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Ketogenic Diet For Seizures in Kids from Elaine Wirrell, MD
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From: Elaine Wirrell, MD Category:  Pediatrics

Added: Dec 13, 2008


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Dr. Elaine Wirrell, a neurologist from the Mayo Clinic, discusses the use of a Ketogenic diet for the treatment of seizure disorder in children. Ketogenic diet is a high fat diet that simulates the fasting state to the body. It has been shown to be helpful in reducing the amount of seizures in children with epilepsy.




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alanstD56 (Dec 15, 2008)
A friend of mine has put her son on this ketogenic diet and it has helped her child's grand mal seizures. It is wonderful.
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