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 paper combined results from 13 studies on ketogenic dietary therapies (KDT) for refractory epilepsy in Latin America.
This paper reviewed published research on monogenic developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE), with a focus on movement disorders that occur along with epilepsy.
This retrospective cohort study looked at children with super refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) who were started on the ketogenic diet at one center from 2009 to 2024.
Researchers looked back at medical records from one hospital ketogenic diet program in Atlanta.
This study looked at the ketogenic diet, a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, in 74 children with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS).
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.