The Keto Psychiatrist: What Keto Is Really Doing To Your Body! Can It Cure 43% Of Mental Illness?

The Diary Of A CEO ^ | Jan 16, 2025

[metmom]

Dr Georgia Ede is a Harvard trained psychiatrist specialising in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. She is the author of the book, ‘Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A powerful plan to improve mood, overcome anxiety and protect memory for a lifetime of optimal mental health’.

This one is 1:30 long.

Check the time stamps for the parts that might interest you the most.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7tnfSPySb0

[Big Red Clay]

Bkmk

[metmom]

What do you do for B12 and Vitamin D?

[miniTAX]

‘The one question I didn’t hear addressed was the claim that the keto diet is hard on the kidneys’

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That’s the usual claim, based on the (false) idea that making the kidney or the liver works harder is bad. By the same people who claim that making your heart or your biceps work harder is... good. Claims.

Clinically, there is no evidence keto is bad for the kidney, or at least worse than a standard diet. Dr Westmann, who has a keto clinic healing patients with chronic diseases but the keto diet has addressed the question in one of his video. If someone knows anything about it, it’s him, not some random doctor, scientist or nutrionnist.

There is still *theorically* risks of kidney stone, not because of the kidney “working harder” but because of oxalates. In that sense (and in many others), keto is inferior to carnivore.

[little jeremiah]

Vit D sun or tablets, B12 in milk products. Let me look...I also use nutritional yeast which has B 12 in it.

Milk Products with Vitamin B12
Milk and other dairy products are significant sources of vitamin B12, with 250 mL of milk providing approximately 50% of an adult’s daily requirement.
This includes milk, cheese, and yogurt, which are considered excellent sources of the vitamin.
Studies have shown that consuming dairy products like milk and yogurt is associated with higher vitamin B12 blood levels.

Milk is a key source of vitamin B12, with the vitamin naturally present in cow’s milk, synthesized by ruminal microflora in ruminants.
The vitamin B12 content in milk can vary by source, ranging from 2.50 to 3.85 μg/L.
Cheese and yogurt are also important contributors to dietary vitamin B12 intake, with studies indicating they are significant sources for vegetarians and individuals with low meat consumption.

[logi_cal869]

There are risks, but the carveout is the term ‘healthy individuals.’

Somewhat contrasting viewpoints, but both good resources:

https://www.verywellhealth.com/is-ketosis-dangerous-8699674

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10121483/

I think the major takeaway is that engaging such a ‘diet’ without guidance & monitoring by a 3rd party - physician would be ideal, i.e., Naturopath - carries an unhealthy dose of risk.

Personally, I find the entire concept of zero/low carbs to be antithetical to ‘health’, but I’m in the distinct minority despite zero bias and direct experience with multiple dietary endeavors, including zero/low carbs.

There are better ways to lose weight than putting the body into an unhealthy state.

[minnesota_bound]

We know vegetarians are crazy people!
They need a good hamburger to cure them.
It includes veggies...

[Freee-dame]

Where would a person on the keto diet who is lactose intolerant get their vitamin B 12? This is a sincere question looking for information.

[metmom]

Yum!

Looks GOOD!

[little jeremiah]

Even lactose intelerant people can often eat cheese, from what I’ve read. There is lactose free or reduced milk available, I’ve seen in the past. The other option is nutritional yeast, which is quite tasty. I’ve used it for decades. A lot more info at the link.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nutritional-yeast

Just 2 teaspoons (5 grams) of fortified nutritional yeast contain (2Trusted Source):

Calories: 20
Protein: 3 grams
Fat: 0 grams
Carbs: 2 grams
Sugar: 0 grams
Fiber: 4% of the Daily Value (DV)
Riboflavin (vitamin B2): 246% of the DV
Niacin (vitamin B3): 109% of the DV
Vitamin B6: 212% of the DV
Folate (vitamin B9): 59% of the DV
Vitamin B12: 313% of the DV
Iron: 2% of the DV
Potassium: 2% of the DV

[Freee-dame]

Thank you for this information. I will check into nutritional yeast. I have not found a cheese that works for me. The older I get,the less tolerant I am of anything with lactose.