This hub covers ketogenic diet for epilepsy, a medically supervised nutrition therapy that can reduce seizures for some people. Evidence, who it helps, side effects, and practical questions.
No. Keto for epilepsy should be medically supervised because it can affect growth, labs, and medications.
Often weeks to a few months. Many teams reassess after a set trial period.
Constipation, high cholesterol, low blood sugar, kidney stones, and nausea. Your team will monitor and guide prevention.
Some do, but long-term plans depend on seizure control, growth, labs, and quality of life.
This study looked at how effective and safe the ketogenic diet therapy (KDT) is for infants under two years old who have epilepsy that does not respond to medications.
Researchers studied the use of ketogenic diets as a treatment for epilepsy in pregnant women.
Researchers studied various modern treatment approaches for epilepsy, a condition that causes repeated seizures.
Researchers studied different types of ketogenic diets to see how they help control seizures in people with epilepsy.
Researchers studied a young patient with a specific type of epilepsy linked to a gene called DLG3.
Researchers studied the effects of ketogenic diets (KDs) on people with various health conditions, including epilepsy.
A recent study looked at how fasting during Ramadan affects seizure activity in adults with epilepsy.
Researchers studied how the ketogenic diet (KD) affects the microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA) in people with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE).
Researchers studied two diets, the classical ketogenic diet (CKD) and the modified Atkins diet (MAD), to see how well they help children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE).