Dr. Eric Bender
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Maybe it will, but it's not going to cure this or that.
No, keto diet, actually, I have seen help.
Keto diet, there's evidence.
Sure, again, if there's evidence behind these things, I'm absolutely for it.
So there's keto diet suggesting it's beneficial for people on seizures that have had seizures even and is protective against that.
I think that there can be improved mood with vitamin D. It's not gonna cure depression, but it might improve your mood.
Maybe it's a piece of something else.
Although I have had a patient say, yeah, my mood did go, I no longer had depressive symptoms with vitamin D. It doesn't mean that everybody needs to take vitamin D in that.
So I think that's the-
thing to think about.
I haven't seen that.
No, and usually I'll tell people, the issue I have with supplements is you don't always know what's in them because they're not FDA regulated.
But there can be supplements that we can use, that they're supplements.
They add to something.
So if you take a supplement, magnesium might help people feel calmer.
That's certainly one.
L-theanine is another one.
Maybe it helps with sleep.
So all of these are supplements, but they're not going to necessarily do everything.
And when I see something like this will cure all depression, like,