The keto diet might help ease depression in people who aren't responding to antidepressants, a new study reports. People prescribed a keto diet had slightly lower symptoms of depression after six ...

The claim vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help people with the disorder, experts said. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Health Secretary Robert F.

A low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet might cure schizophrenia and other psychological disorders, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy said during a speech in ...

While medication for schizophrenia remains the gold standard for treatment, there's an emerging field known as metabolic psychiatry that may hold some promise as a complement to that approach. The ...

A long-term study found that while a ketogenic diet prevented weight gain, it also triggered major metabolic problems. Mice developed fatty liver disease, abnormal blood fats, and an impaired ability ...

Research in mice shows dangerous consequences of a very high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet. Keto was associated with fatty liver disease and harmed blood sugar regulation, with some changes happening ...

Being on the keto diet for a long time may does more harm than good to metabolic health. A yearlong study in mice showed that although the diet initially reduced their weight, over time it led to ...

Maybe you’ve seen an influencer make French fries out of almond flour. Or a sandwich recipe that swaps bread for fried cheese. They’re called keto meals, and they’re largely shared for one reason: to ...

The popular ketogenic, or keto, diet may accelerate the aging process, suggest studies in animals. According to a new murine, or mouse, study, this effect of the diet is primarily restricted to males.

Originally developed as a treatment for epilepsy in the 1920s, the keto diet is a low-carbohydrate and high-fat diet made possible by the metabolic process ketosis. The diet had a resurgence in ...

The West’s fixation on therapy culture and ambiguous mental-health goals such as “wellness” often fails to address the needs of individuals with the most severe mental illnesses. These conditions — ...

Scientists have long suspected the keto diet might be able to calm an overactive immune system and help some people with diseases like multiple sclerosis. Now, they have reason to believe it could be ...