The ketogenic diet, or ketogenic diet therapy, is sometimes used as a treatment for epilepsy. For some children and adults, the ketogenic diet helps to control their seizures. There are different ...

What Is a Ketogenic Diet? If medicine doesn't control seizures in epilepsy, sometimes doctors prescribe a ketogenic (or keto) diet. A ketogenic (kee-toe-JEN-ik) diet is a strict diet that can reduce, ...

One of the oldest treatments for epilepsy is the classic ketogenic diet, which involves consuming high-fat foods and very few carbohydrates. Johns Hopkins is a longstanding pioneer in this mode of ...

In a clinical or therapeutic setting, such as for children with epilepsy, the diet is designed specifically for the individual and support and monitoring are provided. Low-carb, high-fat ...

What Is a Ketogenic Diet? If medicine doesn't control seizures in epilepsy, sometimes doctors prescribe a ketogenic (or keto) diet. A ketogenic (kee-toe-JEN-ik) diet is a strict diet that can reduce, ...

The ketogenic diet has seen a revival in its clinical use in the past decade and demonstrates its effectiveness in ameliorating both seizures and cognitive concerns for the patients with ...

parents and carers of children aged 18 years or under with refractory (difficult to treat) epilepsy treated currently, or in the past year with ketogenic diet therapy. health professionals with ...

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA ...

470,000 children in the United States have epilepsy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 336,000 kids have at least one seizure annually. Whether you’re ...

b) Explore Treatment Options: including the ketogenic diet (particularly in children), nerve stimulation therapies, or even ...

Eligibility criteria We included qualitative studies examining caregiver’s perspectives on antiseizure medication, diet or surgical treatments for childhood epilepsy. We excluded studies not reported ...