Grand Rounds – “Ketogenic Diet in Medicine and Psychiatry”
In this video presentation, Dr. Palmer shares research and his use of ketogenic medical therapy to treat mental illness. The presentation was given to fellow medical professionals as “Grand Rounds.” McLean Hospital is an affiliated teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.
Thank you so much for the “Ketogenic Diet in Medicine and Psychiatry” talk at McLeans. I am a community psychiatrist in Eugene, Oregon, and I learned a lot about fats, cardiovascular/mortality risks and the keto diet.
We are wanting to help my daughter, who has schizophrenia and has been on Clozapine for 3-4 years. She has somehow remained thin — until recently, when she’s started gaining weight (15 lbs in the past month), craving carbs. She’s willing to try a ketogenic diet. Do you have a journal article or video that is a bit more prescriptive/detailed about what the prescriber needs to do to monitor their patient (or daughter, who sees another psychiatrist who is short on time but has good intentions)? Thank you!
I would recommend working with a licensed ketogenic dietician. You can find 3 of them here: https://www.chrispalmermd.com/clinicians-doctors-coach-dietitian/
Alternatively, you can refer to the book – The Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets: Treatments for Epilepsy and Other Disorders – in order to get a comprehensive overvieww of what is involved.