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Ketogenic Diet and Epilepsy [PDF]
Nutrients, 2019 Currently available pharmacological treatment of epilepsy has limited effectiveness. In epileptic patients, pharmacological treatment with available anticonvulsants leads to seizure control in <70% of cases. Surgical intervention can lead to control in a selected subset of patients, but still leaves a significant number of patients with uncontrolled
Marzena Ułamek-Kozioł +2 more
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Ketogenic diet therapy map of Turkey
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 Background. Although the ketogenic diet (KD) is a well-established non-pharmacologic treatment for intractable epilepsy in pediatric patients, it is still perceived as theoretical information contained within textbooks rather than implementation ...
Ayşe Serdaroğlu +2 more
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EDIS, 2020 The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, very low carbohydrate diet. The first documented use of the ketogenic diet was in 1921 to treat epilepsy in children. In the past few years, the ketogenic diet has resurged in popularity as a potential means for weight ...
Kelsey Gemmill +2 more
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The Ketogenic Diet Effect on Organ Chemistries
Polytechnic Journal, 2023 Background: ketogenic diet refers to the diet plan that emphasizes foods that are high in fats, moderate proteins and very low carbohydrates to consume more calories from fat rather than carbohydrates and is commonly used as a weightloss plan and in rare
Rundk Hwaiz +3 more
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Ketogenic diet: A nutritional remedy for some metabolic disorders
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020 Background: Ketogenic diets (KD) consist of high fat, moderate protein and low carbohydrates.Aim: This review explores the effect of ketogenic diet and its mechanism of actions in disease management.Methods: Recent information on ketogenic diets and ...
Titilola Omowumi Kayode +3 more
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Ketogenic diet in the treatment of cancer – Where do we stand?
Molecular Metabolism, 2020 Background: Cancer is one of the greatest public health challenges worldwide, and we still lack complementary approaches to significantly enhance the efficacy of standard anticancer therapies.
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Electrical Control in Neurons by the Ketogenic Diet [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2018 The ketogenic diet is used as a diet treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy, but there are no antiepileptic drugs based on the ketogenic diet. The ketogenic diet changes energy metabolites (ketone bodies, glucose and lactate) in the brain, which ...
Nagisa Sada, Nagisa Sada, Tsuyoshi Inoue
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Zdravniški Vestnik, 2009 Background The ketogenic diet is a high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate diet. It has been used in the treatment of intractable childhood epilepsy, difficult-to-control seizures in adults, GLUT1 deficiency syndrome and PDH deficiency. conclusions This review traces a history of ketogenic diet, reviews its uses and side effects, and discusses ...
Tina Bregant +3 more
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Ketogenic Diet in the Treatment of Epilepsy
NutrientsEpilepsy is one of the most disabling neurological diseases. Despite proper pharmacotherapy and the availability of 2nd and 3rd generation antiepileptic drugs, deep brain stimulation, and surgery, up to 30–40% of epilepsy patients remain drug-resistant.
Kinga Borowicz-Reutt +2 more
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Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences, 2021 Ketogenic diets consist of low carbohydrate/high fat, shifting energy reliance from glucose to ketone bodies. Ketone diester supplement to a standard diet (ketone ester) increases ketone bodies by adding a substance without altering other consumed foods.
LT Claire M. Modica +6 more
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