A new study of Ketogenic Diet for treating Anorexia Nervosa will launch at UC San Diego in late summer 2023. Leading psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Guido Frank joins The Metabolic Mind Podcast to discuss the goals and design of the upcoming trial. Patients will be enrolled for a study duration of 16 weeks. Dr. Frank also discusses the lack of new treatment paradigms for Anorexia, as well as potential mechanisms of action of ketogenic therapy, including changes in brain metabolism. Dr. Frank and his team will explore, in the study, whether nutritional ketosis could be an effective therapy, bringing hope to many living with Anorexia Nervosa.

Guido Frank, MD

Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD

Eating Disorder Expert

https://profiles.ucsd.edu/guido.frank

Twitter @GuidoFrank

Papers referenced in this video:

Ketogenic diet and ketamine infusion treatment to target chronic persistent eating disorder psychopathology in anorexia nervosa: a pilot study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9803738/

Synergy between ketamine and ketogenic diet in anorexia nervosa, and other neurobehavioral disorders

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36788151/

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