Can a ketogenic diet rewire the brain in bipolar disorder?
New research suggests it can, by lowering glutamate, a neurotransmitter that’s often elevated in epilepsy, bipolar, and schizophrenia. That’s why keto was originally used to treat seizures… and now, it’s being revisited as a breakthrough treatment for mental illness.
In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Iain Campbell, neuroscientist, bipolar patient, and lead researcher at the University of Edinburgh, about why mental illness may actually be a metabolic brain disorder.
Here’s what we cover:
• How bipolar symptoms may stem from mitochondrial dysfunction
• Why glutamate matters and how keto affects it
• The history of using keto to treat epilepsy and diabetes
• What a $3M clinical trial hopes to prove
• And how this new science could change psychiatry forever
So much more!
This conversation will challenge everything you thought you knew about mental health and offer real hope for those who’ve been failed by conventional treatments.
Full episode with Dr. Iain Campbell is live on The Dr. Hyman Show Podcast wherever you listen.
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