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 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 …

Pilot study of a ketogenic diet in bipolar disorder

N Needham, IH Campbell, H Grossi, I Kamenska… - BJPsych Open, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundRecent evidence from case reports suggests that a ketogenic diet may be
effective for bipolar disorder. However, no clinical trials have been conducted to date …

The use of the ketogenic diet in the treatment of psychiatric disorders

EE Tillery, KD Ellis, TB Threatt… - Mental Health …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Introduction The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, and moderate-protein
diet that has shown benefit as a treatment in neurologic disorders and may serve as a …

Ketosis and bipolar disorder: controlled analytic study of online reports

IH Campbell, H Campbell - BJPsych Open, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundMembers of online bipolar disorder forums often report experiences of mood-
stabilisation on the ketogenic diet, which has traditionally been used in the treatment of …

[HTML][HTML] Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial

S Sethi, D Wakeham, T Ketter, F Hooshmand… - Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ketogenic diet (KD, also known as metabolic therapy) has been successful in the
treatment of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and epilepsy. More recently, this treatment has shown …

Ketogenic diet: a dietary modification as an anxiolytic approach?

A Włodarczyk, WJ Cubała, A Wielewicka - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Anxiety disorders comprise persistent, disabling conditions that are distributed across the
globe, and are associated with the high medical and socioeconomic burden of the disease …

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 …

[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 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 …