DIME Trial: New study finds a ketogenic diet may help some with severe depression
Can the ketogenic diet help improve symptoms for individuals living with treatment-resistant depression?
In this conversation, Dr. Bret Scher sits down with Dr. Megan Kirk Chang, a senior researcher in metabolic psychiatry at the University of Oxford and a co-author of the recently published DIME trial.
This study represents the first randomized clinical trial to evaluate a ketogenic diet in adults with treatment-resistant depression.
Participants were assigned to either a ketogenic diet or a plant-rich comparison diet for six weeks to assess whether dietary intervention could influence…
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