Ketogenic diet as epilepsy treatment in North America

For people who have not found the efficacy of antiepileptic drugs, they have another treatment option that may be effective and that is through diet modification. When you opt for a natural epilepsy treatment in North America, the usual suggestion would be through having a diet called the ketogenic diet. With a ketogenic diet, the person with epilepsy will have to eat only foods that are rich in fats and low in carbohydrates. This kind of diet works to control the intensity of seizures, especially severe seizures in children. ketogenic diet might be a good treatment for epilepsy especially if you have tried other treatments and have not found it to be effective.

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This entry was posted by admin on January 21, 2012 at 1:48pm. It is filed under Health and Fitness.

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