting. I think my point is that the generic ketogenic protocol is flawed, or at least does not offer enough variation perhaps.... some people need more protein, and perhaps a carb source other then green vegetables. Plus I believe they fasting is far more potent a form of igniting ketosis then just standard keto. There is a health/fitness coach online called Cole Robinson, and he can have 100 grams of carbs and return to ketosis in a matter of hours because he fasts so frequently by doing omad.
In my journey on strict Lion diet I sometimes ate one meal a day, mostly two within a 6 hour window.
If the fatty ruminate meat content is high enough, your stress and sleep is under control (circadian rhythm is important), grounding/being in nature helps, you naturally are not hungry and sometimes need to remind yourself to eat, or skip till the next meal time. Cravings vanished.
I find longer than one meal a day too difficult.
But my meal sizes are fairly small (hand size) in area when fingers are together.
I love reverse searing ribeye.
It’s my favourite, but with increasing prices only buy when it’s on special.
You can do a lot with cheaper cuts in casserole, or mince (not lean/“premium” mince) you can make so many things. Eggs help with this. I use minimal cheese as I find this can trigger cravings if eaten in more than two meals conservatively.
I still drink water, but sometimes either a Macher tea or Coffee no sugar/sweetners.
Thank you for sharing your specific details that add to your success.
@martinlang9615 I would have loved to be able to adapt to carnivore but I tried for 5 months with no progress at all. Even if it only helped my energy levels I would have stuck with it, but because I was so tired and still depressed I had to give it up. I would like try it again but I have tries multiple times and don't have much time to waste again when I'm pretty certain the same result will occur. I can't even be sure that omad with low carb will be sustainable. I don't know why this diet stuff is so difficult for me but I don't get the high or the focus other people get. I am seeing a gradual improvement through fasting so hopefully that can give me a new baseline. How long did it take you to adapt to carnivore?
Thanks so much for this wonderful research! I am living in Australia and my 24yo son has schizophrenia. He is stable now and into his 4th month on Clozapine, which is working well although I am very concerned about its side effects. Does anyone know of any psychiatrists here in Australia who work with keto and schizophrenia? I know of the clinical trials taking place with Dr Zoltan Sarnyai, however he is not taking on patients not involved in the trial. Thanks!
Here is a good place to start to look for an experienced clinician to work with. We hope it helps! www.diagnosisdiet.com/directory
They are planing to open a clinic soon 🤞otherwise we may need to travel outside Austraila my son also stated cloz and keto pt training and intermittent fasting now the taper starts and feel like we’re on our own
I hope things start to get better for you
@@craiglatta6378 thanks for that. Where in Australia are you? I am in northern nsw. Do you know where the clinic might open and who would be opening it? Are you doing the keto and tapering on your own or with the guidance of a psych? Best wishes to you and your son!
@@georgiawhiley2481 we’re down south in Victoria
Soon to be heading north for winter
Trying to find a psychiatrist that can help us my son always gets unwell after winter so we will try some more vitamin D this winter I would consider going internationally but concerned about an episode while abroad I do have an rv in the USA so if we can’t find help here we may travel
Thanks so much for this. So very helpful;. Have just started to consider this as an option.
I'm a month and a half in, no changes but to my sleep. Anxiety, depression,suicidal thoughts, adhd, determined to stick to this but its not easy .
Many experts in the field recommend at least a 4-month trial before deciding on efficacy. That's one reason why we feel it's so important to work with a trained clinician. Here are a few directories you may consider exploring. www.diagnosisdiet.com/directory
thesmhp.org/directory/
www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/doctors
nutrition-network.org/find-a-practitioner/
Perhaps the Maryland hospital should watch this video . I can’t believe they stopped your clinical study . The bias of modern medicine using drugs over keto is reprehensible.
Clinical trials are needed because the powers that be who decide what is taught in med schools need to be convinced.
In fact the keto diet is the most well researched diet in the world. It goes back well over a 100 years ago, when it was discovered how amazingly helpful it is for people with epilepsy.
i was keto 3 week, fine better, then psych gave me lybalvi.. caused extreme hunger/appetite and cravings for sweet.. fell off. now back to sweets.. ozempic seems to help but the cravings are too strong.. therefore gonna use mounjaro max dosage even if i die
So what are the best dietary options in detail?
Please reply. Thank you 🙏
Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately, we cant say what the best options are for each individual. However, we hope people will learn about the potential benefits of ketogenic therapy and discuss it as a potential option with their healthcare team.
Read Dr. Georgia Ede’s new book “change your diet, change your mind”. It’s excellent and very thorough with several options to try. Step by step. It’s the book we’ve all been waiting for, in my opinion. Good luck and don’t give up. ❤️
Lots of methods, lots of options now a days. One channel on here is low carb down under. You can be vegan, vegetarian, carnivore (meat eggs) what ever flavor you like. Get a ketone meter for blood testing if you worry your not in ketosis. I've done a few two day fast no water and that is a big reset. But go slow and easy. If it feels wrong/ill back off. Find a good keto doctor if you need. Charlie foundation site has some small amount of doctors listed in various areas.
I suffer from bad Anxiety i am going to look into the keto diet.
The biomarkers dr ian mentioned is fascinating
I wondered if there is a difference in results between someone on meds vs not when doing keto?
Is there any experience with keto diet and severe OCD?
Dr Lori Calabrese wrote an article on this topic. We hope it helps! www.loricalabresemd.com/blog/ketogenic-psychiatry-quiet-ocd/
I haven’t found a specific discussion on this yet, but is there any evidence on what the diet does to help someone who is BP1 but experiences mostly manic episodes ? I think this is less common in the west, its not that unusual for countries closer to the equator
Please see our interviews with Hannah Warren and Matt Baszucki, who both experienced Bipolar 1 with mania.
Raspberry ketones does this help Anxiety.
How do you do the keto diet.
You eat keto food.
@@HandsomeJigglypuff its not that simple. Cooking keto can be hard sure its, salmon, pasturased eggs, and beef avocado. But to get it tastyfull you need to be able to cook a bit
get a cook book on how to cook keto recipes
I hear Gary Taubes at 54 minutes in ;)
I wonder how many years we have to suffer to see what is the root cause of Un-Illness. I spent ten years in food-molecular cell biology. Got all the benefits, but not any deeper undestanding. Only after going sub molecular and even sub atomic, I saw the light (pun intended).
Maybe everyone should look more into mitochondrial complex 4 and 5. Four makes metabolic water and five is there to collect electromagnetic energy as an equivalent to plant photo-synthesis or what for us the mammals is called photo-phosphorylation. We and plants are not that different. Water, light, air and earth are the connector.
These life forces are governed by quantum effects in our semiconducting nano-machinery.
Why wasting time in food wars and big pharma stuff? So instead go looking for more info on topics such as MELANIN, POMC, DEUTERIUM. Info that explaines insulin resistance, connects lepitin resistance to it. Proton pumping, Mithochondrial dysfunction, Membrane instability, ROS action, sulfuration, methylation, amylation.
It is obvious. Deuterium has a double kinetic energy of Hydrogen but same charge. This fact is everywhere and our ability to regulate it is tied to life int self. It is making a difference in hybrid energy substrates such as glucose = deuterium over 155ppm , alchohol, fructose and ketones= deuterium less than 125ppm.
It is clear as chrystal.
(aside: my fortune was being both a semiconductor research scientist and a bipolar person. I was suicidal with a plan to end my life with animal fat and salt cholesterol and surely getting MI aka heart attack with a large health insurance policy. Three weeks on keto and on internet, I quit my insurance. : end aside)
TCA-cycle is there purely to filter deuterium out of the mitochondrion. Our semiconduction works only with structured zero deuterium water thus semiconducting H2O. Minerals dope it making signaling possible.
The true fuels are abundant electrons from the earth's ground, UV-wavelengts and NIR wavelenghts from the skies and external help from our microbiom living outside and in our gut. Even your mitochondria is a bacterial eucariot system. They all are known to use light for powering the chemistry transforming energy in many ways. We have bio Wi-Fi, lasers, leds, solar panes, diodes, transistors, fiber optics, transformers, amplifiers etc.
Imagine That!
Broblem is that you have to do the work yourself. Otherwise you are part of a belief system, science-religion or food war cult. All research and trial chemistry is done under fake light environment and electrically floating isolated non controlled systems still submitted to the same entropy laws and quantum phenomena. If not taken account one gets strange outcomes that are misleading . Our life is quantum packaged. At least mine is and I wellcome it. Makes things simple.
In the future i recommend dishes not be cleared from tables during q and a sessions
Great information, thank you.
To answer that guy... you need that evidence so you can get insurance to pay for it. Probably not an issue where he is from.
Alchohol is less deuterium promoting pathway. See it is connected.
People experimenting on themselves and others.
I tried the keto diet for depression and I felt horrible. I was an anxious wreck and very angrybon keto.
How you did keto? Best way to do it is with fasting long.
@@manojlogulic4234 what do you mean fasting long 🤔 ?
Sorry to hear that. Just curious, how long were you on it? Some people have a very tough transition in the first few weeks. But a few seem to feel poorly over time. There are theories as to why that may be, but just curious to hear more about your experience. Thanks
Please share more of your experience with Dr Scher 🙏 There are many ways to achieve a ketogenic state through diet (vegan, omnivore, carnivore, fasting) and it might be something you consumed, rather than your metabolic state. I followed the suggestions of Dr Berg in the early stages and felt horrible...then I cut the vegetables out and magically improved.
@johnmartinsen963 do you just eat meat? I was tired on green veg so replaced it with a small amount of sweet potatoes and feel better. Also fasting helped me more then just low carb foods
It's interesting, however NOT everyone will do better in ketosis. May we all find what works for us ! 💟💯🙏like one of the comments below, it did not make me feel better, nor give me mental clarity. In fact, I felt much worse. I do better HCLF, just like @Sweet Fruitness, @Freelee @Durianrider #high fruit #high carb #stay active
Thats a great point that there isn't a "one size fits all" solution. We hope to learn much more about how to predict who may or may not respond, and what are the factors that influence response (ketone levels? Degree of metabolic benefit? Other factors?) Just like one medicine doesn't work for everyone, we couldn't expect one nutritional approach would. But we hope more people learn about ketosis as an option to try with clinical supervision to see if it does work. Thanks for your comment!
yes, agreed. in time, more understanding may arrive about this topic ! I also think we under-estimate how much carbs we need for our metabolism, I always wondered why everything would shut down with my physiology and my mind not working well, when I tried fasting, and I was on keto and carnivore diet too at one stage. Now, I realise that I need a LOT more carbs than I realised, just like Pauline - her YT channel is called @Sweet Fruitness. This morning for breakfast, I made my fruit smoothie - 4 dates, 3 bananas, 4 or 5 prunes, 1 tbs of jaggery (brown sugar from India), 1 tbs of caster sugar, water - blended in a Ninja blending machine - I need my energy, my brain needs energy too ! @@metabolicmind
Hi,
I am Australian and have lived with Bipolar II my whole life. I am 63 and was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease a couple of years ago. I also have coeliac disease and an inflammatory bowel disease in remission. Believe it or not, the ketogenic diet is a hard sell for me. I have always struggled with low blood sugar and have to be careful not to allow long periods without food. My life is complicated, so the thought of introducing a dietary regimen along the lines of keto actually fills me with horror. I would need so much support and guidance just to develop a new routine. It seems ironic that I would not grasp such a potential solution with both hands, but I am incredibly medically atypical and fear that my equilibrium could be compromised with a dramatic adjustment in diet. I have a healthy diet, but the cravings mean I eat too much. I would love this to be my solution and have a good news story to share, but it feels like a bridge too far. Any suggestions, though, would be gratefully received.