The “classic” 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 usually used in children with seizures that do not respond to medications. It is stricter than the modified Atkins diet, requiring careful measurements of calories, fluids, and proteins. Foods are weighed and measured. Donate to Support Our Mission. Elaine Kiriakopoulos, Dr. Eric Kossoff, and Registered Dietitian Zahava Turner talked about the history, components, safety, effectiveness, recent developments, and more related to the use of ketogenic diets in the treatment of epilepsy. Several studies have shown that the ketogenic diet does reduce or prevent seizures in many children whose seizures could not be controlled by medications.
The diet may not work for everyone but is suitable for many different seizure types and epilepsy syndromes, including myoclonic astatic epilepsy, Dravet syndrome, infantile spasms West syndrome, and those with tuberous sclerosis. When fats are broken down for energy, the body goes into what’s called a ketogenic state, in which the body generates molecules called ketones. According to a consensus report from an international expert panel, the ketogenic diet “should be offered to a child after two anticonvulsants are used unsuccessfully. National and state estimates of the numbers of adults and children with active epilepsy – United States,
How is the diet monitored? Brain activity becomes abnormal and leads to periods of unusual behaviour with Many children on the ketogenic diet continue to take seizure medications but on average they require one less medication and often the dosage of remaining ones is lowered. However, the safety of this still needs to be examined. Reviewed By. In this diet most of the fat comes from cream, butter, oil and other naturally fatty foods. However, the diet is very specialised. It’s a very huge change we have seen in her. In order to be successful, this therapy calls for strict compliance and plenty of patience, especially in the beginning. Wednesday, October 25, Ye timely treat kia ja skta hai.
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