Ketogenic Diet and Social Behaviour

[Eliyah]

Hi, I am an undergraduate student at university and I am currently conducting research into ketogenic diet and social behaviour.

I would greatly appreciate it if you are able to spare 15 minutes to complete an anonymous questionnaire which asks questions about your lifestyle, diet and social behaviours. I would also appreciate if you can pass this questionnaire on to anybody you know currently on a ketogenic diet who would be willing to complete the questionnaire.

This is the link to the questionnaire: https://nupsych.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_511qtZnOHyk5WES

Thank you in advance!

[Pjam]

conducting research into ketogenic diet and social behaviour

Oh wow brillaint. Your in for a treat
Does this have anything to do with Prof Roy Taylor?

[Eliyah]

Does this have anything to do with Prof Roy Taylor?

Hi, yes, it’s proving difficult to find many participants on a ketogenic diet at the moment!
No, it doesn’t have anything to do with Prof Roy Taylor!

[lfod14]

Tell your school they lost me at sex assigned at birth. I wasn’t “assigned” anything. If they want to de-woke their questionnaire, I’d love to help out.

[Pjam]

it’s proving difficult to find many participants on a ketogenic diet

I can understand that.
I’m like most people on a Keto / Carni diet, we want to shout it from the roof tops, we want to break the good news to every sick person on the planet, many are desparate to share their experience.
Frankly we find it astonishing our food choice is not understood and not prescribed by all doctors, my own doctor spent 40 mins taking notes, trying to understand how the hell I corrected (in 3 months) type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity etc etc
The fact most health professionals are dismissive makes many of us reluctant, many of us have had so much opposition.
As for ‘Social Behaviour’, I’m not sure what this is getting at! Socially we are no different to anyone else. Though being ‘super human’ I’m just as socially awkward now as I was with type 2 diabetes lol

[Eliyah]

how the hell I corrected (in 3 months) type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity

That’s amazing!
The reason the current study is looking at social behaviour is actually because it has been found in neurodivergent individuals that a ketogenic diet increases social behaviours, therefore making a person less anti-social (so less violent etc). So basically there’s potentially another benefit to ketogenic diet as well as the many you have listed!

[Eliyah]

Tell your school they lost me at sex assigned at birth

That’s fine, don’t feel obliged to take part at all!

[Pjam]

ketogenic diet increases social behaviours

Wow! is there nothing Ketones can’t do lol. I took part

[Pjam]

It’s worth mentioning Prof Roy Taylor (same uni as this study?) was the inspiration for Dr David Unwin who has been an amazing champion for Keto in the UK

[Just_Juju]

@lfod14 makes a good point though, you won’t get the full participation you’re looking for with a question like that, lowering the quality of your results. Shouldn’t they want a good representation of the entire public, not just one mental type? Otherwise your survey introduces another highly influencing variable that is rather significant when looking at “social behavior”.

[Eliyah]

Thank you so much!

[sugar-addict]

Is this the same as this…???

The effects of ketogenic diet on social behaviour in the general population

I am currently conducting a study on ketogenic diet and social behaviours for my undergraduate dissertation. I would appreciate it if you would spare 10-15 minutes of your time to take part in an online survey about ketogenic diet and social behaviours – please click the link below! https://run.pavlovia.org/pavlovia/survey-2024.1.0/… This is not for profit.

[Eliyah]

Hi,
No, my study is separate to this one!

[sugar-addict]

I filled in the other one at the time… But I’m truly wondering what on earth the connection could be between eating Keto and social behaviour…?

Whatever Keto does or doesn’t do, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t make us better people.

What’s the rationale/ logic/ thinking behind examining a possible connection between a diet and social traits?

[Pjam]

I’m pretty sure it doesn’t make us better people

The belief is that it does! … or at least better socialy

[Eliyah]

There is evidence that in neurodivergent individuals a ketogenic diet has had pro-social effects so the present study is investigating whether a ketogenic diet would have similar effects such as reducing anti-social behaviour (for example aggression) in the general population. There’s also evidence suggesting that certain diets increase anti-social behaviour so that’s why this is being investigated. It could well be that no effect is seen!