{"id":8976,"date":"2026-08-26T11:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8976"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:39:11","slug":"how-your-metabolism-could-alter-your-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8976","title":{"rendered":"How your metabolism could alter your mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In 2009, medical student <u>Shebani Sethi<\/u> watched a patient in a weight loss program make a remarkable recovery. The dietary intervention she underwent alleviated her schizophrenia symptoms, something the woman had tried \u2013 and failed \u2013 to treat with medication for years. That experience sent Shebani down a medical path that would lead her to treating mental health in a radically different way. Today host <u>Emily Kwong<\/u> talks to Shebani about the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry and how ketogenic metabolic therapy may treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8970\">Hollywood\u2019s summer box office is glowing, but the numbers come with startling caveats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>plus.npr.org.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2009, medical student <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/profiles\/shebani-sethi\"target=\"_blank\"   >Shebani Sethi<\/a> watched a patient in a weight loss program make a remarkable recovery. The dietary intervention she underwent alleviated her schizophrenia symptoms, something the woman had tried \u2013 and failed \u2013 to treat with medication for years. That experience sent Shebani down a medical path that would lead her to treating mental health in a radically different way. Today host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/767284140\/emily-kwong\"target=\"_blank\"   >Emily Kwong<\/a> talks to Shebani about the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry and how ketogenic metabolic therapy may treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Shebani\u2019s <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s44220-026-00609-5\"target=\"_blank\"   ><strong>article on metabolic psychiatry here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Interested in more lifestyle science? 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