Is there evidence that the ketogenic diet can cure schizophrenia?

Recent comments from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparked headlines…and controversy. While “cure” isn’t the right word, the conversation has brought much-needed attention to an emerging field: metabolic psychiatry.

In this video, Dr. Bret Scher breaks down what the science actually shows about ketogenic metabolic therapy as a potential adjunctive treatment for serious mental illness, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.

Ketogenic therapy is emerging as a serious metabolic strategy that may expand how we think about treating complex psychiatric conditions. We are now faced with the opportunity to study it rigorously, apply it thoughtfully, and ensure patients have access to every tool that could help.

William N Stape wrote for Star Trek TNG and DS9. He has strong views on what Star Trek was and is. What is different, from a writers persoective, between bew Trek and the trek that was actualky good?

Grayjay is the source available video client that has plugin support for youtube. It's not open source like freetube, new pipe, etc... but they are trying to do the right thing

Strong opinions:

• Dark mode only
• Not open source

They are trying to do some cool things

• Sync watch history peer to peer across devices,
• Follow a creator on multiple platforms

Things they do really well

• Their youtube plugin works really well, when freetube and newpipe have issues, gray jay always still works

This is all great, right? Whats the problem - Youtube has had some RSS hiccups over the last few days, which added a bunch of friction with freetube, so I thought I'd give grayjay another spin....

It's not ready to replace freetube, the strong opinions!, the desktop client is alpha, with a large number of channels the subscription video list drops lots of videos, can't really filter by watched videos, can't mark a video as watched... rough stuff that freetube gets right

The killer feature should be cross device watch history! (Nobody else is doing this! desktop, android, desktop)... and yet, it doesn't really work. At least with the desktop clients they don't sync unless you repair to the phone, etc

I don't think I can really use grayjay as a daily driver, I'll keep giving it a go when freetube has hiccups... so i'm not done with it.

Unlike freetube you can't support grayjay with crypto, only with stripe! sigh

Saturated fat is once again being dragged back into the spotlight, but this time the debate isn’t just about nutrition — it’s about politics, power, and who controls the narrative around public health. In this video, Dr. Eric Westman reacts to recent comments from the FDA Commissioner, appointed under RFK Jr., and breaks down how saturated fat, heart disease, and dietary guidelines are being communicated to the public. What sounds like settled science quickly unravels when you actually examine the data, the studies being cited, and what’s being left out of the conversation.

For decades, Americans were told to fear butter, red meat, and full-fat dairy based on the saturated fat–heart disease hypothesis that originated in the 1960s. That belief shaped national dietary guidelines, school lunches, and medical advice, even as multiple large randomized controlled trials failed to show meaningful reductions in heart attacks, cardiovascular deaths, or all-cause mortality from lowering saturated fat. Dr. Westman explains why selective reporting, oversimplified messaging, and institutional groupthink continue to dominate public guidance long after the science has become far more nuanced.

If you’ve ever wondered why nutrition advice feels contradictory, why outdated ideas refuse to disappear, or why “follow the science” often clashes with lived results, this video pulls back the curtain. The real issue isn’t butter or steak — it’s how weak evidence becomes dogma, how politics influences public health messaging, and why millions of people are still being given advice that may not serve them.

It's exhausting to see people throwing around "misinformation" rather then engaging with the literature. At some people people should admit they are driven by philosophy and not data. The term misinformation implies source of truth correctness........ which can't be backed up by the people throwing it around - i.e. I think there is room for debate, but not room to claim you are beyond question.... That is just dogma.

In this video, Dr. Bret Scher shares the latest clinical data on ketogenic therapy for depression, including two new studies showing meaningful improvements, even remission, in people with moderate to severe symptoms. For individuals struggling with treatment-resistant depression, these findings offer real hope and open the door to a new therapeutic pathway: metabolic interventions that target brain energy.

• A pilot study examining a ketogenic diet as an adjunct therapy in college students with major depressive disorder https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-03544-8

• Medically supervised ketogenic diet as an adjunctive treatment for moderate to severe depression: A pilot study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.121079

• Keto For College Depression Blog https://www.metabolicmind.org/resources/library/blog/perspectives-in-metabolic-psychiatry/new-research-a-ketogenic-diet-improved-depression-in-college-students

• Depression Topic Page https://www.metabolicmind.org/resources/topics/keto-for-depression

The second-ever pilot trial (published in the Journal of Affective Disorders) is making waves: a virtual medically supervised ketogenic diet showed impressive improvements in people with moderate to severe depression, including nearly 7 out of 8 study completers achieving clinical remission.

In this interview, Dr. Bret Scher sits down with lead researcher Dr. Elisa Brietzke, Professor of Psychiatry at Queen’s University, to explore the inspiration, execution, and implications of this study.

What began as a bold idea, that metabolic dysfunction plays a role in depression, evolved into a fully remote clinical intervention. Despite skepticism and challenges, the results were clear: ketogenic therapy can be safely and effectively implemented in a remote outpatient setting. Participants who completed the study experienced improvements in depression, anxiety, and anhedonia (the loss of pleasure).

"Medically supervised ketogenic diet as an adjunctive treatment for moderate to severe depression: A pilot study" - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.121079 (Abstract only, but if you know where I can find the full study please let me know)

MEAT JELLY?! Yep — today we’re making Pihtije (PTA), a traditional Serbian meat jelly that’s basically a collagen-rich carnivore dream: slow-simmered meat + broth that sets into a savory, sliceable, insanely satisfying “grab-and-go” snack/meal prep. I learned this one from my mother-in-law, and I’m walking you through it step-by-step so you can nail the texture, the set, and the flavor.

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This was a much more enjoyable read then the last book, foundation's edge. We are back to almost reliable narrators and character development.

Overall, a decent read and a reasonable twist.

This book clocks in at 500 pages, which I think is over-generous - large chunks could have been streamlined out without loss of plot or character development.

I really would have liked to see some discussion of free will, evolution, limitations of hive minds being explored rather then just accepted as gospel (but... magic unreliable narrators)... imagine if the Borg had a good PR agency.

20,000 years is 1,000 generations... humans should be diverging on 20 million planets at this point, even if there are not aliens yet, the humans themselves are becoming them.

WHAT A FUCKING BOOK.... I only finished this book in a spiteful rage.

Coming on the heels of the first three books with 20 year gap, the entire book is filled with unreliable narrators. The literary equivalent of 6 year olds making shit up on the spot as they go. Nothing makes sense or is internally consistent because of "mystic forces" throughout... which shouldn't be too surprising based on the last book, but now its literally every character and every scene.

Early in the book we meet Speaker Kai Winn, well written character, I was sure she was of Bajor.

Good walkthrough of the history of calorie in the context of the insulin model.

Just finished the second foundation book, the third in the foundation series. It's split into two parts, search by the mule, and search by the foundation.

Overall I'm not sure this book stands up to modern expectations, it was fine for what it was but I couldn't help but get a little tired of the mystery box twists.

On the whole I'm glad I've read the original foundation trilogy, but don't think I would recommend it to others.