@@KK-lg8uzI’ve got bpd and have tried both diets. Both worked very well for me. I slipped off the diet for the past year and my symptoms gradually returned. Back to keto now and life is beautiful again!
I feel nothing but relief when I fast. It's an amazing feeling. In general I think the world is overeating and don't realize it because it's become such a habit. We really don't need much.
@@CocoPink44then just adopt a fasting mimicking diet. Ketogenic. Carnivore is the best version of it. No plant toxins. You don’t have to fast to get those results, and it’s also a long term solution
Keto has reduced my ADHD symptoms by about 95%. Meanwhile my PMS is 100% gone. I’m getting restful sleep for the first time in my life and just feel…happy. The first few weeks were hard for me but then it got really easy.
@@RationalNon-conformist Saaaame. I also have ZERO cramps or symptoms of any sort anymore. It's like I don't even know I have my period anymore. It's even gotten a little lighter too. I used to have to take 4 ibuprofen every 4 hours, or I'd be a sad/angry bloated blob of a human rolling around in pain, barely able to do anything. I wish I'd started eating carnivore decades ago 😭
I’m ok it now it improved my mental health in 2019 then I fell off the wagon, I’ve been in quite a dark hole for 12 months and want to hopefully feel the positive effects of keto again, I’m unsure whether I’m getting enough fat in as I know it’s that that does the trick, could you explain what you’d eat in a day please? I’m glad you feel so much better x
Guess what? It was never a fad and has been around for centuries. It was used to treat epilepsy before meds were created, and is still used for med-resistant cases (should be used in all cases, IMO). There are also books written as early as the late 1700s talking about carb restriction for obesity and it is also well documented in helping to reverse type 2. Just because you haven’t heard of it, and it seemingly becomes popular “all of a sudden,” doesn’t make it a fad.
@@PeterAbbeYep, that stretch of human evolution with hunting and eating big game and having no industrially refined carbs allowed my body to adapt to keto very easily!
I did Keto a few years back and the first improvement I noticed was the mental clarity after a few weeks on keto. Then the chronic pain I'd had for over 15 years was gone. No sugar, white flour, seed oils nor any processed junk food and I feel great. As soon as I deviate from low carb I start to feel poorly.A very low carb diet has been very beneficial for me.
tinnitus is a neuro inflammatory condition. Keto/carnivore reduces inflammation significantly, so it makes sense. No sugar/ketones are good for this and also plant compounds are causing further inflammation so not eating those also makes sense@@mattgil73
tinnitus is a neuro inflammatory disorder so a zero carb carnivore diet would help it massively and potentially even cure it. Ketones reduce systemic inflammation@@mattgil73
It's really great to see people in the mainstream start to make the connection between the food/chemicals we put into our bodies and resultant disease. There are also studies looking at the link between metabolic health and Alzheimer's; even to the point of referring to Alzheimer's as Type 3 Diabetes. Lots of other encouraging stuff on the Metabolic Mind UA-cam channel if anyone reading this cares to check them out.
Just because there’s not an abundance of research does not mean that is not even more effective than a medication. Many people understand and believe the fact that if you eat high sugar/high carbohydrate/high fat & very unhealthy foods that it will lead to weight gain, diabetes, heart issues, depression, etc, but those same people think it’s outlandish that very healthy foods could cure or prevent those same diseases. When you truly think about that fact, it makes absolutely no sense. Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical industry is very powerful and it’s hard to fund any type of research study on something that is not going to make them money. Why is it so outlandish that the type of food we put in our body could cure or prevent a disease, but acceptable that a pill produced by a pharmaceutical industry will fix the problem?
Search the lectures from Paul Mason, Chris Palmer (doctor in the video) and Dave Feldman. This is all very new research (within the last 3 years) but they are turning the Medical literature upside down and pharmaceutical companies will not be happy with these pioneers
You're exactly right it's as if people are brainwashed into thinking that what they KNOW to be healthy eating is somehow too radical to be safe. Very sad state of society.
Again , i'm so proud of you all and your network for letting the public know that there are so many alternatives , especially functional medicine. And how what you put in your body can heal you. Lett food would be thy medicine.❤
Naysayers against Keto complain about the Challenges of following a restrictive diet? So living with bipolar or a mental illness is easy? It's not a challenge?
I don’t find it restrictive, but I got a handle on my sweet tooth some years back, sort of by accident. It’s more challenging for some than others, but I’m feeling so much better that I’m not seriously tempted to deviate day to day. I’ve heard lots of people say something similar. I may make exceptions a few times a year, no big deal.
That’s so great! I believe it 💯. Keto has helped me get through many illnesses and over am my life has improved amazingly. I used to get recurring shingles every month since the age of 22. I began Keto at the age of 33 and at first it was shingles every two to three months and then this year at the age of 35i went from August all the way to February not having a shingles flair up!! It felt freeing. I get sick less often now which helps to keep my recurring shingles to a minimum. Keto works for me and it may work for others ❤
Yes, and also things like inflammation in the brain and glucose hypo or hypermetabolism in the brain can affect our mental health. There’s also evidence starting to come out about how keto can have epigenetic effects which can help with neurotransmitter production.
@@juliesaadwellness Aah, YES! Who would have thought that diet would be so therapeutic? And all the underlying scientific evidence? Amazing! Isn’t it? Wondering how the mental health effects of ketogenic diet compare with those (if any) of Mediterranean and indigenous diets from around the world.
@@matseporamaboli4275A Mediteranean diet can be ketogenic. Inigenous diets from around the world are for the most part naturally ketogenic. Even a vegan diet can be ketogenic, although that one is a little harder to pull off, but there are people doing it. The medical ketogenic diet Dr. Palmer and others in his field use though, is a diet with quite a high fat percentage to ensure patients have good ketone levels.
@@matseporamaboli4275 Mediterranean diet is just meat and more carbs. There would be no healing. Ancient indigenous diets are all ketogenic, so of course they would work.
I felt so much calmer on a keto diet without nasty diet softdrinks and after just 6 weeks my blood sugar went from high risk for diabetes to normal, my cholesterol went from almost clinically needing medication to normal, my angina disappeared with regular brisk walking and i lost 40kg in 18 months. Diet and exercise is a LOT.
I have BPD comorbid bipolar II. I've been in therapy for more than two years. I also take anti-psychotics. I'll definitely give keto a try and hopefully it improves my conditions.
@@greatdude7279How is that? Atkins is a low carb, high protein diet. Keto is a low carb, moderate protein and high fat diet. They are quite similar and there is huge variety of foods available on a ketogenic diet. 5 years for us and we absolutely love our food.
Thanks to dr. Ken Berry he saved my life with ketogenic/ carnivire diet in 2022, when i almost died from some toxic meds that my previvew primary dictor that hw was thinking about profirs over my health😢. Dr. Chris Palmer saved my sin with Autusm non verbal. After 30 years my sin in keto for 2 years he finaly call me MOM❤. God bless dr. Chris Palmer and dr. Ken Berry🙏
It's not yet standard of care and if Pharma has any say in it, it never will be. Since Pharma is the predominant funding source of medical schools, its very unlikely that it will become the standard of care for a long time.
This is amazing and I am very happy for you and your family. Also it is wonderful that you are funding research to help the millions often crippled by these illnesses! God bless you all.
So great to see this being show on the Today show. I stumbled on keto to help with weight gain caused by medication for my bipolar and somehow had never heard of the research being done in this field. I have heard of epilepsy meds also being used for bipolar for years but never knew of the connection with the keto diet and epilepsy. After just a few days on keto I was absolutely amazed by the positive effect it had on my mood, my sleep and my energy! I'm so incredibly greatful for this and it's truly life changing for me as well.
I can tell you for a fact being in ketosis put my neurological disorder (dystonia) in remission. I had to have Botox injections in my leg to be able to just move. After two years in ketosis i stopped the injections. No signs of dystonia. I too thought it was too good to be true and went back to eating lots of processed crap. The dystonia is coming back. So I’m back in ketosis. And it’s not linked to heart disease.
I’m so glad to see this coverage! I’m two weeks in after over a decade of serious mental illness. I feel great! It’s early yet to speak to my own success with mental health, but the improvement in sleep alone is worth the change in diet. I’m sleeping through the night for the first time in years.
Keto can be a proper human diet. Anyone who gets away from the standard American diet will see improvements. So many things wrong with what we are told to eat, it’s not for our health but it’s very profitable for the medical system and for big pharma.
And beware of the company Amare saying you need their EXPENSIVE products to get these results!! Lies! What this man has done is the answer, so happy for him!❤🙂
A very low carb diet saved me life back in 1989. It all started by incident: I was missing my lousy boyfriend and crying a lot… All I ate for two days was toast and margarine, and I drank herbal tea instead of my usual 2 litres of cola… My, I felt so much better all of a sudden, with my mind and memory working normally for the first time in six months! I even left the bum and could go back to work!
I wouldn't say it's a replacement for psychiatric care but I've definitely had improvement in my bipolar type too since going keto and now that I've lost a bunch of weight I'm not even in strict medical ketosis but more of a low carb high protein medium fat diet but the less carbs I eat the better my mental health but then everybody's system is different so it probably won't work for everyone
It’s not just your mental health,thousands of people completely resolve years of chronic disease weight problems,gut problems of every kind, diabetes and many more. Just eat what humans were meant to eat. Animal products and lots of animal fat,protein,eggs, fish. Plants have nothing that humans need but come with a lot of problematic lectins,oxalates,carcinogens and anti nutrients that cause all kinds of problems in most humans! 😊
Great story. It would have been better if you would have included that for that hundred years of using the diet that it was for the treatment of epilepsy. That would have made the diet look legit.
What’s old is new again. This was explored decades ago by pioneers like Dr Hoffer and Dr Osmond but was considered too radical and was suppressed by the medical community.
I'm on carnivore diet now, it started as ketogenic GAPS. After 3 weeks in I started smiling again. After 3 months in I started managing anxiety. Keto is a powerful mental health tool
I understand not stopping meds, but why not change your diet? It’s worth a shot. If it doesn’t seem to help, then you can always stop, but given that ketones are the brain’s preferred fuel source and that insulin resistance of the brain can lead to so many other things: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, MS, etc., why not try it?
Pharma's control of medical schools, nutritional schools, medical journals, regulating agencies within government (i.e. FDA), media, and the government has made a concerted effort into scaring people about the ketogenic diet. That's why many people won't consider it. But I agree with you, why not try something that is very inexpensive and has a low adverse event risk. Side effects may include fatty liver reversal, lower blood pressure, weight loss (if over weight), less aches and pains, neuropathy reversal, diabetes reversal, PCOS reversal, better HDL cholesterol levels, and better triglyceride levels. But, but, but...my LDL cholesterol might go up a bit! Then again it might not. Also your LDL will definitely become healthier, even if it does go up some.
Having a teenager with bipolar I/ possibly schizoaffective vitamin therapy and a ketogenic diet have finally helped stabilize her. Its not easy, her behavior gets worse when she eats anything that’s not on her diet.
Welcome USA Today and Western Medicine to food-is-medicine! Just wait until they find out what eating raw, organic and fasting does for does for overall health.
Psychologists have been saying for at least 20 years that a diet full of fish and vegetables will alleviate depression and mental illness. There were studies years ago that found fish oil and a healthy diet containing fish and vegetables did a better job than anti-depressants. Doctors in Europe used to recommend it before patients resorted to anti-depressants (which have numerous serious side effects).
We didn’t start out that way. Everything, from Adam and Eve, to the animals, were all created by YHVH, incarnate bodily in Jesus Christ, to eat from the trees and plants, because the world was created perfectly, and dèath did not enter the world until sìn entered the world, when Adam willingly disobeyed YHVH, and Eve was deceived into disobedience to Him. Even after Adam and Eve were removed from the Garden of Eden, there’s no change to their diet mentioned until after the flood, when YHVH gave Noah and his family instructions that they could eat everything, including the wild beasts of the earth. Scripture does say after the fall in the Garden, the first dèath was the animal YHVH had to kìIl to make coverings for the nakedness of Adam and Eve, which is pointing to God’s future incarnation as the Messiah, the LORD Jesus Christ, when He would be the final and only sàcrifce at the cross to provide His shed ßIood as a covering for our nakedness, all who believe on Christ as their God and Savior, as nakedness in scripture is often used as a reference to sìn. When Christ returns and establishes His earthly kingdom, scripture says that the beasts of the animal kingdom will play with children, with no fear of one another, and it seems to be because humans and animals will once again exist in fellowship with each other like in the Garden before the fall, which means animals no longer have to fear being kìIled and eaten for food.
I noticed when i was doing KETO, I seemed happy. And 4 months after I stopped the KETO diet, I feel anxious and depressed. I will be using the keto method once again. I'm curious.
Great question! A ketogenic diet typically lowers carbohydrates enough so your body switches from burning glucose (sugar) for energy to burning fat, either stored body fat or dietary fat. As a result, your liver creates ketones, which your brain and body can use for energy. You can achieve ketosis with multiple types of diets, including vegan, vegetarian, Mediterranean, omnivore, and carnivore. Intermittent fasting is also a tool used by many to help with being in ketosis.
Mostly fatty meat and eggs. Add some low-carb vegetables if you want and a few seeds, nuts and berries, if you want. Or just eat carnivore, like me. I only eat fatty beef.
My one-stop recommend for a YT channel to watch is Dr. Ken Berry’s. Through this channel he and his wife Nurse Neisha Salas-Berry will guide you to just about any reputable nutritionistmedical practitioner out there. 👍
I feel like "treatment resistant" would probably be related to a failure to address the root cause of the problem. They try to "overpower" the problem with powerful medications and then call it "treatment resistant" when they hit a stone wall. Obviously I'm talking from a laymen's perspective and I have no degree in anything, but everyone is capable of doing their own research into diet options.
There's nothing wrong with mixing it all together - exercise, water, good nutrition, and medication. I used to know a lady who was schizophrenic. She took meds, exercised, drank water the right way, intermittent fasted (this was in the late 1990s!), and ate good nutrition, like plenty of fish. She had ZERO symptoms. This is the answer.
Until we accept that food is medicine we will lack accountability for nourishing our own souls and eachother. I love The Metabolic Mind, it's saving my life one day at a time. Thank you.
3:08 exercise and poor sleep are analogous to using medication. It will alleviate the symptoms but it wont fix the route problem. The real cause is food and other substances. Ketogenic diets help massively. The ultimate iteration of this diet is carnivore.
How does one find a practitioner? If i look up psychiatrist near me it isn't bringing up anything to indicate whether they would be knowledgeable about any of this. Thank you.
You mean eating Whole Foods like fresh meats and vegetables is healthy? Say it isn't so, how would this be a restrictive diet?, Why because it's lacking bread and ice cream? Lol..
For serious mental illness, early data is showing that the level of nutritional ketosis maps to symptom improvement, so ketosis seems to matter. Not just removing processed foods.
How are your triglycerides though? I saw one cardiologist who said that remnant cholesterol is where it's at. Take the total cholesterol and subtract the HDL and LDL. It should be quite low, meaning, very little inflammation in the body. And, low triglycerides is another important factor. This is what I am most concerned with.
I have bipolar disorder and I've also noticed a huge difference on a keto diet
try carnivore for a while and you'll see even better improvements. The results will show after just a few days.
@@KK-lg8uzI’ve got bpd and have tried both diets. Both worked very well for me.
I slipped off the diet for the past year and my symptoms gradually returned. Back to keto now and life is beautiful again!
That’s great! Keep it up and don’t give up! Exercise and have good night sleeps.
You are what you eat. I used to think people were crazy for fasting but I'm a believer now.
I feel nothing but relief when I fast. It's an amazing feeling. In general I think the world is overeating and don't realize it because it's become such a habit. We really don't need much.
a ketogenic or carnivore diet is a fasting mimicking diet so you can prolong that relief if you try it@@CocoPink44
@@CocoPink44then just adopt a fasting mimicking diet. Ketogenic. Carnivore is the best version of it. No plant toxins. You don’t have to fast to get those results, and it’s also a long term solution
Exactly! Those words are so true!
Keto has reduced my ADHD symptoms by about 95%. Meanwhile my PMS is 100% gone. I’m getting restful sleep for the first time in my life and just feel…happy. The first few weeks were hard for me but then it got really easy.
Saved my life too. Everyone thought I had lupus. Pain totally gone, my a.d.d. is unmedicated, I could go on and on!
My PMDD went away on carnivore.. it’s truly amazing when you go low to zero carb.
@@RationalNon-conformist Saaaame. I also have ZERO cramps or symptoms of any sort anymore. It's like I don't even know I have my period anymore. It's even gotten a little lighter too. I used to have to take 4 ibuprofen every 4 hours, or I'd be a sad/angry bloated blob of a human rolling around in pain, barely able to do anything. I wish I'd started eating carnivore decades ago 😭
try carnivore for that last 5%
I’m ok it now it improved my mental health in 2019 then I fell off the wagon, I’ve been in quite a dark hole for 12 months and want to hopefully feel the positive effects of keto again, I’m unsure whether I’m getting enough fat in as I know it’s that that does the trick, could you explain what you’d eat in a day please? I’m glad you feel so much better x
When I waiver from the ketogenic diet I become very symptomatic again. It works.
Guess what? It was never a fad and has been around for centuries. It was used to treat epilepsy before meds were created, and is still used for med-resistant cases (should be used in all cases, IMO). There are also books written as early as the late 1700s talking about carb restriction for obesity and it is also well documented in helping to reverse type 2.
Just because you haven’t heard of it, and it seemingly becomes popular “all of a sudden,” doesn’t make it a fad.
or try 2.5 million years of evolution
@@PeterAbbeYep, that stretch of human evolution with hunting and eating big game and having no industrially refined carbs allowed my body to adapt to keto very easily!
Yeah they said this in the video
I did Keto a few years back and the first improvement I noticed was the mental clarity after a few weeks on keto. Then the chronic pain I'd had for over 15 years was gone. No sugar, white flour, seed oils nor any processed junk food and I feel great. As soon as I deviate from low carb I start to feel poorly.A very low carb diet has been very beneficial for me.
I've been on a carnivore diet for the three weeks. My neuropathy, tinnitus and heading have greatly improved.
Your tinnitus has improved? That is great to (not) hear. My tinnitus has never seemed to improve.
tinnitus is a neuro inflammatory condition. Keto/carnivore reduces inflammation significantly, so it makes sense. No sugar/ketones are good for this and also plant compounds are causing further inflammation so not eating those also makes sense@@mattgil73
tinnitus is a neuro inflammatory disorder so a zero carb carnivore diet would help it massively and potentially even cure it. Ketones reduce systemic inflammation@@mattgil73
I've been on keto for 11 days now. Reading this I just realized my tinnitus is gone. Thanks!
@@mattgil73tinnitus can be caused by impacted ear wax or ear drum damage.
Nice to see this getting some attention mainstream. Diet should always be part of any plan to get well!
Good for you Matt! I’m currently reading Dr. Palmers book, Brain Energy, and I’m learning so much!
It's a great book. I pre-ordered it and have read it twice.
👏🙏😘🙏
Brain energy is awesome! Great read or listen.
I read it and started keto. My energy has been insane and lost 2 pounds in a week.
@@Metachief_X congratulations!
Thank- you so much for covering this!! We are a family who have been doing this now for a few years, and it’s been life changing!
The pharmaceutical industry will not allow this to happen. They need to make money by having everyone on pills
Fortunately, it's not up to the pharmaceutical industry!
Absolutely!
They don't need to make money, they want to make money.
It's not just Big Pharma, it's Big Ag, too. Pushing wheat, soybeans, rice, and potatoes. But it's my wallet. ;)
Luckily they can't control what we eat.
It's really great to see people in the mainstream start to make the connection between the food/chemicals we put into our bodies and resultant disease. There are also studies looking at the link between metabolic health and Alzheimer's; even to the point of referring to Alzheimer's as Type 3 Diabetes. Lots of other encouraging stuff on the Metabolic Mind UA-cam channel if anyone reading this cares to check them out.
Just because there’s not an abundance of research does not mean that is not even more effective than a medication. Many people understand and believe the fact that if you eat high sugar/high carbohydrate/high fat & very unhealthy foods that it will lead to weight gain, diabetes, heart issues, depression, etc, but those same people think it’s outlandish that very healthy foods could cure or prevent those same diseases. When you truly think about that fact, it makes absolutely no sense. Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical industry is very powerful and it’s hard to fund any type of research study on something that is not going to make them money. Why is it so outlandish that the type of food we put in our body could cure or prevent a disease, but acceptable that a pill produced by a pharmaceutical industry will fix the problem?
Search the lectures from Paul Mason, Chris Palmer (doctor in the video) and Dave Feldman. This is all very new research (within the last 3 years) but they are turning the Medical literature upside down and pharmaceutical companies will not be happy with these pioneers
You're exactly right it's as if people are brainwashed into thinking that what they KNOW to be healthy eating is somehow too radical to be safe. Very sad state of society.
Again , i'm so proud of you all and your network for letting the public know that there are so many alternatives , especially functional medicine. And how what you put in your body can heal you. Lett food would be thy medicine.❤
Amazing❤ carni here since 2019 its great!
Keto is not a “fad diet”. It’s a way of life that I’ve been living for almost five years now, and I’ve never felt better in my adult life.
Naysayers against Keto complain about the Challenges of following a restrictive diet? So living with bipolar or a mental illness is easy? It's not a challenge?
I don’t find it restrictive, but I got a handle on my sweet tooth some years back, sort of by accident. It’s more challenging for some than others, but I’m feeling so much better that I’m not seriously tempted to deviate day to day. I’ve heard lots of people say something similar. I may make exceptions a few times a year, no big deal.
@@Chucanelli How did you get a handle on it? I'd like to do carnivore but I have not been able to adhere to it due to struggling with my cravings
This works! I’m so glad they are featuring this in the Today show.
*It's a powerful reminder of the significance of nutrition in supporting mental well-being.*
I started keto 10 years ago. I went off it for the past year and my bipolar symptoms have returned. Im starting again tomorrow.
How are you now?
thats along time. And you were sympton free all the time. That means the ketogenic diet works.
That’s so great! I believe it 💯. Keto has helped me get through many illnesses and over am my life has improved amazingly. I used to get recurring shingles every month since the age of 22. I began Keto at the age of 33 and at first it was shingles every two to three months and then this year at the age of 35i went from August all the way to February not having a shingles flair up!! It felt freeing. I get sick less often now which helps to keep my recurring shingles to a minimum. Keto works for me and it may work for others ❤
Emerging knowledge on gut-brain science and concepts such as Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis are important in the link between diet and mental health.
Yes, and also things like inflammation in the brain and glucose hypo or hypermetabolism in the brain can affect our mental health. There’s also evidence starting to come out about how keto can have epigenetic effects which can help with neurotransmitter production.
@@juliesaadwellness Aah, YES! Who would have thought that diet would be so therapeutic? And all the underlying scientific evidence? Amazing! Isn’t it?
Wondering how the mental health effects of ketogenic diet compare with those (if any) of Mediterranean and indigenous diets from around the world.
@@matseporamaboli4275A Mediteranean diet can be ketogenic. Inigenous diets from around the world are for the most part naturally ketogenic. Even a vegan diet can be ketogenic, although that one is a little harder to pull off, but there are people doing it. The medical ketogenic diet Dr. Palmer and others in his field use though, is a diet with quite a high fat percentage to ensure patients have good ketone levels.
@@matseporamaboli4275 Mediterranean diet is just meat and more carbs. There would be no healing. Ancient indigenous diets are all ketogenic, so of course they would work.
I felt so much calmer on a keto diet without nasty diet softdrinks and after just 6 weeks my blood sugar went from high risk for diabetes to normal, my cholesterol went from almost clinically needing medication to normal, my angina disappeared with regular brisk walking and i lost 40kg in 18 months.
Diet and exercise is a LOT.
Thank God for Chris Palmer! He’s an amazing doctor who chooses to help people regardless of what other so-called experts say!
Dr Georgia Ede’s new book will be a paradigm-changer too! 😅
Been keto 5 yrs and I agree. Keto is used for seizures, also. Anti seizure meds are used for BPD. Therefore why wouldn't keto also work for BPD??
I have BPD comorbid bipolar II. I've been in therapy for more than two years. I also take anti-psychotics. I'll definitely give keto a try and hopefully it improves my conditions.
@@Viyokeany updates on your situation with bipolar??
Thank you for spreading awareness on this powerful tool for so many people.
Wow didnt think main stream media would be allowed to say good things about keto. Way to go!
Wonderful that the family has the resources to contribute to research to see how/if this really helps.
Yeah, David has fat stacks, roblox generates like billions.
Matt has an awesome recovery story! Ketosis for the win!
Why not try it there’s nothing to lose!
KETO is simply. Atkins DIET! The man was ahead of his time! Keto fixes mental health issues!!!!!
Not quite true. Keto is more restrictive then Atkins diet.
@@greatdude7279How is that? Atkins is a low carb, high protein diet. Keto is a low carb, moderate protein and high fat diet. They are quite similar and there is huge variety of foods available on a ketogenic diet. 5 years for us and we absolutely love our food.
Keto and Adkins are NOT the same...
Thanks to dr. Ken Berry he saved my life with ketogenic/ carnivire diet in 2022, when i almost died from some toxic meds that my previvew primary dictor that hw was thinking about profirs over my health😢. Dr. Chris Palmer saved my sin with Autusm non verbal. After 30 years my sin in keto for 2 years he finaly call me MOM❤. God bless dr. Chris Palmer and dr. Ken Berry🙏
Amazing!❤️
Thank you, Dr Berry, Dr Palmer and others of your persuasion for all the valuable work you do. 🙏
Keto truly is healthy for everyone! Even the elderly with signs of Alzheimer's. Plus, it's a delicious and flavorful way of eating.
My neurologist had me on two meds and keto has knocked out my seizures. Doctors need to offer this as an option. It is not a fad but therapeutic.
Agreed. Keto is NOT a fad…! 🥩
It's not yet standard of care and if Pharma has any say in it, it never will be. Since Pharma is the predominant funding source of medical schools, its very unlikely that it will become the standard of care for a long time.
It’s almost like it’s our natural diet, ie the one humans evolved on.
Crazy. Keto was also discovered many years ago to help with seizures and epilepsy.
This is amazing and I am very happy for you and your family. Also it is wonderful that you are funding research to help the millions often crippled by these illnesses! God bless you all.
So great to see this being show on the Today show. I stumbled on keto to help with weight gain caused by medication for my bipolar and somehow had never heard of the research being done in this field. I have heard of epilepsy meds also being used for bipolar for years but never knew of the connection with the keto diet and epilepsy. After just a few days on keto I was absolutely amazed by the positive effect it had on my mood, my sleep and my energy! I'm so incredibly greatful for this and it's truly life changing for me as well.
Of course he cant say that diet can fix most things; what would happen to big pharma?!?
I can tell you for a fact being in ketosis put my neurological disorder (dystonia) in remission. I had to have Botox injections in my leg to be able to just move. After two years in ketosis i stopped the injections. No signs of dystonia. I too thought it was too good to be true and went back to eating lots of processed crap. The dystonia is coming back. So I’m back in ketosis. And it’s not linked to heart disease.
Dr. Berg has told us this for a long time!
I’m so glad to see this coverage! I’m two weeks in after over a decade of serious mental illness. I feel great! It’s early yet to speak to my own success with mental health, but the improvement in sleep alone is worth the change in diet. I’m sleeping through the night for the first time in years.
Keto can be a proper human diet. Anyone who gets away from the standard American diet will see improvements. So many things wrong with what we are told to eat, it’s not for our health but it’s very profitable for the medical system and for big pharma.
And beware of the company Amare saying you need their EXPENSIVE products to get these results!! Lies! What this man has done is the answer, so happy for him!❤🙂
A very low carb diet saved me life back in 1989. It all started by incident: I was missing my lousy boyfriend and crying a lot… All I ate for two days was toast and margarine, and I drank herbal tea instead of my usual 2 litres of cola… My, I felt so much better all of a sudden, with my mind and memory working normally for the first time in six months! I even left the bum and could go back to work!
I wouldn't say it's a replacement for psychiatric care but I've definitely had improvement in my bipolar type too since going keto and now that I've lost a bunch of weight I'm not even in strict medical ketosis but more of a low carb high protein medium fat diet but the less carbs I eat the better my mental health but then everybody's system is different so it probably won't work for everyone
Keto works!!!!!
Its clear the problem was the food processed carbs , i was handicapped since i did keto i can walk n run.
I'm so glad this is finally getting media attention!!! I wish they would've mentioned that he has already been able to taper off most of his meds!😊
We went from Keto to carnivore(550 days now). Glad, were beef farmers meat can be expensive...
It’s not just your mental health,thousands of people completely resolve years of chronic disease weight problems,gut problems of every kind, diabetes and many more. Just eat what humans were meant to eat. Animal products and lots of animal fat,protein,eggs, fish. Plants have nothing that humans need but come with a lot of problematic lectins,oxalates,carcinogens and anti nutrients that cause all kinds of problems in most humans! 😊
Great story. It would have been better if you would have included that for that hundred years of using the diet that it was for the treatment of epilepsy. That would have made the diet look legit.
Because food is medicine
This is awesome news! I also believe our diet plays a role in our mental health. This is hopeful.
Dr. Westman on keto diet is amazing.
He was the physician who had the first patient known to recovery from psychotic illness with keto!
I am so glad to finally see this topic being covered on network news.😅
Let’s go THANK YOU for posting this story despite it potentially threatening some big food and big pharma corporations
What’s old is new again. This was explored decades ago by pioneers like Dr Hoffer and Dr Osmond but was considered too radical and was suppressed by the medical community.
Yes niacin was precribed for schiz!!!molecular psychiatry!
Many non pharmaceutical interventions get suppressed by the medical community. Funny how that is.
I'm on carnivore diet now, it started as ketogenic GAPS. After 3 weeks in I started smiling again. After 3 months in I started managing anxiety. Keto is a powerful mental health tool
So good!
I understand not stopping meds, but why not change your diet? It’s worth a shot. If it doesn’t seem to help, then you can always stop, but given that ketones are the brain’s preferred fuel source and that insulin resistance of the brain can lead to so many other things: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, MS, etc., why not try it?
Pharma's control of medical schools, nutritional schools, medical journals, regulating agencies within government (i.e. FDA), media, and the government has made a concerted effort into scaring people about the ketogenic diet. That's why many people won't consider it. But I agree with you, why not try something that is very inexpensive and has a low adverse event risk. Side effects may include fatty liver reversal, lower blood pressure, weight loss (if over weight), less aches and pains, neuropathy reversal, diabetes reversal, PCOS reversal, better HDL cholesterol levels, and better triglyceride levels. But, but, but...my LDL cholesterol might go up a bit! Then again it might not. Also your LDL will definitely become healthier, even if it does go up some.
Having a teenager with bipolar I/ possibly schizoaffective vitamin therapy and a ketogenic diet have finally helped stabilize her. Its not easy, her behavior gets worse when she eats anything that’s not on her diet.
I have been carnivore which is a ketogenic diet and it has remarkably improved my cognitive function and I’ve lost all excess fat
Welcome USA Today and Western Medicine to food-is-medicine! Just wait until they find out what eating raw, organic and fasting does for does for overall health.
Psychologists have been saying for at least 20 years that a diet full of fish and vegetables will alleviate depression and mental illness. There were studies years ago that found fish oil and a healthy diet containing fish and vegetables did a better job than anti-depressants. Doctors in Europe used to recommend it before patients resorted to anti-depressants (which have numerous serious side effects).
Humans are carnivores.
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They are NOT
We didn’t start out that way. Everything, from Adam and Eve, to the animals, were all created by YHVH, incarnate bodily in Jesus Christ, to eat from the trees and plants, because the world was created perfectly, and dèath did not enter the world until sìn entered the world, when Adam willingly disobeyed YHVH, and Eve was deceived into disobedience to Him. Even after Adam and Eve were removed from the Garden of Eden, there’s no change to their diet mentioned until after the flood, when YHVH gave Noah and his family instructions that they could eat everything, including the wild beasts of the earth. Scripture does say after the fall in the Garden, the first dèath was the animal YHVH had to kìIl to make coverings for the nakedness of Adam and Eve, which is pointing to God’s future incarnation as the Messiah, the LORD Jesus Christ, when He would be the final and only sàcrifce at the cross to provide His shed ßIood as a covering for our nakedness, all who believe on Christ as their God and Savior, as nakedness in scripture is often used as a reference to sìn. When Christ returns and establishes His earthly kingdom, scripture says that the beasts of the animal kingdom will play with children, with no fear of one another, and it seems to be because humans and animals will once again exist in fellowship with each other like in the Garden before the fall, which means animals no longer have to fear being kìIled and eaten for food.
They're omnivores.
Not too good to be true- helped me with pmdd!!! Night and Day difference. Could help women with severe pms
Keto helps with PCOS and most autoimmune disorders as well. Plus gout and GERD and et cetera…
This is 100% true.
Also for seizures. The Charlie Foundation 🙏
I noticed when i was doing KETO, I seemed happy. And 4 months after I stopped the KETO diet, I feel anxious and depressed. I will be using the keto method once again. I'm curious.
Stick to it! It gets better with time in my opinion. Gotta let your body heal.
This whole piece is full of some cringeworthy “criticism” of the diet. But at least the message is finally hitting the mainstream “today show” viewers
Is it just intermittent fasting or what can you eat on this diet? Just avoid carbs?
Great question! A ketogenic diet typically lowers carbohydrates enough so your body switches from burning glucose (sugar) for energy to burning fat, either stored body fat or dietary fat. As a result, your liver creates ketones, which your brain and body can use for energy. You can achieve ketosis with multiple types of diets, including vegan, vegetarian, Mediterranean, omnivore, and carnivore. Intermittent fasting is also a tool used by many to help with being in ketosis.
Mostly fatty meat and eggs. Add some low-carb vegetables if you want and a few seeds, nuts and berries, if you want. Or just eat carnivore, like me. I only eat fatty beef.
Animal protein and low carb veggies
My one-stop recommend for a YT channel to watch is Dr. Ken Berry’s. Through this channel he and his wife Nurse Neisha Salas-Berry will guide you to just about any reputable nutritionistmedical practitioner out there. 👍
I feel like "treatment resistant" would probably be related to a failure to address the root cause of the problem. They try to "overpower" the problem with powerful medications and then call it "treatment resistant" when they hit a stone wall. Obviously I'm talking from a laymen's perspective and I have no degree in anything, but everyone is capable of doing their own research into diet options.
There's nothing wrong with mixing it all together - exercise, water, good nutrition, and medication. I used to know a lady who was schizophrenic. She took meds, exercised, drank water the right way, intermittent fasted (this was in the late 1990s!), and ate good nutrition, like plenty of fish. She had ZERO symptoms.
This is the answer.
you say she still took meds..
"Let Food Be Thy Medicine" - Hippocrates
What?! Eat real food to heal? No way! 😂
A fat steak and mashed potatoes does wonders for my mental health.
No kidding!
No mashed potatoes, they are high in carbs.Not good for keto
Best is to start testing this to all mental hospitals in the world
Until we accept that food is medicine we will lack accountability for nourishing our own souls and eachother. I love The Metabolic Mind, it's saving my life one day at a time. Thank you.
Amazing!!!
Awesome. ❤
3:08 exercise and poor sleep are analogous to using medication. It will alleviate the symptoms but it wont fix the route problem. The real cause is food and other substances. Ketogenic diets help massively. The ultimate iteration of this diet is carnivore.
Works for type 2 diabetes .
Intermittent fasting and Keto is amazing, it makes my depression SIGNIFICANTLY better. Also a strong dose of psilocybin mushrooms to rewire can help.
How does one find a practitioner? If i look up psychiatrist near me it isn't bringing up anything to indicate whether they would be knowledgeable about any of this.
Thank you.
We do have a directory on the metabolic mind website. Or Georgia Ede's Diet Doctor site. (same directory)
Hoda is right!!!
You know what else improves mental health - doing something you believe in and adds a sense of meaning to your life.
If you don’t feel well, you can’t do well.
It's NOT too good to be true!
Try it. 😊
Anyone named bazookie would go crazy
I have read probiotics can help also.
You mean eating Whole Foods like fresh meats and vegetables is healthy? Say it isn't so, how would this be a restrictive diet?, Why because it's lacking bread and ice cream?
Lol..
I wish someone would sumerize what the Keto diet consists of..
I don't know what keto is...exactly...but I like carbs.
TECTON 8oz wKetones!👍
come on folks, back to the basics, eat clean, stay away from processed foods. Its easy. They are making it sound like this is a break through.
For serious mental illness, early data is showing that the level of nutritional ketosis maps to symptom improvement, so ketosis seems to matter. Not just removing processed foods.
Among the " critics " , big pharma
" that fad diet" 😅
Wait, his bipolar was treatment resistant, but he was and still is taking meds, so it wasn't treatment resistant.
My good cholesterol has incredibly improved on keto, but get this: my bad cholesterol is almost 550!
How are your triglycerides though? I saw one cardiologist who said that remnant cholesterol is where it's at. Take the total cholesterol and subtract the HDL and LDL. It should be quite low, meaning, very little inflammation in the body. And, low triglycerides is another important factor. This is what I am most concerned with.
Ketones support Brain Health
Anybody else think that was Jesse Pinkman? Lol