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In 2009, medical student [https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/shebani-sethi"target="\_blank"]( Shebani Sethi watched a patient in a weight loss program make a remarkable recovery. The dietary intervention she underwent alleviated her schizophrenia symptoms, something the woman had tried – and failed – to treat with medication for years. That experience sent Shebani down a medical path that would lead her to treating mental health in a radically different way. Today host [https://www.npr.org/people/767284140/emily-kwong"target="\_blank"]( Emily Kwong talks to Shebani about the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry and how ketogenic metabolic therapy may treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. **Read Shebani’s** [https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-026-00609-5"target="\_blank"]( **article on metabolic psychiatry here** **.** _Interested in more lifestyle science? Email us your question at_ [_shortwave@npr.org_](mailto:shortwave@npr.org)_._ _Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at_ [http://plus.npr.org/"target="\_blank"]( plus.npr.org See [pcm.adswizz.com]( https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. [NPR">https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR](<a href=) Privacy Policy