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[–] celeste@kbin.earth 41 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The evidence that ketogenic diet might help with schizophrenia symptom remission comes from two case reports that Palmer published in Schizophrenia Research in 2019. When discussing them, Palmer was quick to emphasise that “yes, it’s only two”, and that “case reports don’t prove anything. They’re not controlled. They come with tremendous amounts of bias.” But, Palmer noted, that can be important for generating hypotheses about what treatments might work. Palmer thought it was valuable to publish these case reports because remission of schizophrenia symptoms is incredibly rare.

Two case studies! The scientist quoted knows that it means nothing! Don't read one article that might show something that confirms your bias and go "this is real."

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

"But even the doctor who wrote about it says it isn't a cure."

"What the fuck does he know?"

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why would literally anyone listen to this coke-fried man whose had actual fucking worms crawling around in his actual fucking brain?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

also HEROIN damaged brain, who drove his family member to OD on it, plus cocaine, and decades of parasite exposure. and he resulted in 80+ somoan Dead children by advising them to not take the MEASLES VACCINE.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

But he's snorted cocaine off a toilet seat, he's just like me or you! So relatable.

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who would have guessed you could cure mental illness back thousands of years by eating exclusively chicken.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's a carnivore diet. A ketogenic diet can be vegan.

Not that I'm recommending a vegan keto diet, I'm just saying you got your diets mixed up.

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

When has RFK ever suggested a vegan diet? The article referenced a "red meat, whole milk and animal fats" diet. So my mistake I should have said steak not chicken.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Whole milk has more sugar than it has fat.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's true, sorry. Raw milk has more sugar than it has fat. (it's basically the same as whole milk)

[–] nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Whole milk + live bacteria!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

that is where you get all your essential parasites.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

No evidence behind most of what this walking crime against humanity says

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nothing this snake oil salesman says is ever backed by any evidence.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 2 weeks ago

someone has been brain damaged by cocaine and heroin should not be giving medical advice, and likely a parasirtic infection in his youth(before his divorce)

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago

Has anyone found evidence behind the claim that RJK Jr can integrate novel information?

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kennedy Jr’s statement probably referred to the Harvard psychiatrist Dr Christopher Palmer, who said he has “never once used the word ‘cure’ in my work. I have never claimed to have cured any mental illness, including schizophrenia,” but added: “I have talked about ketogenic diet being a very powerful treatment, even to the point of inducing remission of symptoms of schizophrenia.”

RFK is a crackpot moving way too fast. At the same time, The Guardian is equally misleading in its headline here.

There IS evidence that Schizophrenia, like a lot of other disorders (epilepsy, Alzheimer's, Bipolar, etc) have links to the microbiome. Here is a paper analyzing various studies into keto as an effective treatment for schizophrenia. It's not perfect, it's not for everyone, and more research is needed.

Technically the Guardian is correct when they say there is no evidence that keto can "cure", but I find it very misleading when there is a decent bit of evidence that it is an effective treatment.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've suspected for a while now that a good chunk of common health issues might be caused by malnutrition. Like energy needs are being met and/or exceeded, but not necessarily the case for each nutrient.

Like I've started to recognize when I'm protein deficient. I get a headache and general unwell feeling. I'll have an appetite for things with protein but it doesn't just feel like hunger.

And personally, if I'm feeling depressed and unmotivated to do anything, even what's usually fun, I can resolve that with a vitamin b-complex supplement (usually I take vitamin D and K2 with it, so those could be playing a role), and if that doesn't have me feeling better (as in normal, not just "less depressed") within 15 minutes or so, I also take a magnesium supplement. This may or may not work for anyone else (it requires that your depression be caused by b and/or magnesium deficiency), but it has consistently worked for me since 2020, when it helped get over the exhaustion that might have been long covid.

Micronutrients are essential for many different body functions and I think it's easy to miss some if you don't have a lot of variety in your regular diet, especially if you mostly eat processed stuff where the process could inadvertently remove or change the nutrients into something we can't absorb.

I agree that one's biome can also play a big role, though I think nutrient intake (both what you consume and what you absorb) and gut biome health can end up in a vicious cycle because those microbes also need the right nutrients to stay healthy and can be exposed to substances that are fine for us but toxic to them. I haven't looked in a while, but this was my objection to all the studies that "showed" glyphosate was safe, as the ones I saw were mostly about how it doesn't react with any of our own bio-processes, but no information about whether that's the same for the bacteria we have a symbiotic relationship with.

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I think that's an important line to walk: the conversation between the body and the mind. A lot of people in my life seem to really struggle with body awareness. They wait for the signals from their bodies to reach a certain threshold before paying attention. It's like waiting until your car's low fuel light is flashing before starting to look for a gas station.

On the other hand, you can go too far... But maybe that's a good thing? The placebo effect is real. Any time I take supplements, especially when the science is mixed, I wonder whether the supplement actually works or if it's just placebo. But at the end of the day I don't care which. I still take my vitamin D in the winter, my vitamin C when I start to feel a cold coming on.

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[–] Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Unless I'm mistaken he doesn't even make money off the keto diet, this is just stupidity for stupidity's sake

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He makes money off of stupidity, though; his and others.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

anti-vaxxers were an UNTAPPED grifting "natural resources", before COVID, it always existed in the fringe and always were midwestern moms/families who ironically believe in chronic lyme too.

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s more insidious than that. In general, meat forward diet influencers are entry points into the conservative pipeline. You start out seeking to improve your health and very quickly end up exposed to jordan peterson types who will ominously warn you of the “normalization of inadequacy” among the general public and suggest progressively more conservative content as a pathway to achieving your full potential.

So in essence, though he may not seem to directly benefit, by highlighting these types of diets he knows plenty of people will hop on youtube or whatever and get algorithm’d right back into the broader MAHA/MAGA sphere

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I give him one thing that keto diet works for dropping weight but it’s hard to sustain

[–] nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a brutally boring diet after awhile.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I lost like thirty pounds but I started having weird and elaborate pancakes cravings and dreams. It was weird

[–] nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Basically the same here, but it was pizza crust dreams.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look at the last year.

Now imagine permanently living in a conservative America.

That's a reality we're actually facing because Americans can't get their shit together.

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don’t those who experience seizures eat a keto diet?

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's a treatment for people who don't respond to medicine.

https://www.epilepsy.com/treatment/dietary-therapies/ketogenic-diet

It's pretty interesting! I listened to a medical history podcast about keto years ago.

https://maximumfun.org/transcripts/sawbones/transcript-sawbones-ketogenic-diet Apparently the diet started as a treatment for epilepsy. Way back in history people noticed that if you were inclined to have seizures and were starving, you had fewer seizures. In the early 1900s there were experiments to figure out how to reduce seizures without, you know, starving them to death. keto!

I wouldn't be shocked if keto had some kind of effect on the brain that helps with schizophrenia, but there's no real info yet.

[–] xep@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

There are an increasing number of case studies for Bipolar Disorder, as well as pilot trials. If you're interested, there is a YouTube channel called Keto Bipolar with interviews that you could take a look at.

[–] michaelalf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting. Just to correct you though, BPD is Borderline Personality Disorder not Bipolar.

[–] xep@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you for the correction, I'll edit my post.

[–] paperdoll@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As a bipolar person I tried the keto diet. It made me super manic and I ended up in the hospital so ymmv

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm keto and I don't have schizophrenia so it must be true.

/s

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

It just keeps the brain worms satiated and quiet for a brief moment.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

He so close - it's not the Keto Diet, it's brain-worms from eating the roadkill.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

"Experts, schmexperts. I'm on the salt and beef diet, and that cures everything!"

-- "wellness" morons, probably

[–] texture@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

obviously false claim has no proof, wowzers. lol

[–] BiglyFlyBye@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have no expertise but found Dr Christopher Palmer's book interesting: https://brainenergy.com/

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

There's a day coming when most Americans will have very limited access to real medicine. A plurality will have to depend on quackery and home remedies.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck you, Bobby.

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