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Childhood Absence Epilepsy Successfully Treated with the Paleolithic Ketogenic Diet
INTRODUCTION: Childhood absence epilepsy is an epilepsy syndrome responding relatively well to the ketogenic diet with one-third of patients becoming seizure-free. Less restrictive variants of the classical ketogenic diet, however, have been shown to confer similar benefits. Beneficial effects of hi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Healthcare
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4389034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26000218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40120-013-0013-2 |
Sumario: | INTRODUCTION: Childhood absence epilepsy is an epilepsy syndrome responding relatively well to the ketogenic diet with one-third of patients becoming seizure-free. Less restrictive variants of the classical ketogenic diet, however, have been shown to confer similar benefits. Beneficial effects of high fat, low-carbohydrate diets are often explained in evolutionary terms. However, the paleolithic diet itself which advocates a return to the human evolutionary diet has not yet been studied in epilepsy. RESULTS: Here, we present a case of a 7-year-old child with absence epilepsy successfully treated with the paleolithic ketogenic diet alone. In addition to seizure freedom achieved within 6 weeks, developmental and behavioral improvements were noted. The child remained seizure-free when subsequently shifted toward a paleolithic diet. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that the paleolithic ketogenic diet was effective, safe and feasible in the treatment of this case of childhood absence epilepsy. |
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