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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 say.

At an event in Tennessee on Wednesday touting new nutrition guidelines that emphasize eating a diet rich in red meat, whole milk and animal fats, Kennedy said that a doctor at Harvard had “cured schizophrenia using keto diets” and that there were studies showing people “lose their bipolar diagnosis by changing their diet.”

In his speech, Kennedy mentioned a “Dr. Pollan” at Harvard, but there appears to be no such person there or elsewhere who has studied the keto diet and its effect on schizophrenia; he may have meant to cite Christopher Palmer, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Palmer co-authored a 2025 study that reviewed the evidence for the ketogenic diet as a possible treatment for schizophrenia. It found that small pilot studies suggested that the diet may improve some symptoms of the disorder in some people. But Palmer emphasizes that other people with the condition may not see any improvement with the keto diet."

(Yesterday 01:34 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: [ -> ]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 say. [...]

Clearly, this cure is not working for Kennedy himself. Whatever is psychologically wrong with him, it's due to more than just that early 14 years of heroin addiction from age fifteen.

I wonder if a keto diet would cure brain worms.

LOL Well that confirms it!

It's funny how people will scoff at simple facts just because someone they don't like says something vaguely related to them.

Feelings over rationality. 9_9

You're as idiotic as RFK if you think the keto diet cures schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

(Yesterday 05:00 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: [ -> ]You're as idiotic as RFK if you think the keto diet cures schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Illiterate moron, where do you imagine I said anything about keto diet, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder?
You're so blinded by your hate that you scoffed at simple scientific facts because you simply imagined they were supporting someone you don't like.

You're so easy to manipulate.

You're still as idiotic as RFK if you think the keto diet cures schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

(Yesterday 04:08 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: [ -> ]You're still as idiotic as RFK if you think the keto diet cures schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Still can't read worth a damn, huh?
I never claimed anything like that. Learn to read simple English, instead of just imagining what you think you read... or the voices in your head confusing you again.

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