Thread by @sayerjigmi

1/7🚨 BREAKING: The New York Times just called RFK Jr.'s claim that diet can treat schizophrenia "unfounded."

Columbia's Dr. Appelbaum said there's "no credible evidence."

One problem: There are 75+ years of published research — from Harvard, Stanford, McLean, Oxford, Duke, and the journal 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 — saying otherwise.

They didn't read it.

Let me walk you through what they missed. 🧵👇

2/7 📜 THE BURIED HISTORY (1950s–1970s): This research didn't start yesterday.

🔬 1951 — First documented psychiatric remission on a gluten-free diet

🔬 1966 — Dr. F.C. Dohan publishes in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘕𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: when WWII wheat rations dropped across 5 countries, so did first-time schizophrenia admissions.

When wheat came back? So did schizophrenia. 📈

🔬 1976 — The journal 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 published a study showing "blind" wheat gluten challenge 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 in schizophrenics on a grain-free diet.
Remove gluten again? Improvement resumed. ✅
This is from 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. Not Substack. Not a blog. 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 🎯
🔗 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

🧵 3 / 7 — THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BOMBSHELL 💣

In 1984, 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘺 published research from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Micronesia:

🔍 65,000+ adults in grain-free populations examined (1947–1981)

🔢 Only 𝗧𝗪𝗢 cases of chronic schizophrenia found.
Two. Out of 65,000. 😳

Compare that to Western grain-eating populations: ~1 in 100.

⚠️ When those same populations adopted Western diets — flour, sugar, barley beer — schizophrenia rose to European levels.

The NYT calls this "unfounded"? 🤔

They didn't even cite it.

🔗pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6609726/

🧵 4 / 7 — HARVARD & McLEAN 🏥

Fast forward to 2019.

👨‍⚕️ Dr. Christopher Palmer — Harvard Medical School, Director of the Metabolic & Mental Health Program at McLean Hospital — published case studies of 2 patients with 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 schizophrenia who achieved:

✅ COMPLETE REMISSION on a ketogenic diet
✅ Both stopped antipsychotic medications
✅ Both remained in remission for 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦

McLean's own Division Chief of Psychotic Disorders, Dr. Dost Öngür:

💬 "Some patients have had 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 responses to the ketogenic diet than to medications."

This isn't fringe. This is Harvard's own psychiatric hospital. 🎓
🔗 mcleanhospital.org/profile/christ…🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30962118/

🧵 6 / 7 — WHY THE MEDIA BLACKOUT? 🤫

So let's ask the obvious question:
If Harvard, Stanford, McLean, Duke, Oxford, and 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 have published data showing dietary intervention can achieve remission in schizophrenia...

❌ Why did NYT quote ONLY critics?
❌ Why didn't they interview Dr. Palmer?
❌ Why didn't they interview Dr. Sethi?
❌ Why didn't they cite the 1976 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 paper?
❌ Why didn't they mention the WWII epidemiological data?

💰 Because admitting food drives mental illness threatens the $90+ BILLION antipsychotic drug market. @MAHA_Action @dr_ericberg @janellison @Metabolic_Mind

🎯 Because it validates @SecKennedy and the MAHA movement at the worst possible time for their opponents.

📺 Because the media has been conditioned to protect pharmaceutical narratives — not investigate them.
This isn't journalism. It's narrative management. 🧱

🧵 7 / 7 — THE TRUTH THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW 🔓

Here's what they're hiding:
⚡ 75 YEARS of research from the world's top institutions
⚡ 5 COUNTRIES showed schizophrenia drop with wheat restriction
⚡ COMPLETE REMISSIONS published in peer-reviewed journals
⚡ LARGER TRIALS now underway at Stanford & Mass General Brigham

RFK Jr. didn't overstate the science. The media 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 it — deliberately. 🎯

If this were a new pharmaceutical drug, it would be front-page news. 💊

But because it's about 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 — something you can change for free — it gets buried. 🪦

📖 Read my full investigation with every citation the NYT and the rest of the mainstream reporting ignored: 🔗sayerji.substack.com/p/unfounded-rf…

The 3.5 million Americans living with schizophrenia — and their families — deserve to know. ❤️

🔁 RT if you believe food is medicine.
#MAHA #FoodIsMedicine #RFKJr #MetabolicPsychiatry #SchizophreniaResearch