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a strict diet rich in fats and low in carbohydrates that causes the body to break down fats instead of carbohydrates to survive.
A diet high in fat and low in protein and carbohydrates sometimes used to help control seizures.
A Ketogenic diet is a diet in which carbs are restricted to the extent that the body must use stored body fat as it's source of fuel.
The ketogenic diet tries to make the body use more fat for energy (instead of sugar, or glucose) and thus produce more ketones by feeding the body lots of fat and limiting carbohydrates. The ketogenic diet may sometimes be used to treat children with severe seizures who have not responded to antiepileptic medications.
a diet rich in fats and oils and is sometimes prescribed for children whose seizures have failed to respond to all appropriate antiepileptic medication
a diet that, when followed conscientiously
a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that has been demonstrated as effective for short term control of seizures in children who have not responded to medications
a muscle-sparing fat-loss diet that
a special diet which has been clinically effective in reducing seizures
Name for high protein, low carb diets. See Ketosis.
A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet used to control seizures in some children with seizures, that are difficult to control with medications.
A diet containing excessive amounts of fat and resulting in the excretion of acetone and other ketone bodies in the urine. Sometimes used in the treatment of epilepsy and chronic infections of the urinary tract.
a treatment for epilepsy intended to maintain the starvation or fasting metabolism for a long period in order to create ketones, byproducts of fat-burning metabolism. (Seizures often lessen or disappear during periods of fasting.) The diet is very high in fat and low in carbohydrates and is most often recommended for children ages 2 through 12 who have been diagnosed with a generalized type of epilepsy, and who have failed to respond to a variety of medications.
stringent, high fat, low carbohydrate diet that controls seizures in some children.
A Ketogenic diet restricts carbohydrates, instead using stored body fat to provide fuel for the muscles, brain and other vital organs.
a diet very high in fat (about 90 percent of the calories come from fat). Protein is given in amounts to help promote growth. A very small amount of carbohydrate is included in the diet. This very high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet causes the body to make ketones. Ketones are made by the body from protein. They are made for energy when the body does not get enough carbohydrates for energy. If your child eats too many carbohydrates, then his/her body may not make ketones. The presence of ketones is important to the success of the diet.
A form of antiseizure therapy that consists of a rigid high-fat diet that forces the body to produce higher than normal levels of ketones and use fat instead of glucose for energy.
The ketogenic diet is an alternative therapy to treat epilepsy. It is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, low-protein diet that may reduce or eliminate seizures.
The ketogenic diet is a very high fat diet that relies on inducing a state of ketosis. The diet typically provides 3-4 grams of fat for every 1 gram of carbohydrate and protein combined. It is most commonly used for the treatment of epilepsy.