Today, I reviewand link to Metabolic Mind‘s “What the Best Ketone Level For Mental Health?”
All that follows is from the above resource.
Metabolic Mind YouTube Channel
Dr. Bret Shore: How high do ketones need to be for mental health benefits?
Dr. Georgia Ede: I think it is going to vary quite a bit, depending on who you are, how metabolically healthy you are, what medications you are taking, what kind of condition you are up against, what’s the root cause of your mental health problem.
Dr. Georgia Ede: There are some mental health problems that I think are going to need very high ketone levels. Things like neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s Disease, perhaps bipolar disorder.
Dr. Georgia Ede: And [in] othere conditions where we may not need deep ketosis at all. We may not even need to be in ketosis at all. Anxiety disorders, mild depression, certain types of ADHD, other types of milder conditions. Some people just benefit from getting those glucose and insulin levels down.
Dr. Georgia Ede: But aiming for 1.0 millimole and 3.0 millimole is a great place to start. That’s where most people are going to start to notice benefit is above 1.0 millimole. And really we are talking about consistent ketosis, being in ketosis as much of the time as you possibly can.
