ReviewNutrients2020
Ketogenic Diet: A Dietary Modification as an Anxiolytic Approach?
Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Restoration of gamma-aminobutyric acid homeostasis: A novel approach to alleviating central nervous system injury-associated immunodepression syndrome.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- The bridging role of gut microbiota-derived metabolites in neuropathic pain comorbid with anxiety.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Probiotic attributes, antioxidant and neuromodulatory effects of GABA-Producing Lactiplantibacillus plantarum SY1 and optimization of GABA production.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Anthropometric Trajectories and Dietary Compliance During a Personalized Ketogenic Program.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Perspectives on the ketogenic diet as a non-pharmacological intervention for major depressive disorder.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy · 2025Review
- Dietary Influence on Drug Efficacy: A Comprehensive Review of Ketogenic Diet-Pharmacotherapy Interactions.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Ketogenic diet and behavior: insights from experimental studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- Ketogenic diets initiated in late mid-life improved measures of spatial memory in male mice.GeroScience · 2023Article
- Exploring the Potential ofNutrients · 2023Article
- Ketogenic Diet and Inflammation: Implications for Mood and Anxiety Disorders.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023Review
- Influence of Weight-Control Attempts as Based on Self-Perception of Macronutrient Intake Among Young Females and Its Association with Mood Disorder.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Effect of a Low-Carbohydrate Diet With or Without Exercise on Anxiety and Eating Behavior and Associated Changes in Cardiometabolic Health in Overweight Young Women.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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- Experimental Therapeutics in Treatment-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder.Journal of experimental pharmacology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Anxiety disorders comprise persistent, disabling conditions that are distributed across the globe, and are associated with the high medical and socioeconomic burden of the disease. Within the array of biopsychosocial treatment modalities-including monoaminergic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and CBT-there is an unmet need for the effective treatment of anxiety disorders resulting in full remission and recovery. Nutritional intervention may be hypothesized as a promising treatment strategy; in particular, it facilitates relapse prevention. Low-carbohydrate high-fat diets (LCHF) may provide a rewarding outcome for some anxiety disorders; more research is needed before this regimen can be recommended to patients on a daily basis, but the evidence mentioned in this paper should encourage researchers and clinicians to consider LCHF as a piece of advice somewhere between psychotherapy and pharmacology, or as an add-on to those two.
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