People can successfully lose weight that they’ve gained as a result of antipsychotic and other psychiatric medications for bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, and other mental health disorders. But the advice to eat low-fat, low-calorie diets simply doesn’t work for most people, and that’s why it is worth considering ketogenic therapy as a way to lose weight, improve hunger, and potentially treat psychiatric symptoms.

The scope of this problem is significant, as stubborn weight gain is a common side effect of psychiatric medications. And people struggle to lose weight despite doing everything they are told. Many doctors are now turning to GLP1 agonist drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic. But there's another way that more doctors should be aware of - ketogenic therapy. By understanding the impact of ketogenic therapy, doctors and patients may start to see improvement in unwanted weight gain.

Follow our channel for more information and education from Bret Scher, MD, FACC, including interviews with leading experts in Metabolic Psychiatry.

Learn more about metabolic psychiatry and find helpful resources at https://metabolicmind.org/


About us:
Metabolic Mind™ is a nonprofit initiative incubated by Baszucki Group. Our mission is to provide education and resources in the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry, including ketogenic interventions for mental disorders.

Our channel is for informational purposes only. We are not providing individual or group medical or healthcare advice nor establishing a provider-patient relationship. Many of the interventions we discuss can have dramatic or potentially dangerous effects if done without proper supervision. Consult your healthcare provider before changing your lifestyle or medications.

Publications referenced in this video:
The Burden of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain and Metabolic Syndrome in Children
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...

Weight and metabolic changes in early psychosis―association with daily quantification of medication exposure during the first hospitalization
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...

Weight-Gain in Psychiatric Treatment: Risks, Implications, and Strategies for Prevention and Management
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Do ketogenic diets really suppress appetite? A systematic review and meta-analysis
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...

The effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and a low-fat diet on mood, hunger, and other self-reported symptoms
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17228...

Perceived hunger is lower and weight loss is greater in overweight premenopausal women consuming a low-carbohydrate/high-protein vs high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16129...

Effects of Low-Carbohydrate and Low-Fat Diets
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

A lower-carbohydrate, higher-fat diet reduces abdominal and intermuscular fat and increases insulin sensitivity in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25527...

Dietary carbohydrate restriction improves metabolic syndrome independent of weight loss
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31217...

Timestamps:
0:00 Weight gain with psychiatric medications
01:20 Standard weight loss advice
01:40 The problem of weight gain from psychiatric medications
02:20 Most common psychiatric medications to cause weight gain
03:20 The role of hunger and satiety in weight gain
04:07 Health risks of weight gain and metabolic dysfunction
04:50 Nutritional ketosis for treating weight gain
06:35 Ketosis can treat psychiatric symptoms

#MetabolicMind
#KetoForMentalHealth
#MetabolicPsychiatry
#BipolarTreatment
#KetogenicMetabolicTherapy
#NutritionalKetosis
#MentalIllness
#Bipolar
#GLP1
#Ozempic
#Wegovy
#WeightLoss
#PsychMeds
#WeightGain