Can ketogenic therapy reduce the risk of psychosis in people at high risk? Thanks to the @BaszuckiGroup, we may soon have an answer.

"Mental illness needs visibility more urgently than almost any other area of medicine and health care." I couldn't agree more. Thanks to @Nature and @wellcometrust for this new initiative!

Mental health influencers: depression is made up, ADHD is a collab between Big Pharma and the cartels, Autism is just weird kids, schizophrenia is talking with god Psychiatrists: so, what can you offer these people who may ask you for help? Influencers:

Sometimes the body goes wrong. I have proximal focal femoral deficiency which means my left femur and the bones adjacent did not develop in the womb and my leg had to be amputated so I could wear an artificial leg with a knee joint. The usual number of legs for a human remains two. My one leg is not proof that another kind of human exists - I am a human with a genetic disorder. Exactly the same with DSDs. The body’s failure to fully develop along either male or female lines is not proof of a third or fourth or fifth sex or proof that sex doesn’t exist. They are rare examples of genetic disorders.

I've never received as much attention from the press as over the past two weeks, all centered around one question: Can keto "cure" schizophrenia? Here's my nuanced response to this question. newsletter.brainenergy.com/c…

There has been zero research on impact of using desexed language in the UK and the govt health research funder has rejected funding applications because it is "terrible" to study such things and not aligned with Queer theory. Please support this petition petition.parliament.uk/petit…

As a psychiatrist, I was trained to believe that severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were lifelong and largely irreversible—caused by faulty neurodevelopment, the kindling effect, or some form of permanent brain damage. But when a ketogenic diet can restore brain function in some individuals—even temporarily—it challenges everything we thought we knew. It suggests the brain may not be irreparably broken. That healing is possible. That recovery isn’t just wishful thinking, but a real, physiological process we can support. This opens up an entirely new paradigm for treating serious mental illness—one grounded in science, metabolism, and hope.

🚨BREAKING: Today We Launch a £7.9M RCT Investigating a Ketogenic Diet & NHS Eatwell Diet for Bipolar🚀 Following from our recent ketogenic diet pilot study, I'm looking forward to working with an incredible team on this project funded by @wellcometrust! 🧵 @janellison @DavidBaszucki @matthewbaszucki @ChrisPalmerMD @GeorgiaEdeMD @ShebaniMD @bschermd @Metabolic_Mind @Radiantbeasting @MikhailaFuller @AKoutnik @hubermanlab @drmarkhyman @tferriss

The Rights of Women By Robert Burns 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 How our forefathers and the likes of Adam Smith and Robert Burns protected women in link below. Douglas Ross is absolutely correct in this link below calling out @ScotParl presiding officer. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿was built on the respect for women.That respect and protectionism has been eroded and left us women in ‘No Mans Land’. It is a national disgrace that this government continues to spend our monies on court cases to defend the un defendable. If only @scotgov had same respect as this Robert Burns poem. The silence and respect for Scotlands women is deafening by the Scottish Government. Any man or woman in the Scottish or the UK Parliament who does-not protect our women does not deserve to hold public office. 'The Rights of Women' also refers to the role of the female in eighteenth-century society. The poet states that 'The Rights of Woman merit some attention'. The rights of which Burns speaks are 'protection', 'decorum' (or good manners) and 'admiration'. Society must protect and respect the delicacy of the female sex, and so Burns can be seen to assume a stance typical of his time. The eighteenth-century notion of sentiment. The eighteenth-century notion of sentiment propagated by enlightenment thinkers such as Adam Smith did place women in what was considered to be a crucial role within society.

@bryan_johnson is correct in saying mental states are deeply influenced by metabolic physiology. Glucose dysregulation, inflammation, sleep disruption, hormones, medications, stress, mitochondrial function, etc. all shape cognition, mood, anxiety, emotional reactivity, etc. That said, it’s more complex than food alone or metabolic syndrome criteria—and we should be careful with language like “craziness” or mania. People with mental illness are already stigmatized enough. Nonetheless, science increasingly points to brain and whole-body metabolism as a powerful, underappreciated driver of mental health.

New Case Study: A medical ketogenic diet shows promising metabolic and neurological benefits in treatment-resistant schizophrenia Thanks, @ProfDeannaK, for leading this research trial! frontiersin.org/journals/psy…

If you’ve never known or seen someone with a serious mental illness, count your blessings. But please keep your speculations about the validity and cause(s) of mental illness to yourself. You likely have no clue what you’re talking about.

“The greatest privilege in life is to become a source of hope for others.” Each one of us has the ability to offer hope. Use it—and use it often.

Repost and drop a 👍 if you are going to wear a poppy this year?

My nephew Imran is missing. Last seen in the Swansea valley area. Please if you recognise him and know where he is or where he might be or if he has been harmed or at risk of being harmed please ring South Wales Police on 999 or 101 . This is really important as he has some health issues.

"No TERFs, No Tories"... Nothing to be proud of. If your staff wear a badge like this at work or you put a sign up, that's unlawful discrimination.

"Baby loss can be absolutely devastating and so many experience it." This week we welcomed Baroness Merron, Minister for Women’s Health, to our National Centre for Preterm Birth Research. Baroness Merron found out more about our lifesaving work: bit.ly/4nkVbza

We’ve had an incredible time raising awareness of metabolic psychiatry and sharing resources with thousands of attendees at the American Academy of Family Physicians Annual Conference #AAFPFMX. @bschermd delivered a fantastic talk—and the room was so packed we ran out of seats! A real sea change is underway: many providers shared their excitement about offering alternative treatment options for patients struggling with mental health challenges. We’re also raffling off copies of @ChrisPalmerMD's Brain Energy & @GeorgiaEdeMD's Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind—two books we love recommending to practitioners eager to help patients heal and transform their lives.

What an extraordinary life Jane Goodall led, and what an incredible impact she had on the planet and all the creatures in it.

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