Can Ketogenic Diet Improve Severe Mental Illness? Pilot Study Indicates Positive Results

Adopting a ketogenic diet while continuing medication restores metabolic health and improves psychiatric conditions, the study revealed (Credit: image by Racool_studio on Freepik)

Can a ketogenic diet help improve mental health symptoms? Researchers have found that this dietary intervention brings significant metabolic and psychiatric improvements in patients with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Treatment with antipsychotic medications can be beneficial for individuals with serious mental illnesses. However, these medications can also cause metabolic side effects such as insulin resistance and obesity, which may lead many patients to stop taking the medication.