The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that was developed as a treatment for epilepsy. 1 The diet aims to mimic the metabolic profile of fasting by reducing blood glucose ...

Preclinical and clinical studies focusing on the effect of either the ketogenic diet or exogenous ketone supplementation as a treatment option were included for review. Results: 14 preclinical and 10 ...

In the case of drug treatment failure, immunotherapy such as hormones, gamma globulin, and plasma exchange, may be given when the etiology of SRSE is presumed to be autoimmune. Alternative therapies ...

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 ...

Therapeutic ketogenic diet in anorexie nervosa conceptual model. ACA, acetoacetate; BHB, beta-hydroxybutyrate; TCA, ...

More than 1,500 children have been enrolled in our ketogenic diet program for seizures. Johns Hopkins developed the modified Atkins diet in 2002 as a treatment for adolescents and adults and opened ...

The ketogenic diet, often called the keto diet, is one that is very high in fat, very low in carbohydrates, and low to moderate in protein.It typically supplies 75 to 90 percent of calories from ...

The ketogenic diet is a nonpharmacologic treatment for epilepsy. Infantile spasm is a particular form of epilepsy in infants characterized by a high level of resistance to antiepileptic drugs and ...

Years of research does not yield an answer. On July 27, the Mayo Clinic’s Russell Wilder, M.D., first uses the term “ketogenic diet” to describe and propose a nutritional treatment for epilepsy that ...

Is Ketogenic Therapy More Than a Fad? Is the ketogenic diet just a passing trend, or could it offer new options for those with treatment-resistant bipolar disorder? Managing this complex condition ...