In the media
Metabolic Psychiatry Labs and our founding team are defining how mental health is understood and treated through a metabolic lens. Led by Stanford physician-scientist Dr. Shebani Sethi, MPL’s clinical research and care model have shaped national conversations on serious mental illness, nutrition, and brain health.
How To Use Metabolic Psychiatry To Heal Your Anxiety & Depression
On this revealing episode of The Dr. Hyman Show, we explore how shifts in metabolism affect the brain and why this whole-body lens could transform how we prevent, understand, and treat mental health.

A taste of Health: Uncovering the role of diet in preventing and treating disease
Role of diet in physical/mental illness; Dr. Sethi's work on keto diets for severe mental illness.
You knew keto diets helped weight loss. But they may also improve mental health
Ketogenic diet improved psychiatric symptoms and metabolic health in bipolar disorder/schizophrenia (nearly 80% saw clinical improvements).
Study shows how keto diet can be effective for mental health disorders
4-month ketogenic diet improved psychiatric symptoms in serious mental illnesses.
Can a Ketogenic Diet Treat Mental Illness?
Ketogenic metabolic therapy for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; Dr. Sethi's pioneering role.
Keto diet may help people with serious mental illness take back control.
Ketogenic diet improved metabolic health and psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenia/bipolar disorder.
High-fat keto diet may help people with serious mental illness
Ketogenic diet significantly improved psychiatric symptoms (average 31% improvement) and metabolic markers.
Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves severe mental illness
Ketogenic diet reversed metabolic syndrome and improved psychiatric symptoms (31% improvement) in schizophrenia/bipolar disorder.
Patients say keto helps with their mental illness. Science is racing to understand why.
Focus on rise of ketogenic diet research for mental illness (Summary unavailable in Audio section, available in Print).
Doctors lied: Food can heal your brain! with Dr. Shebani Sethi
Low-carbohydrate and ketogenic interventions for metabolic dysfunction and psychiatric symptoms.