The ketogenic diet may help reduce depression and other symptoms in bipolar disorder. The ketogenic diet also helps metabolic health and reduces the risk for cardiometabolic diseases. The risk for cardiometabolic diseases is elevated in people with bipolar disorder when compared to the general population. Dr. Iain Campbell, Dr. Bret Scher, and Dr. Dominic D’Agostino discuss how the state of ketosis has beneficial effects on brain neurotransmitters and how those benefits have been life-changing physically and mentally for Dr. Campbell, who has bipolar disorder.
? What Iain Campbell, MD, PhD, Bret Scher, MD & Dominic D’Agostino, PhD discuss:
(05:40) — Dr. Iain Campbell explains how a ketogenic diet improved his mental health
(09:02) — Dr. Campbell explains his pilot trial on the ketogenic diet and bipolar disorder
(16:20) — The ketogenic diet is often misunderstood
(18:10) — Elevated lactate is a biomarker in bipolar disorder
(24: 37) — Circadian rhythm disruption affects bipolar disorder
(30:33) — Morning exercise can help blunt the dawn glucose rise
(38:48) — The ketogenic diet has effects on brain neurotransmitters
(43:34) — Dr. Campbell explains ketosis helps him combat depression
(46:42) — Dr. Campbell describes why he went on the ketogenic diet
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