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 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.
This paper was a scoping review, which means the authors gathered and summarized published research rather than testing a treatment in one new group of patients.
This report describes one infant girl with very severe epilepsy and developmental problems.
This study looked at whether physical frailty was associated with a higher chance of developing epilepsy later on.
This paper did not test the ketogenic diet in a new group of children.