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RFK Jr Gives the NY Times Reason to Write About Keto and Schizophrenia. Good News?

Gary Taubes · 8 Feb 2026

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If a scientific controversy exists, there is credible evidence; saying there is none misreads the evidence or defines credible as agreeing with you.

Their wordsIf there is a controversy, then there is credible evidence. It may not be compelling enough to believe the minority view, but to say “there is no credible evidence” is always to either misinterpret the existing evidence or to implicitly define the word credible as meaning that which agrees with my preconceptions.

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  1. Our reading

    If a scientific controversy exists, there is credible evidence; saying there is none misreads the evidence or defines credible as agreeing with you.

    Their wordsIf there is a controversy, then there is credible evidence. It may not be compelling enough to believe the minority view, but to say “there is no credible evidence” is always to either misinterpret the existing evidence or to implicitly define the word credible as meaning that which agrees with my preconceptions.

  2. Our reading

    The correct statement of the evidence on keto diets for schizophrenia is that a cure may be possible, even if that seems unlikely.

    Their wordsStill, the correct statement of the evidence is that a cure may be possible, even if we might personally consider that to be an unlikely possibility.

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