Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says steak, butter and keto can cure serious mental illness
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserted Wednesday that the keto diet could cure schizophrenia -- an unfounded claim that experts say vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help patients with the disorder.
Kennedy made the remarks while traveling in Tennessee as part of his national tour to urge Americans to"eat real food" -- a message he is delivering in conjunction with his recent overhaul of federal dietary guidelines, which now emphasize protein and fats, including steak, cheese, butter and whole milk, over carbohydrates. "We now know that the things that you eat are driving mental illness in this country," Kennedy told a crowd at the Tennessee State Capitol, adding that a doctor at Harvard had"cured schizophrenia using keto diets." He went on,"There are studies right now that I saw two days ago where people lose their bipolar diagnosis by changing their diet." Kennedy was apparently referring to Dr. Christopher Palmer, who in 2019 wrote about"two patients with long-standing schizophrenia who experienced complete remission of symptoms" with the keto diet. He said both patients"were able to stop antipsychotic medications and have remained in remission for years now." More recently, Palmer and his colleagues described the diet as a"promising therapeutic approach for schizophrenia." Palmer did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Ex // Top Stories Hardworking SF nonprofit staffer gets unexpected Super Bowl surprise Isaac Gray wasn’t sure he could make a philanthropic event Thursday. When he did, he got an astonishing gift from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell SF unions, biz groups cross Rubicon with duelling ballot measures Both committed to battle Friday by filing to qualify ballot measures to raise or lower levies, with a focus on the Overpaid Executive Tax SoMa residents frustrated with homelessness, drug services opening Neighborhood leaders say new law dedicated to spreading out homeless services in The City isn’t working Kennedy has a history of promoting ideas with little to no scientific evidence to back them up. He has rejected established evidence that HIV is the cause of AIDS, pushed the idea that COVID-19 was"ethnically targeted" to spare Jews and Chinese people, and repeatedly insisted that vaccines are a possible cause of autism despite a lack of proof. The popular ketogenic diet typically consists of at least 70% of calories derived from fat, less than 10% from carbohydrates and less than 20% from protein. It has been hailed as a way to lose weight, but it also poses risks to heart health. Some small short-term studies, including one at Stanford University,"offer very preliminary evidence" that the diet"might be helpful" in patients with schizophrenia, said Dr. Paul S. Appelbaum, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and past president of the American Psychiatric Association. But it is"simply misleading to suggest that we know that ketogenic diets can improve schizophrenia symptoms, much less that they can 'cure' the condition," he said.
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