About this episode

Dr. Bret Scher interviews Dr. Erin Bellamy about the impact of ketogenic therapy on treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, highlighting real-world clinical data and personal experiences.

People with treatment-resistant depression and anxiety are seeing real improvements through ketogenic therapy. Now there's real-world clinical data to back it up. In this interview, Dr. Bret Scher sits down with Dr. Erin Bellamy to discuss her newly published findings from a clinical program bringing ketogenic therapy into everyday mental health care. While this was not a randomized controlled trial, the results offer an important look at how these interventions may work in everyday clinical practice, with meaningful improvements reported across both depression and anxiety measures. In this conversation, you’ll learn: What the study found and how to interpret the results The difference between real-world evidence and randomized trials Why some individuals were able to achieve clinically meaningful improvements, including remission The role of structure, education, and ongoing support in implementing ketogenic therapy Common challenges people face and how group support can help navigate them How ketogenic therapy can be personalized based on individual needs The real-life improvements participants experienced in mood, anxiety, daily functioning, and quality of life Dr. Bellamy…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Bret Scher

Guest: Dr. Erin Bellamy

Topics covered

• ketogenic therapy
• mental health
• treatment-resistant depression
• anxiety management
• clinical evidence
• real-world applications

Keywords

• ketogenic therapy
• mental health
• depression
• anxiety
• clinical data
• treatment-resistant
• lifestyle changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ketogenic therapy, mental health care, clinical program, depression, anxiety

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