The Baszucki Brain Research Fund is pleased to announce that five science teams around the globe have received funding to study ketogenic metabolic interventions for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depressive disorder.

The Fund is providing $2 million in grants to support neurometabolic research focused on the benefits of carbohydrate-restricted ketogenic diet therapies for improving mental health outcomes. Building on preliminary research, including a recent retrospective analysis of thirty-one inpatients in France, the funding for the five research grants supports the first pilot trials of ketogenic interventions for mental illness since a single promising study in schizophrenia in 1965.

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