Keto & Brain Health

The science connecting the ketogenic diet to brain health is gaining momentum — from Dr. Iain Campbell’s neuroimaging study in bipolar disorder to the growing field of metabolic psychiatry being led by researchers at Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Edinburgh. But reading about the science and actually implementing a ketogenic diet safely are two … Read more

The ketogenic diet can be a powerful tool for brain health — but it has one nutritional blind spot that’s easy to miss: B vitamins. Many of the richest dietary sources of B vitamins — fortified cereals, legumes, whole grains — are restricted or eliminated on keto. If you’re not actively paying attention to your … Read more

Most people know about serotonin and dopamine — the neurotransmitters that dominate popular conversations about mental health. But one of the most clinically important players in mood disorders is one you’ve probably heard far less about: glutamate. Understanding glutamate — and how the ketogenic diet appears to modulate it — may be key to understanding … Read more

If you’ve been following mental health research lately, you may have come across the term metabolic psychiatry. It’s one of the fastest-growing areas in psychiatry — and it’s challenging some of the most entrenched assumptions about how we treat mental illness. At its core, metabolic psychiatry asks a simple but radical question: what if many … Read more

For decades, bipolar disorder has been treated almost exclusively with medication. But a growing body of research — including a landmark pilot trial led by Dr. Iain Campbell — is asking a different question: what if what we eat could meaningfully change how the brain behaves in bipolar disorder? The answer, based on early findings … Read more