Lessons from More Than a Century of Ketogenic Therapies - with Gary Taubes

Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist. He is the author of many acclaimed books focusing on the ketogenic diet. Metabolic Mind Director Dr. Bret Scher interviewed Taubes at the 2023 8th Global Symposium on Ketogenic Therapies, and Taubes shared that the “case for keto” is simple– it puts many disease states into remission. A more complicated issue is the “stickiness problem”: Why, despite more than a century of history showing safety and, in many cases, efficacy, is ketogenic therapy still underutilized? Taubes gives an overview of the long history of ketogenic therapy in diabetes and epilepsy. He posits that the field of psychiatry may be more receptive to ketogenic treatment due to widespread dissatisfaction with current stand-of-care drug therapies. Taube’s The Case for Keto is a fantastic resource for anyone exploring a ketogenic diet. Be sure to check out his latest book, Rethinking Diabetes. Gary Taubes - https://garytaubes.com/ Twitter @garytaubes Books to read by Gary Taubes: The Case for Keto https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/052... Rethinking Diabetes https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Dia... 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. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 2:43 The history of ketogenic therapy 5:49 How insulin changed diabetes care 9:05 History of ketogenic therapy in diabetes care 15:54 Will a keto diet cause heart disease? 18:40 How a hypothesis impacts theories, research and interventions 22:38 Noise in research 28:10 How high-fat diets got blamed for heart disease in diabetes care 30:29 Applying history to the future of ketogenic therapy #MetabolicMind #KetoForMentalHealth #MetabolicPsychiatry #BipolarTreatment #MetabolicNeuroscience #KetogenicMetabolicTherapy #DepressionTreatment #NutritionalKetosis #MentalIllnessTreatment #MentalHealthIsMetabolicHealth #BipolarDiet