Keto as Medicine
Research and Findings
This page explores recent studies and findings on how keto therapy can positively impact both mental and physical health. We delve the latest research that highlights the benefits of a ketogenic diet, including its potential to improve mood, enhance cognitive function, and support overall well-being. Join us as we uncover the science behind keto therapy and its transformative effects on health.
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Patients with major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia improved substantially on a ketogenic diet.
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The ketogenic diet was found to be safe, well tolerated by most patients, and feasible to administer in a hospital setting.
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Body weight, blood pressure, blood glucose, triglycerides, and liver enzymes improved considerably on a ketogenic diet.
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Sixty-four percent of patients were discharged from the hospital on less psychiatric medication.
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'Animal-based ketogenic diet puts severe anorexia nervosa into multi-year remission: A case series. Patients with anorexia ... each achieved remission of between 1–5 years to date on a high-fat animal-based ketogenic diet. Patients exhibited not only improvements in weight ... but also diminution of anxiety and overall enhanced mental well-being'.
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The outcome of the original research study is in the link below, with the measurements and metrics on the results.
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Imagine our brain operating in a healthier way. Interesting article about the nuts and bolts of this. The article talks about how ketones as alternative fuel can, to paraphrase their words, help those of us whose brain cells may have trouble processing glucose.
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"The ketogenic diet may help improve brain metabolism by providing an alternative fuel source (ketones) for brain cells that struggle to utilize glucose. This metabolic shift seems to reduce neuron excitability, potentially improving brain function and mental stability in individuals with energy dysfunction".
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In a global research effort, scientists have uncovered a relationship between metabolism problems in the brain and a range of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, from autism to Alzheimer's disease and more.
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Despite their diverse symptoms, these conditions – as well as depression, epilepsy, schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and bipolar disorder – all involve a degree of cognitive impairment and often share genetic or metabolic features, hinting at a common biological basis.
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The gut-brain axis is a bidirectional communication network that links the enteric and central nervous systems.
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This network is not only anatomical, but it extends to include endocrine, humoral, metabolic, and immune routes of communication as well.
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The autonomic nervous system, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, and nerves within the gastrointestinal tract, all link the gut and the brain, allowing the brain to influence intestinal activities, including activity of functional immune effector cells; and the gut to influence mood, cognition, and mental health.