I’m not a doctor, so I do not know if what I say is right or wrong and I’m interested to schizophrenia after my sister became ill with schizophrenia … I think schizophrenia is caused by a defect in metabolism of glucose … in people with schizophrenia, brain cells can not absorb glucose and to work properly (because can not feed on glucose) according to a mechanism similar to diabetes and Alzheimer’s … when the body does not ingest carbohydrates and sugars the body does not produce glucose, but to feed is forced to produce ketones … human cells can feed only glucose or ketones and this would explain why the ketogenic diets or fasting are helpful in schizophrenia …what do you think?
I am very careful about what I think. I prefer to observe to understand what is so in the present moment (that likely won’t quite be the case in the next moment), but I do understand why this is difficult to those whose training to believe has made them “mad” (because that training is just a bit more extreme than what we call “normal” in this cult-ure, anyway?).
BUT, let’s move on. This paper’s publication 21 years ago stirred a brief flurry of debate, and that debate is recycled every so often by such as the claptrap reported at Reddit - Dive into anything.
While there are research-supported indications that diabetes can play a role in sz, it is not the sole “cause.” Nor is pretty much anything else out there that is proffered by the desperation of the suffering that propels the anti-empirical irrationality of the unrealistically hopeful.
There is simply waaaaaaaaaay too much evidence that sz is the product of such a wide variety of genetic, epigentic and environmental factors running the gamut from methylation deficits in DNA to family of origin behaviors to dietary issues to exposure to environmental toxins (including street drugs) to try to pin the tail on any one specific donkey just because the symptoms appear to be similar.
I read that our brains are mostly fat so I take a balance of Omega 3,6 and 9 oils each day. I’m going to try fasting again just because of this new hypothesis about a diabetic brain.