Metabolic Mind | When Healing with Medical Keto Leads to Criticism-with Lauren from Living Well With Schizophrenia @metabolicmind | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Lauren Kennedy has been running the popular YouTube channel Living Well With Schizophrenia for more than five years. Her content has focused on destigmatizing schizophrenia, providing patients with strategies to manage symptoms and improve quality of life, and creating community. For more than three months, she has been treating her schizoaffective disorder with metabolic therapies, including a ketogenic diet, and documenting her journey in real-time. Her illness is now in remission and she is feeling better than she has ever felt both mentally and physically.
While some people are inspired by her success and grateful for the informative content she has been creating, Lauren has also been receiving criticism and pushback from some viewers. In this discussion with Dr. Bret Scher and Hannah Warren, Lauren discusses what it is like receiving so much negative feedback, how she handles it emotionally, and how she addresses concerns voiced by viewers. We feel that Lauren’s personal journey to health and well-being should be applauded; especially because in addition to improving her own life, she is providing invaluable resources to others interested in trying metabolic therapies.
Follow Lauren’s journey on Living Well with Schizophrenia:
YouTube: @livingwellwithschizophrenia
Twitter/X: @LWSchizophrenia
Lauren’s Keto and Metabolic Health Project 2024 Playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDgFtG7YA9Y7mRUzd2vuBU7lCC6CpLk1N&si=h1juDGdrFNhyM5Pt
Follow our channel for more information and education from Bret Scher, MD, FACC, including interviews with leading experts in Metabolic Psychiatry.
If you or a loved one are looking to begin ketogenic therapy for a psychiatric condition, visit this page for resources:
metabolicmind.org/families-and-peers
Learn more about metabolic psychiatry and find helpful resources at metabolicmind.org
About us:
Metabolic Mind is a non-profit initiative of Baszucki Group working to transform the study and treatment of mental disorders by exploring the connection between metabolism and brain health. We leverage the science of metabolic psychiatry and personal stories to offer education, community, and hope to people struggling with mental health challenges and those who care for them.
Our channel is for informational purposes only. We are not providing individual or group medical or healthcare advice nor establishing a provider-patient relationship. Many of the interventions we discuss can have dramatic or potentially dangerous effects if done without proper supervision. Consult your healthcare provider before changing your lifestyle or medications.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:03 Community's response to Lauren's success
4:11 Hannah's experience with support
7:10 Lauren's empathy for critics
9:44 Identity after healing
13:44 Positive responses to Lauren's journey
14:27 Reactions to diet as a medical intervention
17:44 Misinformation about nutrition
19:41 Living Well with Schizophrenia's future
23:34 How Lauren's family is doing
24:25 How medical keto has helped Lauren with other conditions
26:47 Lauren's video addressing negative responses
31:32 Conclusion
#MetabolicMind
#KetoForMentalHealth
#MetabolicPsychiatry
#Schizoaffective
#MetabolicNeuroscience
#KetogenicMetabolicTherapy
#NutritionalKetosis
#MentalIllness
#AlternativeTreatment
#LivingWellWithSchizophrenia
#KetoforSchizophrenia
Lauren Kennedy has been running the popular YouTube channel Living Well With Schizophrenia for more than five years. Her content has focused on destigmatizing schizophrenia, providing patients with strategies to manage symptoms and improve quality of life, and creating community. For more than three months, she has been treating her schizoaffective disorder with metabolic therapies, including a ketogenic diet, and documenting her journey in real-time. Her illness is now in remission and she is feeling better than she has ever felt both mentally and physically.
While some people are inspired by her success and grateful for the informative content she has been creating, Lauren has also been receiving criticism and pushback from some viewers. In this discussion with Dr. Bret Scher and Hannah Warren, Lauren discusses what it is like receiving so much negative feedback, how she handles it emotionally, and how she addresses concerns voiced by viewers. We feel that Lauren’s personal journey to health and well-being should be applauded; especially because in addition to improving her own life, she is providing invaluable resources to others interested in trying metabolic therapies.
Follow Lauren’s journey on Living Well with Schizophrenia:
YouTube: @livingwellwithschizophrenia
Twitter/X: @LWSchizophrenia
Lauren’s Keto and Metabolic Health Project 2024 Playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDgFtG7YA9Y7mRUzd2vuBU7lCC6CpLk1N&si=h1juDGdrFNhyM5Pt
Follow our channel for more information and education from Bret Scher, MD, FACC, including interviews with leading experts in Metabolic Psychiatry.
If you or a loved one are looking to begin ketogenic therapy for a psychiatric condition, visit this page for resources:
metabolicmind.org/families-and-peers
Learn more about metabolic psychiatry and find helpful resources at metabolicmind.org
About us:
Metabolic Mind is a non-profit initiative of Baszucki Group working to transform the study and treatment of mental disorders by exploring the connection between metabolism and brain health. We leverage the science of metabolic psychiatry and personal stories to offer education, community, and hope to people struggling with mental health challenges and those who care for them.
Our channel is for informational purposes only. We are not providing individual or group medical or healthcare advice nor establishing a provider-patient relationship. Many of the interventions we discuss can have dramatic or potentially dangerous effects if done without proper supervision. Consult your healthcare provider before changing your lifestyle or medications.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:03 Community's response to Lauren's success
4:11 Hannah's experience with support
7:10 Lauren's empathy for critics
9:44 Identity after healing
13:44 Positive responses to Lauren's journey
14:27 Reactions to diet as a medical intervention
17:44 Misinformation about nutrition
19:41 Living Well with Schizophrenia's future
23:34 How Lauren's family is doing
24:25 How medical keto has helped Lauren with other conditions
26:47 Lauren's video addressing negative responses
31:32 Conclusion
#MetabolicMind
#KetoForMentalHealth
#MetabolicPsychiatry
#Schizoaffective
#MetabolicNeuroscience
#KetogenicMetabolicTherapy
#NutritionalKetosis
#MentalIllness
#AlternativeTreatment
#LivingWellWithSchizophrenia
#KetoforSchizophrenia
