At last, a psychiatrist that realises that the brain is part of the body, thank you. I hope there will be more psychiatrists that are as open-minded about this.
2-1/2 years on a no-carb keto diet (carnivore), and FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, after 65 years of severe depression, panic attacks, severe anxiety, suicidal ideation, complex PTSD, and a range of mood and physical disorders, I feel like a normal human being!! It was pure hell before, and, in comparison, it now feels like heaven on earth!! I will never go back.
Hey always, I wonder if you could expand a little bit on that for me? I have exactly the same background as you. When I fast, my many symptoms disappear like snow melting in the sun, even by the second day. But obviously one can’t fast forever. So I then go to carnivore. And the symptoms come back. They’re not as extreme as when I eat carbs, but they’re bad enough that it makes a normal life impossible. Has your healing been immediate? What happens if you inadvertently eat carbs? I’d really like to know….
Thank you for mentioning my psychiatrist, Dr. Shebani Sethi of Stanford‘s landmark study! This brilliant woman coined the term Metabolic Psychiatry yet she is the most humble person I’ve ever met. She has been one of the biggest blessings of my life. She has only just begun to do groundbreaking work to help everyone who suffers from serious mental illness
I've mentioned this for YEARS to every Schizophrenic I've ever met. Every bipolar person. Nobody seemed to take me seriously. I'm a celiac with severe neuroceliac symptoms when glutened. I, personally, experience suicidal depression when I'm glutened... And was suicidally depressed my whole life until I was fully gluten free for about two years. This was further concreted when I did my DNA, schizophrenia kept coming up as a potential factor in certain risk alleles. Nobody in my family has it and I certainly don't... But... It was from that, I discovered the studies and the connection between HLA-DQ8 phonotypes of celiac and severe mental health conditions. Its very real. Being gluten free saved my life.
I dont have celiac but def have bad mental reactions when I eat too much processed carb, like around this time of year. Im sure it affects every one badly but some people are used to feeling like crap. Im not bc I eat clean most of the time
@@mcspankie2010 the blood test just tests for certain Antibodies which are present in people who have gastrointestinal issues. You can have Celiac with no gastrointestinal symptoms. Only way to know for sure is to get genetic testing done
3 weeks into a keto diet. It just works, feeling so much better, brainfog gone, anxiety very low, energy up, sleeping like a baby, no hunger or sugar cravings. I am 54 and had so many depression I cant count, anxiety since childhood. It´s still early days but it have been like magic. Keto diet is not that difficult - try it.
Thank you I am in my 50's too and have similar symptoms. I am going to try the diet too ( as soon as the Christmas blow out is done) I hope I have positive changes like you 😊
Thank you for this great information! I wish more doctors focused on diet. I switched to a whole food, low carb, gluten-free, no highly processed foods, no added sugar diet in 2019 and was able to come off all of my meds including psych meds. I had crippling depression and even tried TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) back in 2017 which was ultimately an awful decision. I also lost over 100 pounds and have kept it off. Wishing you all health!
I started keto in desperation to control my epilepsy. It came with pleasant side effect such as mood stability, improved depression, less anxiety, and better recovery concerning PTSD. I also lost weight, my skin is clearer, better GI issues (no more constipation, gas, or heartburn), reduced infections, and more.
Yep, 20 years on meds for Bipolar and I'm about to celebrate 12 months off them on December 31. Totally clean, Vegan, high fibre, low-fat whole foods only, no junk, no booze. I'm just one person but it's worked like a dream
I have bipolar 1 and noticed a massive spurt in athletic performance when I quit lithium and went whole food plant based. I even won silver and bronze running medals in the national welsh champs for my age, in cross country and 5km. I think much of the physical improvement was from quitting the lithium as it is toxic, so its hard to say how much the diet did, but it certainly didn't hurt. Food is awful nowadays and if you are conscientious but not well organized you will find yourself struggling to eat, its that bad.
My psychiatrist ordered me to go gluten-free. Now understanding why and glad to comply. Also massively reducing most grains, and sugar. My new dessert is cheese or steak
It can be done. I’m doing it. I stabilized the bipolar disorder without meds using diet and exercise. Started eliminating inflammatory foods while I was still going through protracted withdrawal injury coming off SSRIs. Stopped eating anything that flared up my symptoms. No gluten or dairy, no processed foods, no sugar. High protein low carb. Strength training and cardio multiple times a week. It’s a highly restricted diet but the trade-off is that I feel great and I’m getting the body I always wanted. I used to be obese and bulimic. Now I’m healthy and getting jacked after age 50. I started exercising to heal the neurological damage and recover muscle loss from anemia…and then I kept going. For me, it’s all about healthy aging now. Supplementing with Creatine is also good for mood stability. It’s not just for bodybuilders.
The nature of bipolar is that it is periodic and can disappear for years, sometimes. Be aware of any new "crisis" that might bump you into another bout.
@@robertcox14 This is true. However, I’ve been on this diet for roughly three years and I’m no longer rapid cycling. I’m also pretty sure the dietary changes helped me get over the protracted withdrawal injury caused by Citalopram. Along with vitamin supplements such as magnesium and B1 and B3. Once I got over iron and B12 deficiency anemia and I was able to start exercising with intensity, then things really took off.
@@ResidentAlien53 Your "name" does NOT promote any confidence in your anecdotal evidence, in fact, what fool would give your identification any credibility at all?
@@robertcox14 My "name" or online handle is from a TV show and also in reference to my status on the spectrum and how that makes me feel like an alien in this world. Take from it what you will.
@@ResidentAlien53 Personally, I'm a pariah. The new "neurodivergent" idea might be me, I went as "bipolar" until I said it was a "mood disorder." Bipolar scares people away, expecting a violent incident each moment as "mental health" puts you in a "trash" category.
I am a person who requires all of the science details, so this post excelled. I need to know the reasons why, and this was so beautifully presented!!! there is hope
Go to Google Scholar and put in search bar the subject you are interested in such as diet and schizophrenia or diet and mood .That is where you get the science details .The actual studies. This video is basically advertisement for his practice.
You should track down Lauren Kennedy West and get her on your channel. She’s got a fairly successful one herself. Somehow, she found Mark Horowitz towards the end of her taper, just in time to land the plane gently. She’s successfully using Keto to manage symptoms and is loving life. Running marathons. I’m so fricking proud of that girl. She’s taking major heat having begun her channel on medications and documenting her schizophrenia.
@@homergump3 THIS!! They do not like to see someone else succeed so they do ANYTHING to bring you down and unseen.. cuz if they can’t they won’t let you PROVE you did. I shrank a 16 cm cyst and I can’t mention how or THAT I did. They get so angry probably cuz they let the doctors massacre their bodies cuz they believed them when they said it was the only way. It’s a hard pill to swallow when someone like myself did it naturally with only a BA not a PHD.
Ive been on the keto diet for 5 years and rarely experience anxiety and depression where prior to this diet since a kid I had depression and anxiety most of my life.
Nine months on keto now. Fifty years of chronic unipolar depression is completely gone. I went from four antidepressants to zero. There is a calm and a peace in my mind that I have never experienced before. I feel more present and more connected to the people around me. I also lost 40 lbs, high blood pressure came down, libido is back. I love what I eat, and I don't miss carbs at all. Keto for life. If only someone could have told me this fifty years ago...
So sorry for the loss of your time and life. I’m only 31 and when carnivore changed my whole life I had a period of anger and sadness that I’d been one inch away from a completely different life this whole time. (Mostly unipolar depression here too)
That was one of the best, correction, super-best, discussions in less than 25 minutes on diet to correct disorders I've ever heard. Not only the content, but the ease of listening to your voice and it's cadence was perfect easy listening for me. I've been on keto before to correct my problems with GERD, high blood pressure and IBS and I was able to stop my meds for those. Now that I've been having problems with stress, anxiety and even some depression, I think I'll try the Ketogenic diet again for a longer period and see how I do. Thanks, and I"ve saved this discussion for later reference and to share.
I completely changed my diet six months ago based on nationally recommended guidelines, but it only made my health worse. It wasn’t until I read 'The 23 Former Doctor Truths' that I realized doing the opposite of what the government advises can actually make a difference. No wonder the doctor who wrote it left their career-speaking the truth often challenges the system!
Truthfully, after having done the keto diet, I started feeling so much better and that made it easy to stay with it. I had no mental issues but it did clear my mind, I lost weight, and the arthritis that I'd had for several years was going away. I stayed on it for 8 months at which point I switched to 90% carnivore diet just to see if I could do it. It is actually very easy and I've been on it for almost two years now. Once you really let yourself get used to it, you will have no problem. I actually love it and it make life so easy. Shopping is a breeze, in and out. I cook and eat the same every day: 4 eggs, about 16 oz of fatty red meat, or some form of animal protein. Also I eat one cucumber, one green pepper, 2 stalks of celery, and a couple of mushrooms fried in butter; a cup of yogurt or some hard cheese and 1 c. of berries; and once in a while I eat some nuts. I also eat 2 t. honey throughout the day since I figured out that gluconeogenesis does not work so well at my age (80). When I have pork I usually eat a 1/4 c of raw sauerkraut with it and with chicken thighs I like some green beans. I drink water, coffee, and one natural Warsteiner beer (contains no grains). I am feeling so much more energy and love this way of life. I take no medicine and see no doctor.
Apparently they knew about gluten and mental illness in the 60s. They called it “bread madness.” I’m mad that knowledge was suppressed! How much suffering in how many lives could have been avoided if psychiatrists would simply offer diet changes as an option for treatment.
It wasn't suppressed, but unfortunately due to the need for specialization in medicine, physicians don't necessarily get the kind of training they would need to spot more atypical presentations of certain diseases and disorders. I suspect a lot of incidents of psychosis are better attributed to food sensitivities and allergies, but a psychiatrist wouldn't have the extensive knowledge in that area to test for it - heck, most gastroenterologists would likely miss it! However, I think it is far too soon to tell if all or even tht majority of people presenting with psychosis could have their symptoms resolved by eliminating specific foods.
Soooo glad you are covering this game-changing treatment!!! It changed my life after the book Brain Energy came out two years ago. Been keto for 2 years and will never go back! Thx for all you do Dr. Josef!!!
So encouraging for me. Thankyou so much Dr Josef ! I have bipolar and severe depression and I'm going to try the medical ketogenic diet with supervision. I need to try something I have RA and I don't want my health to deteriorate. I'm so encouraged by this I was in tears seeing that lady with the schizophrenia improve! God Bless and Happy Holidays!
I have bipolar Dx too. I’ve been on a carnivore/ketovore diet for over a year and I have never been this calm, stable, and well. I’m excited for you to experience it!! It’s important to avoid seed oils as they can be very inflammatory. Seed oils are sometimes consumed on a keto diet, along with keto-friendly processed foods. (Seed oils = all oils other than avocado, coconut, and olive oil. The best fats are animal fats and butter. You’ll need a LOT of fat on a keto diet so don’t be stingy.) If you can avoid the seed oils and processed foods you’ll feel even better. But if you need to use some of those while transitioning that’s ok…get your body in ketosis however you need to do that and then refine your diet from there. You have an amazingly beautiful life ahead of you! Enjoy it!!
Watch living well with schizophrenia she tells you exactly how to go about this route from beginning to the end. That’s all she blogs about now and has named her blog to living well after schizophrenia.
Thank you!!! My son is doing great hyperbolic tapering off an antidepressant and major sedative with therapeutic ketosis and intermittent fasting. Wish more doctors knew this.
This is a great explanation of why these diets work. I went keto a few years ago and it worked brilliantly, but I didn’t stick with it because circumstances changed and it became too complicated at the time. Now I’m carnivore, which is even more restrictive, but easier. You don’t need to work with a professional to adopt a change in diet, there’s enough information and support online to get you started and to address most issues that people encounter. In reality, it’s very difficult to find professionals locally who have knowledge and experience with these diets, most of them want to sell their own products and programs, which may be helpful, but not necessary.
There was a study on how this affected schizophrenia. They eliminated variables by having the participants live on sight and guarantee their diet. It was working. So what happened? The government shut it down along with several other studies saying they didn't meet certain qualifications. They showed that they had met them. The government continued all of the other studies except this one. This is ground breaking, but it cuts into the $$$$ of the 1%.
@@glennkelly4232it you look at supplements market in my country it's probably bigger than drugs use and alcohol consumption 😂😂😂 this is a huge market as it directly cuts from pharma market and leads you unending rabbit hole to longevity
Well, you don't have to like it but it's the way of things in the west. I have heard that to traditional Chinese medicine, food itself is treated as medicine. To me that is also the case. I still take the meds prescribed to me but it's not because I think that humans evolved to require a chemical synthesized in a lab and owned by corporations over the last few decades lol... Moreso society associates being "off your meds" with going crazy and people will seek to punish you if you do not conform to what is considered acceptable by them. What's funny is that there are probably plants out there that contain as effective antipsychotics as what are prescribed here, but it would not generate nearly as much revenue for investors if your local nursery could just grow the antipsychotics you need.
Vegan ketogenic diets for bipolar disorder work! I want to thank Metabolic Mind for honoring me with a $10,000 fresh start award to raise awareness that vegan ketogenic diet for serious mental illnesses can be effective and life changing! I am incredibly fortunate to have the psychiatrist who coined the term Metabolic Psychiatry, Dr Shebani Sethi, as my psychiatrist, and she supports different approaches to the ketogenic diet for mental illness, including a vegan lifestyle
What exactly do you eat on a vegan keto diet? How do you get enough protein and healthy fats while keeping your carbs low? I also tried a plant based keto diet a few years ago, it was heavy with nut based protein, and raw leafy vegetables, which are high in oxalates. I am paying for now, since going carnivore,, because my body is now releasing all those stored oxalatte crystals through my eyes and skin, it’s very uncomfortable.
Have you considered that the flour and gluten is spoiled? Gluten oxides within 5 days of milling. Additionally, wheat germ, which contain high amount of vitamin E is removed. If it isn’t removed, it mostly all oxidized in 3 days from milling. Grains are supposed to be eaten freshly milled and unsifted. They will be very high B vitamins, minerals and choline(wheat in particular). There are studies that show whole grains can improve gut micro biome in a little as three days due to the multiple types of fibers that feed the biome.
Remember Dr. Abram Hoffer's work with schizophrenia. He was a Canadian M.D.with a degree in chemistry, He was head of psychiatry at Saskatoon Hospital in the 1940's. He gave high dose of Vit B3 ( niacin ) B6 and zinc plus other vitamins, told them to not eat sugars and quite a few, but not all, his schizophrenic patients got well, as long as they stayed on that regimen.
@@ettaplace6716 - Probably because there were a multitude of issues with his work. Not that it isn't important to explore alternatives to the conventional treatments - after all, that is how progress happens - but it must be done critically.
Hi Dr. Josef. Thank you for all your work. It's delightful and so refreshing. I'm a little saddened that Avoiding Alcohol was not included in this video. I understand that many Practitioners believe it's so obvious that it doesn't need to be mentioned. In the real world, I see people going Low Carb, Keto or Paleo etc, but continue drinking wine every night like it's somehow a magical exception to their new dietary habits. I would say that restricting alcohol (maybe completely) and saying Yes to hydrating water is the first step in any dietary change. Thoughts?
I’ve been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and reduced my medications by a lot (knock on wood), I make a 100% whole wheat sourdough with heritage and ancient wheats and find it reduces my symptoms when substituted for modern wheat. Also a2 casein protein milk like jersey cow or goat or sheep is much better than a1 casein milk. Corn syrup or cane sugar isn’t helpful. I find plant based with lots of diverse fiber including veggies beans fruits and whole grains to actually boost my mood. A little fish or fish oil is good too. And when fasting and in ketosis I do see improvements but keto is not sustainable for me all the time. A little ashwaganda can help also a little licorice but be careful, honestly a hearty veggie soup with lots of herbs and spices like thyme oregano and basil etc is awesome. And having love and forgiveness to feel at peace with those around you is a huge help too.
Have you looked at the possibility of bacteria or viruses on your conditions? My kids have PANDAS (PANS) and I have seen lots of information that suggests similarities between the diseases. Lyme disease and other tick borne illnesses have many of the same symptoms too. I have found lots of info about methylene blue helping brain disorders by improving the mitochondria. Dig into it if you want or disregard it, either way, it is impressive what you have done.😊
Not necessarily. I did Whole30 back in the day (which, at the time, did not allow soy, sugar, legumes, dairy, grains and a few other things). I had mild improvement in hormonal issues, but no improvement in mood or energy.
Have been diagnosed with schizoaffective but I have been in remission for the last few years. From my experience diet definitely has a pronounced impact on how effective my medication is and whether or not it will cause side effects. I do not restrict my diet other than managing how much of any one thing I consume. Very concentrated quick release energy sources like processed sugars tend to have a detrimental effect for me if I consume too much, but not as much if I keep the amount of those things moderated. Fruits will usually actually make me feel better but they contain more beneficial nutrients than just sugar. Believe it or not I drink plenty of milk but most of which on days that I am consuming nothing with added sugar, a good amount of protein, and usually some greens, vegetables, fruit, etc. To me balance is more important than eliminating anything entirely. Every individual responds to nutrition differently, diet is probably one of the most important things we can spend time managing, we kind of have to decide for ourselves what we are or are not willing to consume.
Also lol when people talk about diet someone will inevitably mention exercise. Moving the body through space is great for the mind and helps to increase the tolerance of stress for me, which can also be a trigger for the symptoms of my mental illness. There isn't a lot better for me after getting enough of the right foods than doing a few sets of bodyweight exercises or cardio.
Thank you❤, this explains why I feel younger and my brain is working so much better. Have tried many diets simply to be healthy. After vegetarian, vegan, raw vegan, and Paleo found carnivore. Carnivore is the ultimate ketogenic diet as it is so low in carbohydrates. A shopping list of beef, lamb, seafood, eggs, butter, ghee, dripping, sea salt, and mineral water reduces time in the supermarket. Meat cooked in dripping or fish with butter steamed in an oven bag, followed by eggs poached in butter is my current one meal per day. Have also continued, Ekadashi fasting, D'Adamo, sequential eating, and avoiding fluids an hour before and three hours after meals. Surprisingly problems with nightshades or food allergy testing was not mentioned here. 😊 twenty months carnivore.
I cured so many different diseases by not eating gluten and dairy. I unfortunately had to get rid of soy and eggs as well. But i feel so much better now so it's worth it for me. Try one thing at the time and see how you feel. One week is enough to get major benefits if you have a sensitivity.
NEVER has a shrink asled me about diet. (I have so many food aversions from PANDAS.) I would need someone to cook and shop for me. These recommended foods are difficult and expensive. Why are mental patients not fed these diets in hospirals? Psychiatrists really seem clueless.
Eggs and ground beef are both pretty inexpensive and easy to cook. Butter is a great ketogenic source of energy and you don’t even have to cook it. Canned fish is a good option too, and that’s super easy and can be cheap. Those would be some things to start with.
I should have said carnivore and keto groups. I’m in the carnivore ones. :) The Met Psychiatry group is both, basically… i know people on both kinds of diets who have used ketosis to put bipolar disorder in remission-for one person it’s been 6 years without symptoms, one for 8 years…
Good to see you, man. I've been looking for good psychiatrists/prescribers who are open to helping people taper. Dr. Breggin hopefully has many years left but ... I haven't run across (m)any psychiatrists who I would trust. Especially rare are younger psychiatrists who might be able to carry forward this important line of thinking - getting people off of psychiatric medicine. I don't buy this idea that carbs, grains, legumes, and dairy are often a major factor in bipolar or schizophrenia. But, I'm glad to see a young Dr who is willing to think outside of the pharma bottle. If you're concerned about legumes, you should think about nixtamalizing or sprouting ;)
Thank you so much Doc,I am tappering benzodiazepines Lorez and I am down to 0.6mg,I’ll definitely implement this even though my tapper is not that easy but iv been feeling well through exercising,and eating fruits and drinking herbal teas. I always watch your videos,you are a blessing
I really enjoyed intermittent fasting and definitely need to get back on it. I was on carnivore + 20 mg carbs. I was fasting about 14 hours and eating 2 meals a day. It helped my mood swings.
Fascinating! I have essentially transitioned to the paleo diet (except for lactose free dairy) without realising that's what it was called. I did it because of ongoing gut issues and eating low FODMAP foods. I am also booked in to see a dietician to start a low inflammation diet to help with lipedema. But, I found your channel because I would like to wean off antidepressants. It's mind-blowing that it seems to be all be linked. Also, I read in New Scientist magazine recently that early results show Ozemipic effective in treating Alzheimer's.
That’s true about Celiac’s disease. My mom has it and so do some of her siblings and they all have different symptoms and different levels of similar symptoms. Also, the blood tests are not a way to diagnose, they only show a likelihood. The only way to know for sure is a biopsy. My doctor did a biopsy on me when I was having digestive issues because of my family history. Luckily i don’t have it, but I may have a gluten sensitivity. I get very sick if I drink just one beer, but not if I drink mixed drinks without gluten. I rarely drink now, but this happened when I was in my 20’s…I’m 50 now. As far as the other diet issues, I did quit drinking soda and started taking vitamins during my taper from klonopin and it made a difference. I had really bad eczema on my hands for a year. My palms were covered in tiny blisters for almost a year and it was much worse with more stress. It only healed and went away 6 months after quitting soda and taking vitamins.
It grinds me that 2025 physicians seem to ignore nutrition as KEY to health. There are tomes of biochemistry and physiology expounding how nutrients work. Yet, drugs are the common 1st choice. The knowledge is proved and available. Time to apply all that knowledge. * Let food be thy medicine.* Hipoccrates, 400B.C
Have your claims been peer reviewed? Have you submitted your hypothesis to any accredited organizations where they have been proven/disproven? These questions are paramount for people to know before starting someone with schiz/bipolar on this diet and I'm assuming, discontinuing there anti psychotic medications.
@ our bread in supermarkets in England is nasty n cheap so most buy to fill up on sad but true I feel it’s the fertilisers and pesticides mostly used to feed us dis ease
👏KETO👏GENIC👏DIET👏 plenty of seemingly psychological/mental disorders are just metabolic. schizophrenia, depression, bipolar. this diet even helps you make epilepsy recede.
Can you reference "history of paleo" being in use a "long" time. And how does one collect "extensive evidence" of what "most people" ate many years ago? How long have "dairy animals...sheep, goats, cows" been kept? The grains go back further, why not legumes, etc. I am skeptical.
imagine people evolved over 10000s of years to quietly hide inside a bush, hungry for 2 days...... just to suddenly jump out and vigorously hunt an animal that passes by for meat. now imagine these people jacked up on sugar and blasted with information 🤯
This is wonderful news! I’m so happy for the many people who have positive results from this diet. However, many are still so skeptical and not willing to try. How can we convince them to give it a try?
I'm sorry but your lectin point is fatally incorrect. Lectins are removed by soaking and cooking to a large degree (I've seen 95% be cited but cant substantiate this). Also lecting in small amounts seem to be intensely anti-carcenogenic. And then you go on and say legumes can cause blood sugar spikes??? That's outrageous. I really enjoyed the first part of your video but I'm sorry to say that you need to read up more on nutrition before you make videos like this.
I'm having worse gastro issues on keto a year into it, that started years before either with the start of olanzapine or before it but I wasn't tracking things like that how I do now. I've been tapering olanzapine but the problems persist. And the medicine can lead to these gastro issues, like gastroparesis if I have that (awaiting insurance approval to get tested) but if I did have that, I'm reading how a high fat diet would make gastroparesis worse, but I want to do keto in order to get off olanzapine so I can use that as my main treatment for schizoaffective. I'd love to know about managing gastro issues with keto since unfortunately it is not a solution for those and seemingly made some symptoms worse.....
@@patrickfurlong2834 Thank you so much! I appreciate it. Answers would be great - I just fear someone telling me I can't do keto b/c of whatever my gut problems are. And yes, excellent ketones for the year I've been testing, average of 2.9 or 3. Great gki average too.
I had gut problems for a year, my doctor was useless. I stumbled across a Dr Berg podcast saying vitamin D heals the intestines. It worked!!!!! No more problems. He said most of us are low in D and recommendations are to low. It's worth a try.
@@kimgary5771 no, not yet...still trying to figure it out. I don't get a lot of fiber on keto, electrolytes seem fine according to bloodwork but these issues started long before keto and then seemingly got amplified on the diet.
I worry about the lack of fiber on a ketogenic diet and what it does to the microbiome. Currently,I’m eating low fat Whole organic plant food with lots of leafy greens to increase Nitric Oxide in body and optimize blood vessel health. Which I hope also helps my microbiome, immune system and my brain health. I can’t see how Ketogenic is sustainable? Though I know it’s been used for seizure disorders. But- If a person eats cows and pigs that are high on food chain- think of all the glyphosate soybeans and plants that they consumed and is stored in their muscles and organs. Just seems More toxic to flood body with these concentrated toxic animal fats and animal proteins??
no need to worry, the microbiome changes, it's impossible to not have a microbiome, only for short time with anti-biotics but then some other microbiome will take over.. when you stop eating fiber then it's just a slightly different type of microbiome that will take over and live on the smaller amounts of waste products from non-fiber food... but if you still want to worry then just have 3-10 teaspoons of psyllium husk in half or whole liter of water, let it soak for 10-30 minutes just to be sure it doesn't soak up stomach acid (this is why i don't recommend taking psyllium husk in capsules) ..and if you really want to feed microbiome (fart alot) then add raw potato flour (resistance starch that can't be digested)
The question is though if the improvements can be sustained over time or people return to their previous sympomatology as per before the intervention .The improvements are evident but I am not certain if remain .
I love legumes and grains. I can never go on a paleo diet. I hated meat all my life practically and am a vegan. I cannot imagine not eating beans or rye or sunflower seeds lol.
What made me heal was peace and quiet, I put away medications the symphonies were back I lied in bed for months, but my brain healed itself, medication make you dependent
try go into nature and see how many legumes you find, and then pick them and put them into your mouth.. chew on them.. yummy, raw legumes, must be our natural food, yum yum..
Definitely something that will be difficult for many athletes, these carb restrictive diets don’t always work well with things like strength training or bodybuilding.
I can't speak to bodybuilding, but one of the advocates for using metabolic diets to treat Schizophrenia is Lauren Kennedy West and she is an avid runner and recently ran a triathalon (not professionally, but I would say that she is definitely dedicated to fitness).
I cut out almost all processed food a few years ago. It makes a huge difference just to do that. I make my own whole wheat 3 ingredient bread, no refined sugar at all, no seed oil, vegetarian for 40 years so the Paleo thing just doesn't work for me. It's really easy to go in the direction I have. Just need to find easy ways to put natural food together. For me the culprits were refined food, preservatives, want whatever chemicals are in those labels
I'd argue that most likely these diets works through improved intake of one-carbon donors and cofactors. For these nutrients it's not only about sufficient intake, but also a sufficiently balanced intake. Excessive intake of folate, for example, can lead to depletion of cobalamine. This would explain why many conditions associated with this system started increasing with the introduction of folic acid to grain supplies and prenatal supplementation. Legumes are also naturally high in folates. One-carbon metabolism plays crucial roles in brain chemistry via methylation systems, redox systems(glutathione), energy metabolism and myelin synthesis. It provides s-adesonyl methione as the methyl group donor and s-adesonyl homocystein as the methyl group inhibitor. These are essential as cofactors for enzymes, and modulators for gene transcription, in dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline, serotonin, melatonin, glutamate, GABA, oxytocin and acetylcholine metabolism. And yes, this system is also linked to insulin resistance and diabetes.
Hi @taperclinic what does the ketogenic diet that you are speaking of look like? Could you do some video examples or direct us to RUclips channels or websites that give an overview? Because there is the carnivore keto diet and others and it's a bit confusing. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your work Dr! I’m wondering if you have recommendations for where providers can turn to learn how to safely counsel their patients in these methods. Thank you!
Thank you, doctor, for providing this information. My son, who has Schizophrenia I have been wanting to change his diet to see if it helps reduce symptoms. But he lives in a group home, and the food is not good there.
At last, a psychiatrist that realises that the brain is part of the body, thank you. I hope there will be more psychiatrists that are as open-minded about this.
A metabolic psychiatrist is arguably the most important job in the world.
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2-1/2 years on a no-carb keto diet (carnivore), and FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, after 65 years of severe depression, panic attacks, severe anxiety, suicidal ideation, complex PTSD, and a range of mood and physical disorders, I feel like a normal human being!! It was pure hell before, and, in comparison, it now feels like heaven on earth!! I will never go back.
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Wow, congratulations!!! That's awesome!! ❤❤❤❤
i m on medication since i was 20, now 47 cant leave it. how can you explain food makes such thing?
Hey always, I wonder if you could expand a little bit on that for me? I have exactly the same background as you.
When I fast, my many symptoms disappear like snow melting in the sun, even by the second day.
But obviously one can’t fast forever. So I then go to carnivore. And the symptoms come back. They’re not as extreme as when I eat carbs, but they’re bad enough that it makes a normal life impossible.
Has your healing been immediate? What happens if you inadvertently eat carbs?
I’d really like to know….
Ketosis so great
Thank you for mentioning my psychiatrist, Dr. Shebani Sethi of Stanford‘s landmark study! This brilliant woman coined the term Metabolic Psychiatry yet she is the most humble person I’ve ever met. She has been one of the biggest blessings of my life. She has only just begun to do groundbreaking work to help everyone who suffers from serious mental illness
I've mentioned this for YEARS to every Schizophrenic I've ever met. Every bipolar person. Nobody seemed to take me seriously. I'm a celiac with severe neuroceliac symptoms when glutened. I, personally, experience suicidal depression when I'm glutened... And was suicidally depressed my whole life until I was fully gluten free for about two years. This was further concreted when I did my DNA, schizophrenia kept coming up as a potential factor in certain risk alleles. Nobody in my family has it and I certainly don't... But... It was from that, I discovered the studies and the connection between HLA-DQ8 phonotypes of celiac and severe mental health conditions. Its very real. Being gluten free saved my life.
I dont have celiac but def have bad mental reactions when I eat too much processed carb, like around this time of year. Im sure it affects every one badly but some people are used to feeling like crap. Im not bc I eat clean most of the time
@@mcspankie2010 the blood test just tests for certain Antibodies which are present in people who have gastrointestinal issues. You can have Celiac with no gastrointestinal symptoms. Only way to know for sure is to get genetic testing done
3 weeks into a keto diet.
It just works, feeling so much better, brainfog gone, anxiety very low, energy up, sleeping like a baby, no hunger or sugar cravings.
I am 54 and had so many depression I cant count, anxiety since childhood. It´s still early days but it have been like magic.
Keto diet is not that difficult - try it.
Thank you I am in my 50's too and have similar symptoms. I am going to try the diet too ( as soon as the Christmas blow out is done) I hope I have positive changes like you 😊
No thanks. Don't need heart disease.
@@BigIndianBindi-jy1czI wish you the best of luck with your health and Longevity.
@@BigIndianBindi-jy1czheart disease from keto? Where are you getting your information from!? Dr Berg has great videos on keto!
but how about fatigue in the beginning? I am always extremely fatigued when I start keto and then give up
Thank you for this great information! I wish more doctors focused on diet. I switched to a whole food, low carb, gluten-free, no highly processed foods, no added sugar diet in 2019 and was able to come off all of my meds including psych meds. I had crippling depression and even tried TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) back in 2017 which was ultimately an awful decision. I also lost over 100 pounds and have kept it off. Wishing you all health!
Which meds ?
Qu’est-ce que TMS ? Merci.
What is TMS?
@@ranevc Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
@@IvyBackBay Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
I started keto in desperation to control my epilepsy. It came with pleasant side effect such as mood stability, improved depression, less anxiety, and better recovery concerning PTSD. I also lost weight, my skin is clearer, better GI issues (no more constipation, gas, or heartburn), reduced infections, and more.
Yep, 20 years on meds for Bipolar and I'm about to celebrate 12 months off them on December 31. Totally clean, Vegan, high fibre, low-fat whole foods only, no junk, no booze. I'm just one person but it's worked like a dream
removing sugar and processed foods goes a long way to health whether its thru low carb of plant based
Be careful about low-fat, as the body and brain need the good fats.
Vegan? Nahhhh mate.. that shit made me sick... Meat is a must
@thewatcher633 I didn't say No fat
I have bipolar 1 and noticed a massive spurt in athletic performance when I quit lithium and went whole food plant based. I even won silver and bronze running medals in the national welsh champs for my age, in cross country and 5km. I think much of the physical improvement was from quitting the lithium as it is toxic, so its hard to say how much the diet did, but it certainly didn't hurt. Food is awful nowadays and if you are conscientious but not well organized you will find yourself struggling to eat, its that bad.
My psychiatrist ordered me to go gluten-free. Now understanding why and glad to comply. Also massively reducing most grains, and sugar. My new dessert is cheese or steak
It can be done. I’m doing it. I stabilized the bipolar disorder without meds using diet and exercise. Started eliminating inflammatory foods while I was still going through protracted withdrawal injury coming off SSRIs. Stopped eating anything that flared up my symptoms. No gluten or dairy, no processed foods, no sugar. High protein low carb. Strength training and cardio multiple times a week. It’s a highly restricted diet but the trade-off is that I feel great and I’m getting the body I always wanted. I used to be obese and bulimic. Now I’m healthy and getting jacked after age 50. I started exercising to heal the neurological damage and recover muscle loss from anemia…and then I kept going. For me, it’s all about healthy aging now. Supplementing with Creatine is also good for mood stability. It’s not just for bodybuilders.
The nature of bipolar is that it is periodic and can disappear for years, sometimes. Be aware of any new "crisis" that might bump you into another bout.
@@robertcox14 This is true. However, I’ve been on this diet for roughly three years and I’m no longer rapid cycling. I’m also pretty sure the dietary changes helped me get over the protracted withdrawal injury caused by Citalopram. Along with vitamin supplements such as magnesium and B1 and B3. Once I got over iron and B12 deficiency anemia and I was able to start exercising with intensity, then things really took off.
@@ResidentAlien53 Your "name" does NOT promote any confidence in your anecdotal evidence, in fact, what fool would give your identification any credibility at all?
@@robertcox14 My "name" or online handle is from a TV show and also in reference to my status on the spectrum and how that makes me feel like an alien in this world. Take from it what you will.
@@ResidentAlien53 Personally, I'm a pariah. The new "neurodivergent" idea might be me, I went as "bipolar" until I said it was a "mood disorder." Bipolar scares people away, expecting a violent incident each moment as "mental health" puts you in a "trash" category.
I am a person who requires all of the science details, so this post excelled. I need to know the reasons why, and this was so beautifully presented!!! there is hope
Go to Google Scholar and put in search bar the subject you are interested in such as diet and schizophrenia or diet and mood .That is where you get the science details .The actual studies. This video is basically advertisement for his practice.
You should track down Lauren Kennedy West and get her on your channel. She’s got a fairly successful one herself. Somehow, she found Mark Horowitz towards the end of her taper, just in time to land the plane gently. She’s successfully using Keto to manage symptoms and is loving life. Running marathons. I’m so fricking proud of that girl. She’s taking major heat having begun her channel on medications and documenting her schizophrenia.
YES! Lauren Kennedy West is amazing. I'm so freaking proud of that girl, too! He definitely needs to interview her.
I would love to see an interview with you and Lauren Kennedy West! I will be looking forward to that interview!!!
Heat for what?!?!?
Crabs in a barrel.
@@homergump3 THIS!! They do not like to see someone else succeed so they do ANYTHING to bring you down and unseen.. cuz if they can’t they won’t let you PROVE you did. I shrank a 16 cm cyst and I can’t mention how or THAT I did. They get so angry probably cuz they let the doctors massacre their bodies cuz they believed them when they said it was the only way. It’s a hard pill to swallow when someone like myself did it naturally with only a BA not a PHD.
running marathons isn't a good side... it's like matching health topic with insane goggins routine 😂
Ive been on the keto diet for 5 years and rarely experience anxiety and depression where prior to this diet since a kid I had depression and anxiety most of my life.
Nine months on keto now. Fifty years of chronic unipolar depression is completely gone. I went from four antidepressants to zero. There is a calm and a peace in my mind that I have never experienced before. I feel more present and more connected to the people around me.
I also lost 40 lbs, high blood pressure came down, libido is back. I love what I eat, and I don't miss carbs at all. Keto for life.
If only someone could have told me this fifty years ago...
So sorry for the loss of your time and life. I’m only 31 and when carnivore changed my whole life I had a period of anger and sadness that I’d been one inch away from a completely different life this whole time. (Mostly unipolar depression here too)
That was one of the best, correction, super-best, discussions in less than 25 minutes on diet to correct disorders I've ever heard. Not only the content, but the ease of listening to your voice and it's cadence was perfect easy listening for me. I've been on keto before to correct my problems with GERD, high blood pressure and IBS and I was able to stop my meds for those. Now that I've been having problems with stress, anxiety and even some depression, I think I'll try the Ketogenic diet again for a longer period and see how I do. Thanks, and I"ve saved this discussion for later reference and to share.
I completely changed my diet six months ago based on nationally recommended guidelines, but it only made my health worse. It wasn’t until I read 'The 23 Former Doctor Truths' that I realized doing the opposite of what the government advises can actually make a difference. No wonder the doctor who wrote it left their career-speaking the truth often challenges the system!
Not weird at all FDA is all lies
Thanks for sharing that im checking it out rightnow
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I agree!
Truthfully, after having done the keto diet, I started feeling so much better and that made it easy to stay with it. I had no mental issues but it did clear my mind, I lost weight, and the arthritis that I'd had for several years was going away. I stayed on it for 8 months at which point I switched to 90% carnivore diet just to see if I could do it. It is actually very easy and I've been on it for almost two years now. Once you really let yourself get used to it, you will have no problem. I actually love it and it make life so easy. Shopping is a breeze, in and out.
I cook and eat the same every day:
4 eggs, about 16 oz of fatty red meat, or some form of animal protein. Also I eat one cucumber, one green pepper, 2 stalks of celery, and a couple of mushrooms fried in butter; a cup of yogurt or some hard cheese and 1 c. of berries; and once in a while I eat some nuts. I also eat 2 t. honey throughout the day since I figured out that gluconeogenesis does not work so well at my age (80).
When I have pork I usually eat a 1/4 c of raw sauerkraut with it and with chicken thighs I like some green beans. I drink water, coffee, and one natural Warsteiner beer (contains no grains).
I am feeling so much more energy and love this way of life. I take no medicine and see no doctor.
Let`s see 20 years down the line...
You’re amazing! Congrats!! Love reading about your success at your age, so inspiring.
Apparently they knew about gluten and mental illness in the 60s. They called it “bread madness.” I’m mad that knowledge was suppressed! How much suffering in how many lives could have been avoided if psychiatrists would simply offer diet changes as an option for treatment.
It wasn't suppressed, but unfortunately due to the need for specialization in medicine, physicians don't necessarily get the kind of training they would need to spot more atypical presentations of certain diseases and disorders. I suspect a lot of incidents of psychosis are better attributed to food sensitivities and allergies, but a psychiatrist wouldn't have the extensive knowledge in that area to test for it - heck, most gastroenterologists would likely miss it! However, I think it is far too soon to tell if all or even tht majority of people presenting with psychosis could have their symptoms resolved by eliminating specific foods.
Soooo glad you are covering this game-changing treatment!!! It changed my life after the book Brain Energy came out two years ago. Been keto for 2 years and will never go back! Thx for all you do Dr. Josef!!!
So encouraging for me. Thankyou so much Dr Josef ! I have bipolar and severe depression and I'm going to try the medical ketogenic diet with supervision. I need to try something I have RA and I don't want my health to deteriorate. I'm so encouraged by this I was in tears seeing that lady with the schizophrenia improve! God Bless and Happy Holidays!
if you stick with it you won't regret it.
I have bipolar Dx too. I’ve been on a carnivore/ketovore diet for over a year and I have never been this calm, stable, and well. I’m excited for you to experience it!! It’s important to avoid seed oils as they can be very inflammatory. Seed oils are sometimes consumed on a keto diet, along with keto-friendly processed foods. (Seed oils = all oils other than avocado, coconut, and olive oil. The best fats are animal fats and butter. You’ll need a LOT of fat on a keto diet so don’t be stingy.) If you can avoid the seed oils and processed foods you’ll feel even better. But if you need to use some of those while transitioning that’s ok…get your body in ketosis however you need to do that and then refine your diet from there. You have an amazingly beautiful life ahead of you! Enjoy it!!
Watch living well with schizophrenia she tells you exactly how to go about this route from beginning to the end. That’s all she blogs about now and has named her blog to living well after schizophrenia.
Dr. Josef, you are a world leader in mental health innovation.......
He is good.
Thank you!!! My son is doing great hyperbolic tapering off an antidepressant and major sedative with therapeutic ketosis and intermittent fasting.
Wish more doctors knew this.
This is a great explanation of why these diets work. I went keto a few years ago and it worked brilliantly, but I didn’t stick with it because circumstances changed and it became too complicated at the time. Now I’m carnivore, which is even more restrictive, but easier. You don’t need to work with a professional to adopt a change in diet, there’s enough information and support online to get you started and to address most issues that people encounter. In reality, it’s very difficult to find professionals locally who have knowledge and experience with these diets, most of them want to sell their own products and programs, which may be helpful, but not necessary.
There was a study on how this affected schizophrenia. They eliminated variables by having the participants live on sight and guarantee their diet. It was working. So what happened? The government shut it down along with several other studies saying they didn't meet certain qualifications. They showed that they had met them. The government continued all of the other studies except this one. This is ground breaking, but it cuts into the $$$$ of the 1%.
It always does.
There is no money in wellness
Yes. I heard about this too. So wrong!
@@glennkelly4232it you look at supplements market in my country it's probably bigger than drugs use and alcohol consumption 😂😂😂 this is a huge market as it directly cuts from pharma market and leads you unending rabbit hole to longevity
Well, you don't have to like it but it's the way of things in the west. I have heard that to traditional Chinese medicine, food itself is treated as medicine. To me that is also the case. I still take the meds prescribed to me but it's not because I think that humans evolved to require a chemical synthesized in a lab and owned by corporations over the last few decades lol... Moreso society associates being "off your meds" with going crazy and people will seek to punish you if you do not conform to what is considered acceptable by them. What's funny is that there are probably plants out there that contain as effective antipsychotics as what are prescribed here, but it would not generate nearly as much revenue for investors if your local nursery could just grow the antipsychotics you need.
This is amazing!
I'm just starting to use medical keto with my patients, so hopeful with this.
Thank you for covering this, Joseph.
Vegan ketogenic diets for bipolar disorder work! I want to thank Metabolic Mind for honoring me with a $10,000 fresh start award to raise awareness that vegan ketogenic diet for serious mental illnesses can be effective and life changing!
I am incredibly fortunate to have the psychiatrist who coined the term Metabolic Psychiatry, Dr Shebani Sethi, as my psychiatrist, and she supports different approaches to the ketogenic diet for mental illness, including a vegan lifestyle
What exactly do you eat on a vegan keto diet? How do you get enough protein and healthy fats while keeping your carbs low? I also tried a plant based keto diet a few years ago, it was heavy with nut based protein, and raw leafy vegetables, which are high in oxalates. I am paying for now, since going carnivore,, because my body is now releasing all those stored oxalatte crystals through my eyes and skin, it’s very uncomfortable.
@@Jen.K maybe fake meats? that can't be great for you
Vegan keto? Sounds like an oxymoron.
Have you considered that the flour and gluten is spoiled? Gluten oxides within 5 days of milling. Additionally, wheat germ, which contain high amount of vitamin E is removed. If it isn’t removed, it mostly all oxidized in 3 days from milling. Grains are supposed to be eaten freshly milled and unsifted. They will be very high B vitamins, minerals and choline(wheat in particular). There are studies that show whole grains can improve gut micro biome in a little as three days due to the multiple types of fibers that feed the biome.
That's really interesting. Never considered it, but it makes sense that oxidized grains would spoil after only 5 days. Thanks for that bit of info.
E isn't oxidized in three days.
I’ve been on carnivore , started out keto- it’s a life saver with my mental health
Actually carnivore diet can cause inflammation. End up with severe health problem down the road. Overweight due to too much fat and no fiber
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Vegan diet helped me
I am 33 years psych drug free from lithium
You took Lithium or take it now? It is in groundwater so I’m not sure which one you meant
@judybooth110 It is impossible to become over weight on carnivore diet unless all your eating is bacon, even then that's nearly impossible
Not for your heart.
Remember Dr. Abram Hoffer's work with schizophrenia. He was a Canadian M.D.with a degree in chemistry, He was head of psychiatry at Saskatoon Hospital in the 1940's. He gave high dose of Vit B3 ( niacin ) B6 and zinc plus other vitamins, told them to not eat sugars and quite a few, but not all, his schizophrenic patients got well, as long as they stayed on that regimen.
Yes he was a pioneer in that .. haven’t heard any mention of him in decades!!
@@ettaplace6716 - Probably because there were a multitude of issues with his work. Not that it isn't important to explore alternatives to the conventional treatments - after all, that is how progress happens - but it must be done critically.
Hi Dr. Josef. Thank you for all your work. It's delightful and so refreshing. I'm a little saddened that Avoiding Alcohol was not included in this video. I understand that many Practitioners believe it's so obvious that it doesn't need to be mentioned. In the real world, I see people going Low Carb, Keto or Paleo etc, but continue drinking wine every night like it's somehow a magical exception to their new dietary habits. I would say that restricting alcohol (maybe completely) and saying Yes to hydrating water is the first step in any dietary change. Thoughts?
Wonderful info! Great work Dr. Josef!
I’ve been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and reduced my medications by a lot (knock on wood), I make a 100% whole wheat sourdough with heritage and ancient wheats and find it reduces my symptoms when substituted for modern wheat. Also a2 casein protein milk like jersey cow or goat or sheep is much better than a1 casein milk. Corn syrup or cane sugar isn’t helpful. I find plant based with lots of diverse fiber including veggies beans fruits and whole grains to actually boost my mood. A little fish or fish oil is good too. And when fasting and in ketosis I do see improvements but keto is not sustainable for me all the time. A little ashwaganda can help also a little licorice but be careful, honestly a hearty veggie soup with lots of herbs and spices like thyme oregano and basil etc is awesome. And having love and forgiveness to feel at peace with those around you is a huge help too.
Have you looked at the possibility of bacteria or viruses on your conditions? My kids have PANDAS (PANS) and I have seen lots of information that suggests similarities between the diseases. Lyme disease and other tick borne illnesses have many of the same symptoms too. I have found lots of info about methylene blue helping brain disorders by improving the mitochondria. Dig into it if you want or disregard it, either way, it is impressive what you have done.😊
Everyone improves off grains, soy, cow dairy and processed sugar regardless of their issues.
Not necessarily. I did Whole30 back in the day (which, at the time, did not allow soy, sugar, legumes, dairy, grains and a few other things). I had mild improvement in hormonal issues, but no improvement in mood or energy.
This is the best explanation that I've read. Thank you for your work.
This is actually a great summary of metabolic theory in health. Extremely helpful.
I truly THANK YOU 🙏🏽 for taking the time and effort to making this video
Have been diagnosed with schizoaffective but I have been in remission for the last few years. From my experience diet definitely has a pronounced impact on how effective my medication is and whether or not it will cause side effects. I do not restrict my diet other than managing how much of any one thing I consume. Very concentrated quick release energy sources like processed sugars tend to have a detrimental effect for me if I consume too much, but not as much if I keep the amount of those things moderated. Fruits will usually actually make me feel better but they contain more beneficial nutrients than just sugar. Believe it or not I drink plenty of milk but most of which on days that I am consuming nothing with added sugar, a good amount of protein, and usually some greens, vegetables, fruit, etc. To me balance is more important than eliminating anything entirely. Every individual responds to nutrition differently, diet is probably one of the most important things we can spend time managing, we kind of have to decide for ourselves what we are or are not willing to consume.
Also lol when people talk about diet someone will inevitably mention exercise. Moving the body through space is great for the mind and helps to increase the tolerance of stress for me, which can also be a trigger for the symptoms of my mental illness. There isn't a lot better for me after getting enough of the right foods than doing a few sets of bodyweight exercises or cardio.
In Australia 🇦🇺 sike hospitals only give them sugar and carbs 😢 they never get better
Hospitals without patients, is a Hospital with unemployed Doctors and staff. It’s all about $$$$$ and keeping the economy going.
Thank you❤, this explains why I feel younger and my brain is working so much better. Have tried many diets simply to be healthy. After vegetarian, vegan, raw vegan, and Paleo found carnivore. Carnivore is the ultimate ketogenic diet as it is so low in carbohydrates. A shopping list of beef, lamb, seafood, eggs, butter, ghee, dripping, sea salt, and mineral water reduces time in the supermarket. Meat cooked in dripping or fish with butter steamed in an oven bag, followed by eggs poached in butter is my current one meal per day. Have also continued, Ekadashi fasting, D'Adamo, sequential eating, and avoiding fluids an hour before and three hours after meals.
Surprisingly problems with nightshades or food allergy testing was not mentioned here.
😊 twenty months carnivore.
Absoluting perfect video. I hope many others listen to your science backed explanation to potential mind and life saving nutritional therapies.
If simply eating peanuts can cause anaphylactic shock, just imagine how other foods could affect one's moods.
THIS IS AMAZING!! Best description I have ever heard.
I cured so many different diseases by not eating gluten and dairy. I unfortunately had to get rid of soy and eggs as well. But i feel so much better now so it's worth it for me. Try one thing at the time and see how you feel. One week is enough to get major benefits if you have a sensitivity.
NEVER has a shrink asled me about diet. (I have so many food aversions from PANDAS.) I would need someone to cook and shop for me. These recommended foods are difficult and expensive. Why are mental patients not fed these diets in hospirals? Psychiatrists really seem clueless.
Eggs and ground beef are both pretty inexpensive and easy to cook. Butter is a great ketogenic source of energy and you don’t even have to cook it. Canned fish is a good option too, and that’s super easy and can be cheap. Those would be some things to start with.
Great video. Thank you so much for all the information.
I've always been a believer in dietary intervention to address mental health issues.
Thank you for your work, Dr. Josef!
Welcome!
Thanks for the help, doc. I appreciate you!!
If this works it would be amazing for me. I’ve been on psychotropic medication for 30 years. Bipolar. I hope it’s true.
I should have said carnivore and keto groups. I’m in the carnivore ones. :) The Met Psychiatry group is both, basically… i know people on both kinds of diets who have used ketosis to put bipolar disorder in remission-for one person it’s been 6 years without symptoms, one for 8 years…
It worked for my daughter
Good to see you, man. I've been looking for good psychiatrists/prescribers who are open to helping people taper. Dr. Breggin hopefully has many years left but ... I haven't run across (m)any psychiatrists who I would trust. Especially rare are younger psychiatrists who might be able to carry forward this important line of thinking - getting people off of psychiatric medicine.
I don't buy this idea that carbs, grains, legumes, and dairy are often a major factor in bipolar or schizophrenia. But, I'm glad to see a young Dr who is willing to think outside of the pharma bottle.
If you're concerned about legumes, you should think about nixtamalizing or sprouting ;)
I remember reading that fermentation (or at least kefir) also helps to denature those difficult milk proteins.
Excellent content, which will give new hope to those struggling with mental health disorders. Bravo!👏
How long can kidneys/liver handle ketogenic diet?
How long can kidneys and liver handle sugar seed, oils, and refined foods
@@kathyhebert1651 who forces you to consume sugar, seed oils and refined foods?
Kidneys and liver will fail between the age of 100-110.
Thank you for everything you do!! 💗💗
Thank you so much Doc,I am tappering benzodiazepines Lorez and I am down to 0.6mg,I’ll definitely implement this even though my tapper is not that easy but iv been feeling well through exercising,and eating fruits and drinking herbal teas. I always watch your videos,you are a blessing
While diet choices are important, the most important thing about my diet (intermittent fasting) is the 18 hours that I don't eat everyday.
I really enjoyed intermittent fasting and definitely need to get back on it. I was on carnivore + 20 mg carbs. I was fasting about 14 hours and eating 2 meals a day. It helped my mood swings.
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Fascinating! I have essentially transitioned to the paleo diet (except for lactose free dairy) without realising that's what it was called. I did it because of ongoing gut issues and eating low FODMAP foods. I am also booked in to see a dietician to start a low inflammation diet to help with lipedema. But, I found your channel because I would like to wean off antidepressants. It's mind-blowing that it seems to be all be linked.
Also, I read in New Scientist magazine recently that early results show Ozemipic effective in treating Alzheimer's.
That’s true about Celiac’s disease. My mom has it and so do some of her siblings and they all have different symptoms and different levels of similar symptoms. Also, the blood tests are not a way to diagnose, they only show a likelihood. The only way to know for sure is a biopsy. My doctor did a biopsy on me when I was having digestive issues because of my family history. Luckily i don’t have it, but I may have a gluten sensitivity. I get very sick if I drink just one beer, but not if I drink mixed drinks without gluten. I rarely drink now, but this happened when I was in my 20’s…I’m 50 now.
As far as the other diet issues, I did quit drinking soda and started taking vitamins during my taper from klonopin and it made a difference. I had really bad eczema on my hands for a year. My palms were covered in tiny blisters for almost a year and it was much worse with more stress. It only healed and went away 6 months after quitting soda and taking vitamins.
Red dye three was just banned in the USA
It grinds me that 2025 physicians seem to ignore nutrition as KEY to health. There are tomes of biochemistry and physiology expounding how nutrients work. Yet, drugs are the common 1st choice. The knowledge is proved and available. Time to apply all that knowledge. * Let food be thy medicine.* Hipoccrates, 400B.C
Thank you, this is EXCELLENT information!!😍😘
Have your claims been peer reviewed? Have you submitted your hypothesis to any accredited organizations where they have been proven/disproven? These questions are paramount for people to know before starting someone with schiz/bipolar on this diet and I'm assuming, discontinuing there anti psychotic medications.
Yeah this is seriously dangerous
Chris Palmer also talks about this.
I respect what you do, really, thats great work. I just dont think most people can afford to only buy high quality vegetables and animal products.
I don’t think it’s as much the gluten but the potions they are sprayed with whilst growing and condition of the soil grown in
Could be! It’s my observation as a physician that many people who can’t tolerate wheat in the states have no problem eating bread in Europe.
@ our bread in supermarkets in England is nasty n cheap so most buy to fill up on sad but true I feel it’s the fertilisers and pesticides mostly used to feed us dis ease
Going gluten free and caffeine free cured my migraines. Going dairy free cured my husband of his back pain and severe ear wax
👏KETO👏GENIC👏DIET👏
plenty of seemingly psychological/mental disorders are just metabolic. schizophrenia, depression, bipolar. this diet even helps you make epilepsy recede.
Can you reference "history of paleo" being in use a "long" time. And how does one collect "extensive evidence" of what "most people" ate many years ago? How long have "dairy animals...sheep, goats, cows" been kept? The grains go back further, why not legumes, etc. I am skeptical.
Thank you!! I hope I can convince my brother to try this 😀
imagine people evolved over 10000s of years to quietly hide inside a bush, hungry for 2 days...... just to suddenly jump out and vigorously hunt an animal that passes by for meat.
now imagine these people jacked up on sugar and blasted with information 🤯
This is wonderful news! I’m so happy for the many people who have positive results from this diet. However, many are still so skeptical and not willing to try. How can we convince them to give it a try?
I'm sorry but your lectin point is fatally incorrect. Lectins are removed by soaking and cooking to a large degree (I've seen 95% be cited but cant substantiate this). Also lecting in small amounts seem to be intensely anti-carcenogenic.
And then you go on and say legumes can cause blood sugar spikes??? That's outrageous. I really enjoyed the first part of your video but I'm sorry to say that you need to read up more on nutrition before you make videos like this.
I'm having worse gastro issues on keto a year into it, that started years before either with the start of olanzapine or before it but I wasn't tracking things like that how I do now. I've been tapering olanzapine but the problems persist. And the medicine can lead to these gastro issues, like gastroparesis if I have that (awaiting insurance approval to get tested) but if I did have that, I'm reading how a high fat diet would make gastroparesis worse, but I want to do keto in order to get off olanzapine so I can use that as my main treatment for schizoaffective. I'd love to know about managing gastro issues with keto since unfortunately it is not a solution for those and seemingly made some symptoms worse.....
Really sorry to hear - I hope you figure out the stomach issues and keto works as your primary treatment. Are you testing your blood ketones?
@@patrickfurlong2834 Thank you so much! I appreciate it. Answers would be great - I just fear someone telling me I can't do keto b/c of whatever my gut problems are. And yes, excellent ketones for the year I've been testing, average of 2.9 or 3. Great gki average too.
I had gut problems for a year, my doctor was useless.
I stumbled across a Dr Berg podcast saying vitamin D heals the intestines.
It worked!!!!! No more problems.
He said most of us are low in D and recommendations are to low.
It's worth a try.
Do you know what’s causing your gastrointestinal issues? Are getting enough fiber and electrolytes?
@@kimgary5771 no, not yet...still trying to figure it out. I don't get a lot of fiber on keto, electrolytes seem fine according to bloodwork but these issues started long before keto and then seemingly got amplified on the diet.
Thank you for the good information!
I worry about the lack of fiber on a ketogenic diet and what it does to the microbiome.
Currently,I’m eating low fat Whole organic plant food with lots of leafy greens to increase Nitric Oxide in body and optimize blood vessel health. Which I hope also helps my microbiome, immune system and my brain health.
I can’t see how Ketogenic is sustainable? Though I know it’s been used for seizure disorders.
But- If a person eats cows and pigs that are high on food chain- think of all the glyphosate soybeans and plants that they consumed and is stored in their muscles and organs. Just seems More toxic to flood body with these concentrated toxic animal fats and animal proteins??
no need to worry, the microbiome changes, it's impossible to not have a microbiome, only for short time with anti-biotics but then some other microbiome will take over.. when you stop eating fiber then it's just a slightly different type of microbiome that will take over and live on the smaller amounts of waste products from non-fiber food... but if you still want to worry then just have 3-10 teaspoons of psyllium husk in half or whole liter of water, let it soak for 10-30 minutes just to be sure it doesn't soak up stomach acid (this is why i don't recommend taking psyllium husk in capsules) ..and if you really want to feed microbiome (fart alot) then add raw potato flour (resistance starch that can't be digested)
you probably asume/hope there are no glyphosate in "organic plants", so i'll also asume/hope there are no glyphosate in organic meat ;)
please may you cover the mthfr genes aka inability to methylate folic acid (synthetic B9) and its effects on mental health?
The question is though if the improvements can be sustained over time or people return to their previous sympomatology as per before the intervention .The improvements are evident but I am not certain if remain .
Can it heal protracted withdrawal damage?
It’s worth a try.
I love legumes and grains. I can never go on a paleo diet. I hated meat all my life practically and am a vegan. I cannot imagine not eating beans or rye or sunflower seeds lol.
What made me heal was peace and quiet, I put away medications the symphonies were back I lied in bed for months, but my brain healed itself, medication make you dependent
Love this content! Please keep it coming
Very Intriguing
Living proof of this
No legumes what are you crazy? Legumes are very healthy
try go into nature and see how many legumes you find, and then pick them and put them into your mouth.. chew on them.. yummy, raw legumes, must be our natural food, yum yum..
they are cheap foods. but not as bio available as meat, with nutrients. eggs. meat. fish
@@Jazzicall73so true, a hand full of raw kidney beans or navy beans will put you in the morgue, If you’re lucky, in the hospital.
Definitely something that will be difficult for many athletes, these carb restrictive diets don’t always work well with things like strength training or bodybuilding.
I can't speak to bodybuilding, but one of the advocates for using metabolic diets to treat Schizophrenia is Lauren Kennedy West and she is an avid runner and recently ran a triathalon (not professionally, but I would say that she is definitely dedicated to fitness).
I cut out almost all processed food a few years ago.
It makes a huge difference just to do that. I make my own whole wheat 3 ingredient bread, no refined sugar at all, no seed oil, vegetarian for 40 years so the Paleo thing just doesn't work for me.
It's really easy to go in the direction I have. Just need to find easy ways to put natural food together.
For me the culprits were refined food, preservatives, want whatever chemicals are in those labels
I'd argue that most likely these diets works through improved intake of one-carbon donors and cofactors. For these nutrients it's not only about sufficient intake, but also a sufficiently balanced intake. Excessive intake of folate, for example, can lead to depletion of cobalamine. This would explain why many conditions associated with this system started increasing with the introduction of folic acid to grain supplies and prenatal supplementation. Legumes are also naturally high in folates.
One-carbon metabolism plays crucial roles in brain chemistry via methylation systems, redox systems(glutathione), energy metabolism and myelin synthesis. It provides s-adesonyl methione as the methyl group donor and s-adesonyl homocystein as the methyl group inhibitor. These are essential as cofactors for enzymes, and modulators for gene transcription, in dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline, serotonin, melatonin, glutamate, GABA, oxytocin and acetylcholine metabolism.
And yes, this system is also linked to insulin resistance and diabetes.
It is possible of course..but it depend on alot of other stuff also
Hi @taperclinic what does the ketogenic diet that you are speaking of look like? Could you do some video examples or direct us to RUclips channels or websites that give an overview? Because there is the carnivore keto diet and others and it's a bit confusing. Thanks!
Thank you Dr. Josef!
Eat real food and HYDRATE. Did it. Done. Just simply drinking more water will drastically change your mental health.
Just curious if other countries with better food, less junk allowed, have fewer mental illnesses?
Thank you so much for your work Dr! I’m wondering if you have recommendations for where providers can turn to learn how to safely counsel their patients in these methods. Thank you!
Thank you, doctor, for providing this information. My son, who has Schizophrenia I have been wanting to change his diet to see if it helps reduce symptoms. But he lives in a group home, and the food is not good there.
I feel it's beneficial to use a nutrient dense anti-inflammatory diet and include foods that supports the nervous system.
I believe a lot of mental disorders start metabolically where disregulations and disfunction happen. Including inflammation and deficiencies.
Thank you so much for speaking on this.