High-fat, low-carb diet could help kids with epilepsy
May 6th, 2008 09:00
A new British study has found that kids with epilepsy can help their condition by eating a diet low in carbohydrates and high in fat.
This so-called ‘ketogenic diet’ is useful in controlling seizures and the study found that sufferers saw a 50% reduction in their seizures. However, the news is not entirely groundbreaking - it simply confirms earlier beliefs about high fat diets and epilepsy that stem from the 1920s.
After three months, a group of epileptic children eating a ketogenic diet had over a third fewer seizures, whilst a control group who were eating a normal diet had an increase in seizures.
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