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 kidney stones and kidney calcium buildup in children with drug-resistant epilepsy who were treated with a ketogenic diet (KD) or a modified Atkins diet (MAD) at one hospital clinic.
This study looked at late-onset epileptic spasms, which means epileptic spasms starting after 12 months of age.
This paper was a systematic review of randomized controlled trials on ketogenic diet therapies for people with drug-resistant epilepsy.
This study looked at whether a less restrictive diet approach might help adults with drug-resistant epilepsy.
This study did not test the ketogenic diet in children directly.
This paper is a review, not a new experiment.
This paper is a review about neurology-centered clinical management of Angelman syndrome, especially seizure care.
This study was a systematic review and meta-analysis.
This study looked at the weekly food cost of several ketogenic diets used for adults with epilepsy in Australia.