Bipolarcast Episode 13: Nicole Laurent

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An interview with Nicole Laurent, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who supports people using a ketogenic dietary therapy as a treatment for mental illness and neurological issues.

Nicole has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University. Her own profound health experience with dietary change involving therapeutic carbohydrate restriction started her interest in nutritional therapy for neurological disorders and mental illness.

Check out Nicole's awesome website here:

www.mentalhealthketo.com

Follow Nicole on Twitter here:

@KetoCounselor
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If you live in Scotland and would like to join a ketogenic diet and bipolar disorder study please see the pilot study Dr. Iain Campbell is working on at Edinburgh University funded by The Baszucki Brain Research Fund:

www.bipolarketostudy.com

If you live in the U.S and would like to join a ketogenic diet and bipolar disorder trial please see Dr. Shebani Sethi Dalai's Baszucki Brain Research Fund trial at Stanford here:

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/N...

Podcast hosts Matt and Iain have of 8 years of combined experience using ketogenic metabolic therapy for bipolar disorder and are working to raise awareness about the evidence of benefits of a ketogenic diet for bipolar disorder.

Iain's keto and bipolar blog: www.ketobipolar.com

If you have had a similar experience please say hello on our reddit forum:
  / bipolarketo  

For more info on ketogenic diet please check out: www.dietdoctor.com