How Nutritional Ketosis Targets the Metabolic Roots of Psychosis

Recovery News | Mental Health & Addiction Recovery · Jul 28, 2026 · 3m

For decades, the standard medical response to managing serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder has centered almost exclusively on psychotropic medications. While antipsychotics and mood stabilizers are essential for controlling acute psychotic episodes, they often come at a heavy cost. Patients frequently endure severe metabolic side effects—including massive weight gain, insulin resistance, and pre-diabetes—while remaining burdened by persistent cognitive deficits and debilitating depressive symptoms that current drugs simply cannot fix. But according to a…