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Experts say there is no credible evidence ketogenic diets cure schizophrenia; some small studies suggest possible symptom improvement, but claims of a cure are misleading.
- On Thursday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was fact-checked after claiming Harvard University scientists had `cured` a schizophrenia patient with the keto diet in Tennessee.
- The Times interviewed multiple experts who pushed back on Kennedy's broad framing that the food Americans eat is `driving mental illness`, calling the claim `simply misleading`.
- Data-first: Small short-term studies `offer very preliminary evidence` but fall short of proving a cure, Columbia psychiatry professor Dr. Mark Olfson criticized the weak evidence base.
- Psychiatrist Sasha Hamdani, MD, debunked Kennedy's keto claim amid preliminary research and warned that suggesting a dietary cure is `wildly dangerous` for patients.
- Experts told The Times the claim is `simply misleading` and emphasized patients are `much more than the labels on their charts`.
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RFK Jr. Claims Keto Diet Could Cure Schizophrenia
“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserted 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,” the New York Times reports.
The Independent
The Independent (US)RFK Jr makes unfounded claim the keto diet can ‘cure’ schizophrenia
RFK Jr’s endorsement of the keto diet for treating mental illnesses comes after he declared an end to the ‘war on protein’ and ‘war on saturated fats’ in January
The U.S. Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said Wednesday that the so-called keto diet can cure schizophrenia, an unfounded statement that according to specialists greatly exaggerates preliminary research on whether a high-fat, low-carb diet could help patients with the disorder. Kennedy made these statements as he traveled through Tennessee as part of his national tour to urge Americans to "eat real food," a message he is transmitting…
SF Examiner
Breaking OneKennedy makes unfounded claim that Keto diet can 'cure' schizophrenia
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that the keto diet can cure schizophrenia, despite experts cautioning that current research does not support such bold statements.
RFK Jr. brutally fact-checked after claiming keto diets 'cure' schizophrenia
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was brutally fact-checked on Thursday after he made a wild claim about the benefits of the keto diet. Kennedy was speaking to a crowd in Tennessee as part of a nationwide tour to get Americans to eat healthier foods when he claimed that scientists at Harvard Un...
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