The high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet is more than just a trendy weight-loss tactic. It has also been known to help control seizures in children with epilepsy, particularly those who don't ...

In a recent review published in Nutrients, researchers investigated the mechanisms of action, efficacy, and side effects of ketogenic diet (KD) variations in epileptic patients. Epilepsy is a ...

It’s not clear how a ketogenic diet reduces the hyperexcitability of nerve cells that leads to seizures. But there is mounting evidence that ketogenic diets, used judiciously for short periods ...

The ketogenic diet, often referred to as the keto diet, was initially developed as a treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy in children due to its ability to decrease the frequency and intensity of ...

While the ketogenic diet has been shown to be effective ... The study involved 160 adults and adolescents who had epilepsy for more than 10 years on average and had at least 27 seizures per ...