Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can 'Cure' Schizophrenia

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/politics/kennedy-keto-diet-schizophrenia.html

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserted on 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.

Mr. 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,” Mr. 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.”

Mr. Kennedy was apparently referring to Dr. Christopher Palmer, who in 2019 wrote about “two patients with longstanding 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.”

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Fucking monster

[eShirl]

1. malicious whackadoodle quack

[Deep State Witch]

2. Keto Is Good For Some Neurologic Issues

The Keto diet has helped people with some neurologic problems like epilepsy and bipolar. There is some research being done at Stanford to see whether it is useful for schizophrenia. However, Bobby Brainworm claiming that it "cures" schizophrenia is a huge jump.

BTW, my husband is on the Spectrum. We did keto all through the pandemic, and maintain a low-carb diet now. It didn't do squat for his autism.

[Raven123]

3. If Jr. is correct, we all need to know what he is eating so we can avoid it

[markodochartaigh]

4. The whole regime is a sick joke on health care.

Yesterday The Whizzer of Oz sent out an email to Medicare recipients touting a healthy diet. Within a week of suggesting that if we only started working immediately after high school, worked harder, and worked past 65 we could pay off the national debt.
"May I have another bowl of gruel, sir."

[bif]

5. DUPE!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220999752

[Nevilledog]

6. Mine is a NYT article, that is the Washington Examiner.

[Initech]

7. There is a special place in hell for wellness industry quacks like RFK Jr.