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The problem is... "Maybe you really are what you eat?" seems to put the blame solely on the bipolar person for not eating properly. I don't know about other bi

• quantumwoke 6y ago
  Ah, that was not my intention at all. I know people with bipolar and would never suggest that it was their fault. It's a poorly understood and vastly complex disease and any clue as its possible origin and possible therapeutic targets would be good.
• samatman 6y ago
  This is not a good way to look at it, frankly. The problem with "bipolar disorder is caused by diet" is that it's wrong. There's no evidence of it, plenty pointing in other directions, it's just a non-starter. Which sucks, because if bipolar was caused by, I dunno, seed oils, great news! Just don't eat seed oils! And if someone goes to the doctor and says "I'm bloated and gassy all the time and I feel terrible" and the doctor says "yeah you're lactose intolerant, avoid dairy and take these pills when you eat it", that's not blaming the person either. I'm sure that there are people in your life who blame you for being the way that you are. I don't see this as a case of that. They probably read some woo-woo nutritional site with bad advice, and thought they were helping.