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appalachiablue

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3. Indeed, this treatment could be life changing if widely proven.

Reply to IndyOp (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 8, 2019, 10:40 PM

Apr 2019

Testing on a large scale should start asap, especially since the mentioned 1965 study using the same diet was dropped for some reason, and the the diet has also been used to help epileptics since the 1920s.

In the recent Reddit post of this, there are many comments and mixed views, one or two posters stating that relatives tried the diet but received no positive results.

https://www.reddit.com/r/psychology/comments/bag0v9/two_patients_with_longstanding_schizophrenia/

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Schizophrenia: Ketogenic Diet, Treatment & Remission, Psychology Today, NIH [View all] appalachiablue Apr 2019 OP

Wheat and Schizophrenia, Psychology Today, 03/28/2011 appalachiablue Apr 2019 #1

My mother might be alive today. We need data IndyOp Apr 2019 #2

Indeed, this treatment could be life changing if widely proven. appalachiablue Apr 2019 #3

Adherence to a regimented diet for someone suffering with Schizophrenia would be difficult. YOHABLO Apr 2019 #4

For purposes of a study, people who can't adhere to a diet appalachiablue Apr 2019 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #6