What metabolic psychiatry is
The idea itself — that some mental illness may involve how brain cells make and use energy — explained without the hype, and marked clearly as a hypothesis under investigation.
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Seven pieces covering the idea, the evidence, the food, the risks and the conversation with your doctor. All free to read, all general education, none of it a treatment.
What this way of eating involves
Exactly what is on the plate and what is not: meat, fish, eggs and animal fats, very little or no carbohydrate, and in the strictest version no plant foods at all.
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Why a bipolar finding is not a depression finding
The distinction that nearly every article about this gets wrong, and how to spot it being got wrong.
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The risks, and what to have checked
Nutrient shortfalls, raised cholesterol, the first fortnight, and the bloods worth having before and after you change anything.
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Doing it as safely as possible
If you are going to try it: variety, offal and fish, salt and fluid, what to watch for, and when to stop.
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Talking to your doctor about it
How to raise an emerging research area with a clinician, which medicines need attention, and what to ask for.
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Restriction, and when this is a bad idea
The article this site would be dishonest without: who should not try this, and why restriction and low mood are a difficult combination.
Read the guideNone of this is a treatment, and none of it replaces care. If your mood has been low for weeks, see your GP — or in England, refer yourself straight to NHS talking therapies. This site describes a restrictive way of eating; if food feels hard to control, speak to your GP first, and Beat offers free, confidential support. For individual dietary advice, ask to be referred to a registered dietitian.
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