Keto Diet Benefits on Depression, Mental & Metabolic Health - Drs. Iain Campbell, Scher, D’Agostino

The ketogenic diet may help reduce depression and other symptoms in bipolar disorder. The ketogenic diet also helps metabolic health and reduces the risk for cardiometabolic diseases. The risk for cardiometabolic diseases is elevated in people with bipolar disorder when compared to the general population. Dr. Iain Campbell, Dr. Bret Scher, and Dr. Dominic D’Agostino discuss how the state of ketosis has beneficial effects on brain neurotransmitters and how those benefits have been life-changing physically and mentally for Dr. Campbell, who has bipolar disorder.
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📍What Iain Campbell, MD, PhD, Bret Scher, MD & Dominic D’Agostino, PhD discuss:
00:00 - Intro
02:56 - Dr. Iain Campbell explains how a ketogenic diet improved his mental health
06:20 - Dr. Campbell explains his pilot trial on the ketogenic diet and bipolar disorder
15:16 - The ketogenic diet is often misunderstood
17:02 - Elevated lactate is a biomarker in bipolar disorder
23:31 - Circadian rhythm disruption affects bipolar disorder
29:29 - Morning exercise can help blunt the dawn glucose rise
37:45 - The ketogenic diet has effects on brain neurotransmitters
44:44 - Dr. Campbell explains ketosis helps him combat depression
45:52 - Dr. Campbell describes why he went on the ketogenic diet
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[@_Solaris]

This blows me away a bit. I've dealt with clinical depression/anxiety for decades, every morning particularly being a test of pushing through a wall of hopelessness & despair. A while ago I went into ketosis to experiment with energy and get rid of excess body fat (which worked. -my energy has increased and my gut has finally disappeared while I'm gaining hard muscle). One side-effect was that 40 years of depression/anxiety evaporated. -vaporized. -disappeared. This was unexpected. I then started looking into it and found countless testimonials of those who experienced the same phenomenon in ketosis. And, again, this interview has finally addressed the morning dread that has mystified me for years. Thanks for this.

[@skippy7208]

Thankfully I don’t have serious mental health conditions, ‘just’ common or garden anxiety with bouts of very low mood. I do suffer with waking up to severe dread/hopelessness/despair. It abates a bit once I’m up and about, and generally the evenings are tolerable. I’m convinced by the research these Doctors (and others) have done on the ketogenic diet and will give it a try 👍 So glad you’ve found relief from your depression 🙏 people who don’t suffer from it have no clue as to what it’s like to contend with on a daily basis and how hard it is just to get through the day.

[@miamendez2878]

Some of my favorite metabolic experts all in one podcast

[@tby62]

Dr Ian Campbell - you’ve been a major inspiration for me on my journey to heal my mental illness. All these amazing doctors have helped with the science and others have helped with their story - you’re the combination of the two.

[@charliehobson33]

This is fantastic, deserves more views

[@johnmadany9829]

Personally I noticed a distinct benefit just living with a steady glucose level. Probably low level ketosis. Then if I want to be fully in ketosis I just make some proportion changes in my diet. I have experienced freedom for medication as well as an energy level that keeps me strong even when working long days. Learning about LCHF revitalized my practice as a family physician. Very multi factorial. Some days my patient successes make me feel high. They did the work and I am their happy coach.

[@Soltech144]

Very informative! Have a lot to research so far …

[@EducaReal]

I have a hipothesis about the beggining of simptoms in early adulthood. I believe it happens when we stop growing, so our body cannot “process” carbohidrates anymore. Does it make sense to you?

[@awesometulips9427]

Levels team, please have a discussion on lactate, what results look like in results from common labs like Quest, what should be optimal levels, how fast levels can change, etc. Thanks for all these empowering education ❤ ❤❤

[@jimmcintyre4390]

YES! CME would help.

[@johnmadany9829]

I first saw improvements in mental health while treating metabolic syndrome in individuals with significant psychiatric conditions. I was just trying to mitigate the adverse metabolic effects of the medication's they were on. I think it is actually disingenuous on the part of practicing physicians to balk at a ketogenic diet because their patients already have metabolic syndrome. It does take a primary care physician to manage the prescribing that must take place. If you have a therapy that is already mentioned by the American Heart Association (in fine print so to speak) then why should we wait for the psychiatric data to come in. I'm not saying don't do the studies but there's plenty of indication to get to work ASAP.

[@julieking7857]

Particularly when meds with brutal side effects (including suicidality) are routinely prescribed off-label and in untested combinations. It is important to modulate meds while getting into ketosis -- it's like a dose change.

[@AndreasvomBodensee]

❤🎉

[@mark-c802]

a great deal of stress and its consequences is due to bad understanding models and metaphors, courtesy of shallow western myths and exoteric religious dogma...extensive jab schedules and plentiful pharma products are making things worse...ketogenic diets and amino acid therapies are promising...hfcs and over stimulated fructose pathways are causing neuro degeneration

[@proudchristian77]

U don't think this could be a behavior issue, like one bad behavior deserves another one, u beat someone up don't be sapprised if someone returns the deed , if u a thug u might be a sick thug later , 💝😳

[@johnmartinsen963]

you should change your name (handle)...pride has no place in Christianity 🙏🙏🙏

[@MichaelSalo]

What content in what video are you responding to?