How to Use Diet to Treat Epilepsy

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Tip 1 - Ketogenic Diet

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Chuck Joy Apple | permalink

What is the ketogenic diet? The ketogenic diet is a special high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that helps to control seizures in some people with epilepsy. It is prescribed by a physician and carefully monitored by a dietitian. It is stricter than the modified Atkins diet, requiring careful measurements of calories, fluids, and proteins.
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For further reading: http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/treating-seizures-and-epilepsy/dietary-therapies/ketogenic-diet ^[1]

Tip 2 - Dietary Therapies

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by robert holderfield | permalink

[scald=10016:sdl_editor_representation] Dietary therapy is an approach to helping control seizures, usually in conjunction with seizure medications.
Tags: diet, therapy, seizure, medication, ketogenic diet

For further reading: http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/treating-seizures-and-epilepsy/dietary-therapies ^[2]

Tip 3 - Ketogenic diet for treatment of epilepsy

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Peter Benison | permalink

QUESTION Families of children with epilepsy now ask about the ketogenic diet at clinic visits. Is it effective and safe to use for treatment of epilepsy?ANSWER The ketogenic diet can be considered an option for children with intractable epilepsy who use ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2902940/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Dietary Approaches to Epilepsy Treatment: Old and New Options on the Menu

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dorothy Manuel | permalink

Dietary therapies represent a potentially valuable adjunct to other epilepsy treatments, such as anticonvulsant medications, epilepsy surgery, and vagus nerve stimulation. Although the ketogenic diet (high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate) is the ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1176378/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - High-Fat, Low-Carb Diet May Help With Tough-to-Treat Epilepsy

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Arik Killion | permalink

Regimens seem to cut down on seizures but are hard to stick to long-term, study shows
Tags: epilepsy, seizures, high-fat low-carb diet, epilepsy diet

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/news/20141029/high-fat-low-carb-diet-may-help-with-tough-to-treat-epilepsy ^[5]

Tip 6 - Epilepsy and the Ketogenic Diet

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Anane Vega | permalink

WebMD explains the ketogenic diet and its role in eliminating or reducing epileptic seizures.
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For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/guide/ketogenic-diet ^[6]

Tip 7 - Epilepsy, Children, and the Ketogenic Diet

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Brian Stedman | permalink

WebMD explains the ketogenic diet and how it works to curb seizures in young children.
Tags: Epilepsy, ketogenic diet, child, children, high-fat, low-carb, kid, seizure, fat, carb, carbohydrates, strict, ketosis, ketones, cholesterol

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/the-ketogenic-diet ^[7]