Why Experts Are Exploring Ketogenic Therapy for Mental HealthWhy Experts Are Exploring Ketogenic Therapy for Mental Health
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Why Experts Are Exploring Ketogenic Therapy for Mental Health

‘Our nutrition is the foundation of our metabolic health and our physiology,’ one expert said. ‘And there’s no substitute for nutrition.’
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Research suggests that metabolic health may play an essential role in mental well-being.

After years of therapies, medications, retreats, and self-exploration, Michael, a former nutrition client of mine, had resigned himself to a familiar low-grade depression and anxiety he’d carried since childhood. He accepted it as part of who he was. However, after Michael was diagnosed with a debilitating autoimmune diagnosis, a friend mentioned to him that changing her own diet had put her condition into remission. In physical pain on top of his depression, Michael decided to try an elimination diet.