Key research observations include: Activation of MC1R receptors on melanocytes, promoting eumelanin production associated with darker pigmentation
Case reports of KD addressing anxiety describe two cases of decreased anxiety symptoms in a woman with women, one with bipolar I disorder and another with unspecified mood disorder, comorbid emotional dysregulation, body dysmorphic disorder, and eating disorder (36, 37), and one case report that describes the elimination of anxiety symptoms in a man with bipolar disorder (38)
It is not supported by the kind of long-term, randomized, outcome-based clinical trials that would justify therapeutic claims and in the United States it is not an approved medicine at all
In this context, it is now widely recognized that the KEAP1-NRF2 system, which is essential for the maintenance of redox homeostasis, is impaired in ALS