The health secretary claimed twice earlier this month that the high-fat, low-carb keto diet can "cure" mental illness.

Ketogenic diets do show promise for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but the research is preliminary and not backed by randomized controlled trials.

Dr. Christopher M. Palmer said in an interview that the keto diet, while promising, did not “cure” schizophrenia as the health secretary had claimed. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Ellen Barry A Harvard ...

A ketogenic diet - one that is high in fat and extremely low in carbohydrates - has been known for decades to reduce seizures ...

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 ...

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.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserted Wednesday that the keto diet could cure schizophrenia -- an unfounded claim that experts say vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the ...

A well-designed new study suggests that the keto diet may modestly alleviate symptoms for people with treatment-resistant depression. The keto diet is high in healthy fats and low in carbohydrates. It ...

U.S. health and human services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s claim that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet may cure certain psychiatric conditions is misleading and not backed by evidence, experts ...

People prescribed a keto diet had slightly lower symptoms of depression after six weeks compared to others encouraged to eat more plant-based foods, researchers reported Feb. 4 in JAMA Psychiatry. “A ...

Patients with treatment-resistant depression showed improvement on the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire versus a control diet at 6 weeks in a randomized trial. No difference was seen between groups ...