The Claim
A higher ketogenic diet ratio is associated with a lower risk of depression after adjustment for income, education, race, marital status, and lifestyle behaviors in a large U.S. population sample.
What the research says
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People who follow a ketogenic diet with a higher fat-to-carbohydrate ratio have a lower risk of depression, even when accounting for differences in income, education, race, marital status, and lifestyle habits.
See the scientific wording
Higher ketogenic diet ratio is associated with lower depression risk independently of confounding factors such as income, education, race, marital status, and lifestyle behaviors, based on multivariable adjustment in a large U.S. population sample.
When the body burns fat for fuel instead of sugar, it produces ketone molecules that calm inflammation in the brain and make nerve cells more stable, which lowers the chance of depression.
What the research says
1 studyPeople who ate more fat and fewer carbs (a ketogenic diet) were much less likely to have depression, even when researchers accounted for things like income, education, and exercise. The more keto-like their diet, the lower their depression risk.
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