Ketogenic diet may play a role in treating schizophrenia: research (2019)

They were using keto for epilepsy as far back as the 1920s.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ketogenic_diet" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ketogenic_diet</a><p>Then drugs came out and everyone ran for the quick fix.

There&#x27;s a YouTube channel named &#x27;Living well with schizophrenia&#x27; in which the protagonist is talking about her own story and suffering with this mental disorder. Recently she announced she&#x27;d started her ketogenic diet and so far so good, she&#x27;s symptom free and slowly tapering off her medication.

Ketosis is an interesting topic. There&#x27;s also emerging research suggesting that it can play a role in the development of cysts for those who have APKD (Polycystic kidney disease). [1]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cell.com&#x2F;cell-reports-medicine&#x2F;fulltext&#x2F;S2666-3791(23)00477-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666379123004779%3Fshowall%3Dtrue" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cell.com&#x2F;cell-reports-medicine&#x2F;fulltext&#x2F;S2666-37...</a>

Previous discussion:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=20421989">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=20421989</a> <i>Chronic Schizophrenia Put into Remission with Ketogenic Diet</i> (psychologytoday.com)<p>July 12, 2019 (14 comments)

Keto is also being studied for bipolar. Many anecdotes available on YouTube and elsewhere. It appears mental illnesses have in origin metabolic &#x2F; mitochondrial dysfunction, through a combination of environmental and genetic factors.