Combining a ketogenic diet with intermittent fasting or a 3-4 day water fast can help normalize high blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic depression.

“Is it ever the case that you'll prescribe somebody the ketogenic diet in conjunction with intermittent fasting? So eat keto but eat between the hours of, whatever, 11:00 AM and 8:00 PM or something like that. That's the first question. CHRIS PALMER: Absolutely. And I have one patient with type 2 diabetes and chronic depression. And he will try to follow the ketogenic diet. And sometimes, his blood sugars are still very high. And sometimes I will ask him to do either intermittent fasting or even a three or four day water fast.”