A Keto Epilepsy Treatment for Mental Health?

The ketogenic diet, or more specifically therapeutic nutritional ketosis, has the potential to help a range of psychiatric conditions, including Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and more. This makes sense because ketogenic diets have been used for over 100 years to treat epilepsy, and the keto diet is one of the most effective interventions for stopping seizures. Since many psychiatric medications are also used to treat epilepsy, that suggests potentially important shared mechanisms.

In this video, Dr. Bret Scher speaks with a variety of experts – including Julie Milder, Ph.D., Dieticians Beth Zupec-Kania and Denise Potter, and Chris Palmer, MD – about the connection between mental illnesses and seizure disorders, and what that may mean for finding a safe and effective dietary treatment for psychiatric illness.

Table of Contents:
0:00 - Introduction
4:14 - Interview with Dr. Chris Palmer
8:24 - Interview with Dr. Julie Milder, part 1
13:39 - Interview with Dietitian Beth Zupec-Kania
18:54 - Interview with Dr. Julie Milder, part 2
21:18 - Interview with Dietitian Denise Potter
25:31 - Testing for Ketones
25:51 - Conclusion

Experts featured in this video:
Chris Palmer, MD - www.ChrisPalmerMD.com
Twitter @ChrisPalmerMD

Beth Zupec-Kania www.BethZupecKania.com
Twitter @KaniaZupec

Denise Potter - www.potterketogenic.diet
Twitter @KetoPotterRDN

Julie Milder, PhD -   / juliemilder  

References mentioned in this video:
Summary of the evidence for treating seizures with nutritional ketosis
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/...

Calculating protein goals by reference body weight
https://www.dietdoctor.com/wp-content...


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