Of course, I agree that your health will probably improve from eating a more healthy diet. I was only expressing my concern that some people will see Ellsberg's (gimmicky, meandering, poorly written, and rather egomaniacal) article and see it as some kind of a magic pill. He oversimplified BP and seemed a little too smug about how he'd "beaten" the disorder.

It'd be interesting to see studies that can show, with any degree of conclusiveness, that the solution to bipolar disorder is cutting out "alcohol" and "refined sugar". Bipolar disorder, including BP2, exists in societies where alcohol and refined sugar (as we know it in the US) are not even consumed. BP is incredibly complex, and I'd appreciate a scientific explanation.

BP2 is not even one single disorder. It's an umbrella term for similar symptoms that manifest in an individual, for which the causes might be wildly different. Various other disorders, including psychological problems, can also mimic BP symptoms (hence they merit different treatment from the standard mood stabilizers and anticonvulsants used for BP). We don't know what caused Ellsberg's symptoms, and neither does he. And yet he made it sound like he'd conclusively beaten this one, homogeneous disorder. Very oversimplified. His experiments with a TON of supplements and drugs (taken simultaneously, and largely unsupervised) could be very unsafe, and at least merited a more clear disclaimer on his part.

Anyway, keep us posted. I wish you the best of luck.