For decades, we were told that mental health was mostly about neurotransmitters.
Serotonin. Dopamine. Chemical imbalances.
Now even mainstream science publications like New Scientist are beginning to admit something much bigger may be happening:
The brain is metabolic.
In this video, I break down the growing discussion around ketogenic diets and mental health… from depression to anorexia… and why scientists are suddenly revisiting ideas that many people dismissed for years.
But what fascinated me most wasn’t just the article itself.
It was the hesitation.
Phrases like:
“possible”
“may help”
“more research is needed”
Meanwhile, human beings evolved through scarcity, hunting, fasting, and long periods where ketosis was likely a completely normal part of life.
So why does ancient human metabolism suddenly sound controversial?
And why is changing the body’s fuel source treated like a last resort… while pharmaceuticals are treated like the starting point?
This isn’t an anti-science conversation.
It’s a conversation about incentives, biology, and what happens when modern humans become disconnected from the conditions their brains evolved to expect.
Mr. Skeptical definitely had thoughts about this one.
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