The Impact of the Ketogenic Diet on Depression and Psychological Wellbeing: A Randomised Controlled Trial with Integrated Qualitative Analysis

E Bellamy - 2024 - repository.uel.ac.uk
Background and aims: There is evidence to suggest that a ketogenic diet (KD) may help to
alleviate psychiatric symptoms, including depression, but this has not been studied�…

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the efficacy and mechanisms of a ketogenic diet as adjunctive treatment for people with treatment-resistant depression: A protocol for a�…

M Gao, M Kirk, E Lash, H Knight…�- Journal of Psychiatric�…, 2024 - Elsevier
Background One-third of people with depression do not respond to antidepressants, and,
after two adequate courses of antidepressants, are classified as having treatment-resistant�…

Understanding the experiences of ketogenic metabolic therapy for people living with varying levels of depressive symptoms: a thematic analysis

EL Bellamy, F Hadjiefthyvoulou, J Walsh…�- Frontiers in�…, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Evidence suggests that a ketogenic diet (KD) may help to alleviate psychiatric
symptoms, including depression and anxiety. Positive changes have been reported such as�…

[HTML][HTML] The KDEP Trial: Protocol for a phase II, multicenter, open label, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of ketogenic diet for symptomatic�…

G Kakani, TLIA Alves, F Ata…�- …�and Practice of�…, 2022 - journal.ppcr.org
Introduction: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a disease with a high economic burden
across the world, mainly secondary to a decrease in work performance and pill burden�…

[HTML][HTML] Ketogenic therapy for major depressive disorder: A review of neurobiological evidence

D Shamshtein, T Liwinski�- Recent Progress in Nutrition, 2022 - lidsen.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating illness that places a great burden on
global health. A ketogenic diet, which has traditionally been used for treating refractory�…

The Effects of a Medically Supervised Ketogenic Diet on Major Depressive Disorder: A Pilot Study

AD Bambokian - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Background. Major depressive disorder is a potentially severe mental illness characterized
by two core symptoms, the presence of a despondent mood and anhedonia. The first�…

Efficacy of low carbohydrate and ketogenic diets in treating mood and anxiety disorders: systematic review and implications for clinical practice

DM Dietch, J Kerr-Gaffney, M Hockey, W Marx…�- BJPsych�…, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background There is mounting interest in the potential efficacy of low carbohydrate and very
low carbohydrate ketogenic diets in various neurological and psychiatric disorders. Aims To�…

[PDF][PDF] The lived experience of healthy adults following a ketogenic diet: A qualitative study

C Harvey, G Schofield…�- The Journal of Holistic�…, 2018 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Background. Very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets (VLCKDs) promote benefits for a range
of health conditions. However, there is little research elucidating the 'lived experience'of�…

[HTML][HTML] The Potential Effects of the Ketogenic Diet in the Prevention and Co-Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Schizophrenia, and Bipolar Disorder: From the�…

M Chrysafi, C Jacovides, SK Papadopoulou, E Psara…�- Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: The ketogenic diet (KD) has been highly developed in the past for the
treatment of epileptic pathological states in children and adults. Recently, the current re�…

[HTML][HTML] Ketogenic diet has a positive association with mental and emotional well-being in the general population

S Garner, E Davies, E Barkus, AK Kraeuter�- Nutrition, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives A ketogenic diet reduces pathologic stress and improves mood in
neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the effects of a ketogenic�…