Professor Emeritus, Neurology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland The ketogenic diet is an effective therapy for all types of difficult-to-control seizures. It has been ...

More than half of children who start a keto diet have at least a 50% reduction in their number of seizures, and as many as 15 ...

The pediatric epilepsy team at Johns Hopkins has used the ketogenic diet to treat more than 1,500 children since 1994 ...

The ketogenic diet significantly improves symptoms in epilepsy, schizophrenia, as well as in alcohol use disorder, opioid use ...

For a parent, there is no feeling like helplessness. Early on Jan. 21, 2020, I was reporting live from Capitol Hill covering the impeachment trial of then President Donald Trump. At our home about a ...

A ketogenic diet is not superior to starting a new antiseizure medication in infants with drug-resistant epilepsy; however, efficacy and tolerability of the two strategies appear similar.

Medically reviewed by Brigid Dwyer, MD Key Takeaways Foods high in sugar, caffeine, and alcohol can trigger seizures and should be limited or avoided.Eating a balanced diet helps keep blood sugar ...

The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, very low carbohydrate, and adequate protein regimen. In this diet, cell energy is derived from fatty acid and amino acid oxidation, which generates ketone bodies ...

A ketogenic diet, which is low in carbohydrates and high in fat, shows promise as an alternative treatment option for infants with drug-resistant epilepsy, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL ...

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A study finds that long-term keto dieting may come with hidden metabolic costs. A recent study from the University of Utah Health, published in Science Advances, explores how the ketogenic diet affect ...