Home > Pediatrics > Ketogenic Diet For Seizures in Kids Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Dec 13, 2008 by EWirrell, Views: 986 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. 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. alanstD56 4.5 years ago