Schizophrenia, gluten, and low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diets: a case report and review of the literature

We report the unexpected resolution of longstanding schizophrenic symptoms after starting a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet. After a review of the literature, possible reasons for this include the metabolic consequences from the elimination of gluten from the diet, and the modulation of the disease of schizophrenia at the cellular level.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Nutrition and Metabolism

• Publication date

  2009-02-26

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1186/1743-7075-6-10PMID 19245705PMCID 2652467
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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