Ketogenic diet in seizures
Common Questions and Answers about Ketogenic diet in seizures
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The answer is complicated. There is a universe of seizures that apparently respond well to dietary intervention and many that do not. Seizures have different etiologies. Bear in mind that there is cumulative brain damage with each seizure, and that under many circumstances the event would endanger your life and/or the lives of others. Proceed with great caution.
Sorry about your son. There is a movie you might want to watch concerning epilepsy. The movie is "First Do No Harm". It is a true story concerning the use of the Ketogenic Diet with good results in treating epilepsy in children. Sure wish you the best with your son.
just checked what a ketogenic diet is, this type of diet is extremely unhealthy and damages livers of any person hbver or not
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet:
high fat damages the liver
adequate-protein is ok but from vegetable or little white meat, no red meat, no diaries
low-carbohydrate leads nowhere, it is processed and refined carbohydrates to increase blood glucose which makes damage, so the problems is refined cereals not not carbohydrates
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I am a 38 yr old female, in Jan I began to have seizures, no one can give me answers they are calling them psuedoseizures caused from pain/stress but the majority of them happen during sleep or while relaxing. the MRI notes centrum semiovale and periventricular white matter on the right. May be microvascular in etilogy. Yet they have me on seizure meds and I lose consciouseness and after my right side of my head hurts terribly. Please I need some answers this has upset my whole life!
Meds are really the only way to reduce the frequency and intensity of seizures, though some people have seizure triggers (flashing light, for instance) and so avoiding triggers is important for them. The ketogenic diet (an extremely low carb diet, only to be undertaken with physician approval and supervision) can help some people with seizures, but is typically tried only after several different meds have failed to provide relief.
t the only benefit of a ketogenic diet, which has been found effective in treating epilepsy, reverses type 2 diabetes, and preventing heart disease. New research indicates the low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet fights depression and bipolar disorder.
In fact, Dr. Westman said people who follow a high-fat ketogenic diet experience improved health across the board.
"Here at Duke, we use mainly the low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet to treat diabetes and obesity.
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which would suggest that the ketogenic diet is a way to treat lyme. Granted, there is a lot out there from non medical sources. So you might want to kind of check out that.
In terms of her behavior, the lyme might be causing many of the problems. But, did she have any of these problems before the lyme disease?
She does exhibit symptoms of Sensory Processing Disorder (which could have been started by the Lyme).
My child has had a g-tube for 6 years because of the ketogenic diet in which she is coming off now, she eats everything, no problem with swallowing, she drinks a whole can of pop at times but how do I get her to drink her whole fluid alotment of 1500ml a day? Or will she pick it up once I can offer her a variety of drinks?
May I suggest you do some research on the Ketogenic Diet. It is a huge lifestyle change, but is totally worth it. Ketogenic lifestyle requires that you cut out almost all carbs. You eat less than 20g of carbs a day, moderate amount of protein 50-100g/day (60-75 is ideal for most people), and 100-150g fat/day. It is a high fat diet that switches your body from using carbs for energy to using fat for energy.
We ended up with the last resort being the ketogenic diet. After the diet she was put on Depakote for maintenance....its proven to be the most effective drug for her.
Her known triggers for her myoclonics that cluster are fore most illness, followed closely by stressed and also flashing lights.
Anyways...my daughter is 18, but functions near a 2-3 year old level. She is semi verbal, a lot of swearing, always seems mad/mean.
The ketogenic diet (high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate) is popular for weight loss (ketosis is a state at which the body has an extremely high fat burning rate) but is used to help numerous medical conditions. Check out the article from Perfect Health Diet - Migraine Sufferers Should Try a Ketogenic Diet. An excerpt..
I started a ketogenic diet on Saturday and the last few days I've been feeling gassy and have slight "cramps", around the belly button area. Why is that?
Given your current situation and your extremely high blood sugars, if you want to reduce then using diet, then a very low carb diet / ketogenic diet would be the way to go. This diet however, may still not be enough to get your sugars down and you may still need insulin / other meds.
Please know that if you eat a ketogenic diet you need to follow it strictly.
Low carb, adequate protein, fat for energy balance - otherwise known as ketogenic of low carb diet. In this diet carbs are typically restricted to 30g or less per day. This diet also includes abundant non-starchy, non-sweet vegetables and plant foods.
2. Very low fat, adequate protein, high carb. This is the plant based and even vegan diet that some are promoting. This diet does not have processed foods.
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