This is strictly pop-science writing, but there was an interesting piece in the NYT Magazine a couple of years ago about ketosis as a treatment for pediatric epilepsy, where apparently it’s extremely effective at controlling seizures in a significant fraction of patients.
Ketosis is the traditional treatment for pediatric epilepsy going back to 1920s or so. The diet is based on eating, erm, drinking heavy cream—lots and lots of it and little else. It helps with the epilepsy and doesn’t seem to have major effects on health otherwise (which confuses/annoys great many dieticians). The main problem with the diet is its monotony and getting the kids to stick with it.
This is strictly pop-science writing, but there was an interesting piece in the NYT Magazine a couple of years ago about ketosis as a treatment for pediatric epilepsy, where apparently it’s extremely effective at controlling seizures in a significant fraction of patients.
Ketosis is the traditional treatment for pediatric epilepsy going back to 1920s or so. The diet is based on eating, erm, drinking heavy cream—lots and lots of it and little else. It helps with the epilepsy and doesn’t seem to have major effects on health otherwise (which confuses/annoys great many dieticians). The main problem with the diet is its monotony and getting the kids to stick with it.