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Diet & nutrition

We are what we eat. That can be especially true when living with bipolar. Developing research suggests that low-carb or keto diets may help your symptoms and medication-induced weight gain.

Change You Diet, Change Your Mind

Change You Diet, Change Your Mind

A number of our group have experienced improvements in bipolar symptoms through changing to a low carbohydrate diet. This highly recommended book explains why and how through a mixture of hard science and practical nutrition advice including recipes.

Harvard Doctor Chris Palmer Recommends Diet for Mental Disorders

Harvard Doctor Chris Palmer Recommends Diet for Mental Disorders

Mikhaila Peterson speaks with Dr. Chris Palmer who has worked in psychiatry for over 23 years and currently serves as an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He just released a new book “Brain Energy” which outlines the role of ketogenic or low-carb diets as an effective treatment for mood disorders and their root causes.

Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry

Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry

The Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry is working at the interface of mental and physical health by looking at how metabolism affects bipolar and other conditions. Home of the ketogenic diet for bipolar trial.

Edinburgh Clinic of Nutrition

Edinburgh Clinic of Nutrition

As a nutritional therapist, I believe that eating should be pleasurable, and what we eat should provide us with the building blocks for good health.

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