Ketogenic diet as a metabolic therapy for mood disorders: evidence and developments

E Brietzke, RB Mansur, M Subramaniapillai… - Neuroscience & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite significant advances in pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments,
mood disorders remain a significant source of mental capital loss, with high rates of …

Ketogenic diet as a metabolic treatment for mental illness

NG Norwitz, S Sethi, CM Palmer - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
It is important that researchers and clinicians are made aware of the trajectory of the
evidence for the implementation of ketogenic diets in mental illnesses, as such a metabolic …

Efficacy of low carbohydrate and ketogenic diets in treating mood and anxiety disorders: systematic review and implications for clinical practice

DM Dietch, J Kerr-Gaffney, M Hockey, W Marx… - BJPsych Open, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background There is mounting interest in the potential efficacy of low carbohydrate and very
low carbohydrate ketogenic diets in various neurological and psychiatric disorders. Aims To …

Ketogenic diet for depression: A potential dietary regimen to maintain euthymia?

A Włodarczyk, WJ Cubała, M Stawicki - Progress in Neuro …, 2021 - Elsevier
Approximately 30% of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) present resistance to
current pharmacological therapies. There is the possibility that an appropriate nutritional …

Ketogenic therapy in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders: From mice to men

AK Kraeuter, R Phillips, Z Sarnyai - Progress in Neuro …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ketogenic diet is a low carbohydrate and high fat diet that has been used for over 100 years
in the management of childhood refractory epilepsy. More recently, ketogenic diet has been …

The current status of the ketogenic diet in psychiatry

ECS Bostock, KC Kirkby, BVM Taylor - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background The ketogenic diet (KD) has been used in treatment-resistant epilepsy since the
1920s. It has been researched in a variety of neurological conditions in both animal models …

Exploring the mechanisms of action of the antidepressant effect of the ketogenic diet

A Ricci, MA Idzikowski, CN Soares… - Reviews in the …, 2020 - degruyter.com
The ketogenic diet (KD) is characterized by a diet ratio of 4: 1 fat to non-fat energy sources.
For decades KD has been successfully used to control seizures in epilepsy patients …

The relationship of ketogenic diet with neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases: a scoping review from basic research to clinical practice

M Mentzelou, A Dakanalis, GK Vasios, M Gialeli… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The ketogenic diet (KD) has become widespread for the therapy of epileptic
pathology in childhood and adulthood. In the last few decades, the current re-emergence of …

[HTML][HTML] The ketogenic diet for refractory mental illness: a retrospective analysis of 31 inpatients

A Danan, EC Westman, LR Saslow, G Ede - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and Hypothesis The robust evidence base supporting the therapeutic benefit of
ketogenic diets in epilepsy and other neurological conditions suggests this same metabolic …

Ketogenic diet for human diseases: the underlying mechanisms and potential for clinical implementations

H Zhu, D Bi, Y Zhang, C Kong, J Du, X Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, adequate-protein, and very-low-carbohydrate diet
regimen that mimics the metabolism of the fasting state to induce the production of ketone …