No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say

Health secretary likely referred to Harvard psychiatrist who says he’s ‘never used the word “cure” in my work’Psychiatric researchers are pushing back against Health and Human Services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s claims that a doctor at Harvard “cured schizophrenia using keto diets”, while also acknowledging that a carefully supervised ketogenic diet shows promise for a variety of mental health conditions.Kennedy Jr’s statement likely referred to Harvard psychiatrist Dr Christopher Palmer, who said he has “never once used the word ‘cure’ in my work. I have never claimed to have cured any mental illness, including schizophrenia,” but added: “I have talked about ketogenic diet being a very powerful treatment, even to the point of inducing remission of symptoms of schizophrenia.” Continue reading...