The Ketogenic Diet: A Powerful Molecular Signaling Therapy for the Brain
The Ketogenic Diet: A Powerful Molecular Signaling Therapy for the Brain You may not realize it, but the ketone body BHB, produced when following a ketogenic diet, is a powerful molecular signaling...
View ArticleTalking neurotransmitter balance and excoriation disorder with Nick Zanetti
There are a lot of therapists out there (nutritional and otherwise) that understand that we have to give the brain what it needs to work properly. Nicola Zanetti is a well-known and established...
View ArticleIf Your Brain Were a City: Understanding Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation
If Your Brain Were a City: Understanding Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation The Brain City Analogy When it comes to brain health, the two terms that often emerge are oxidative stress and...
View ArticleKetogenic Diet and Alzheimer’s Disease
The Ketogenic Diet: An Unrivaled Approach to Combating Alzheimer’s Disease Author’s note: As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 16 years of private practice experience, I’ve spent the last six...
View ArticleKetogenic Therapy & Anorexia: UCSD’s Bold Exploration
Ketogenic Therapy and Anorexia: UCSD’s Bold Exploration I don’t know who needs to hear this, but ketogenic diets are being investigated as a treatment for eating disorders. Yes, even Anorexia. Case...
View ArticleKetogenic Diet for Substance Use Disorders and Addiction
Introduction I believe that the use of ketogenic diets as a treatment for substance use disorders may be woefully underutilized by individuals and treatment centers. I think this is a potential...
View ArticleWhat is up with this keto rash?
What is up with this keto rash? This article is going to talk about something called a keto rash, which can happen in some people initiating a ketogenic diet. We are going to review some articles...
View ArticleWill exogenous BHB supplements treat my mental illness?
Will exogenous BHB supplements treat my mental illness? I get it. You don’t want to change your diet. Totally understandable. And my answer to whether exogenous β-Hydroxybutyrate (also known as beta...
View ArticleExploring BHB’s Role in Mental Health: Epigenetic Modulation as a Metabolic...
Exploring BHB’s Role in Mental Health: Epigenetic Modulation as a Metabolic Psychiatry Treatment So when we talk about ketogenic diets making ketones, and those ketones are molecular signaling bodies,...
View ArticleKetogenic Diets as a Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
Introduction I am very behind in writing this article. To be honest, I have avoided writing about the use of ketogenic diets with eating disorders completely. I didn’t want to deal with what I imagined...
View ArticleA Brief Review of Research on Ketogenic Diets as a Treatment for Binge Eating...
Introduction In this post, I will briefly outline some of the research showing that a ketogenic diet can be an excellent treatment for Binge Eating Disorder (BED). We will not be going into the...
View ArticleA public primer on systematic reviews
What’s Coming and Why It Matters to the Future Adoption of Ketogenic Diets as a Standard of Care for Mental Illness Recently, a very important pilot study was published by Stanford University. And it’s...
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