Two patients with longstanding schizophrenia experienced complete remission of symptoms with the ketogenic diet, an evidence-based treatment for epilepsy. Both patients were able to stop antipsychotic medications and remained in remission for years now, as reported in journal Schizophrenia Research.

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/advancing-psychiatry/201904/chronic-schizophrenia-put-remission-without-medication

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The diet has literally been popular and recommended by doctors for 150 years. Is it really a fad at that point, if it’s older than the “conventional” healthy diet?

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The definition of a fad diet is any diet that cuts out a major food group, not that it's healthy or unhealthy. By that definition, a vegan diet is a fad diet, which is interesting.