Bipolar Disorder

Could eliminating destabilizing foods reduce or replace the need for mood stabilizing medications?

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All About My New Book: Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind

This comprehensive guide explains how to combine the surprising truth about brain food with the cutting-edge science of brain metabolism to optimize your mental (and physical) health.

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Study Finds Serious Mental Illnesses Improve on Ketogenic Diet

In this pioneering study of the ketogenic diet, all patients improved and most were discharged on less medication.

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Ketogenic Diets for Mental Health: A Guide to Resources

Ketogenic diets can have profound effects on mental health. Learn how with these videos, podcasts, and professional services resources.

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8 Reasons to Try Low-Carb for Mental Health

Low-carb diets have tremendous potential in the prevention and management of psychiatric disorders. Discover how low-carb and keto diets can benefit your mental health.

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New Blood Test Helps Predict (and Prevent?) Bipolar Disorder

Is it depression or bipolar disorder? Researchers may have found a test that could help detect who will develop bipolar disorder later in life.

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Which Diet Is Healthiest for the Brain?

We have a global mental health crisis on our hands. In this presentation, I argue that there are ingredients within popular modern diets that place the brain at high risk for failure.

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Ketogenic Diets and Psychiatric Medications

Thinking about trying a low-carb diet to improve your mental health? If you are currently taking any psychiatric medications, make sure you read this article first!

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Cooling Brain Inflammation Naturally with Food

Psychiatric disorders like depression, bipolar disorder and psychosis are strongly tied to inflammation. Did you know there are two dietary changes you can make that will naturally reduce inflammation?

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The Vegan Brain

Do vegetarian and vegan diets contain the micronutrients our brains need to function properly? What are the most important potential brain nutrient deficiencies that ALL plant-eaters need to be aware of?

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Low-Carbohydrate Diet Superior to Antipsychotic Medications

Read the inspirational stories of how two people with severe mood and psychotic symptoms used the ketogenic diet to achieve long overdue relief that even the strongest medications could not provide.

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Your Brain on Plants: Micronutrients and Mental Health

Do plant-based diets contain the micronutrients our brains need or are vegans at higher risk for mental health problems? Beyond B12: what you need to know.

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Bipolar Disorder and Diet Part II: Low Carbohydrate Diets

Could your diet prevent mania, mood swings, depression, or anxiety? Sound far-fetched? Maybe not. Dietary changes can have very powerful effects on brain chemistry—especially low carb diets.

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Bipolar Disorder and Diet Part I: Omega-3 Fatty Acids

People are often told that bipolar disorders are the result of a “chemical imbalance” that must be corrected with medications . . . but what causes this chemical imbalance? 

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