After years of therapies, medications, retreats, and self-exploration, Michael, a former nutrition client of mine, had resigned himself to a familiar low-grade depression and anxiety he'd carried since childhood. He accepted it as part of who he was. However, following Michael's debilitating autoimmune diagnosis, a friend mentioned that changing her own diet had put her condition into remission. In physical pain on top of his depression, Michael decided to try an elimination diet.

Michael made several key changes to his eating—he cut out processed foods, refined carbs, and sugar, while adding healthy fats, increasing protein, and focusing on whole foods, including vegetables and fruit.

His physical health improved within a few months—and most strikingly, his depression lifted in just one month.

"I felt like life had come back into me. My mind was clear and my apathy gone. I never thought I would feel this happy again."

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For decades, psychiatry has focused on chemical imbalances in the brain. Now, growing research suggests that overall metabolic health—how efficiently the body produces and uses energy—may play an equally important role in mental well-being. That's why scientists are now exploring therapeutic ketosis, a medically supervised ketogenic diet, as a potential tool for conditions ranging from depression to bipolar disorder.

This promising approach also sheds light on how everyday food choices can influence both metabolic health and mental well-being, raising a timely question: How can we eat to best support our minds and moods?