Ketogenic diet as a metabolic therapy for mood disorders: Evidence and developments

This 2019 study examined patients with bipolar disorder (BD): their dietary habits, fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genotype, and their proinflammatory cytokine levels. Both inflammation and irregular polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels have been implicated in the development of BD, while the FADS genotype is relevant since a locus was found in this FADS gene cluster […]

Since severe mental illnesses, such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, are associated with increased inflammation, Firth et al. (2019) believe that diet and its ability to alter inflammatory processes may play a role in this elevation in inflammation. In this review, they look at observational and experimental studies to assess how diet […]