Understanding the antiepileptic benefits of an Atkins-like diet
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Some individuals with epilepsy fail to respond to treatment with conventional drugs but benefit from consuming a ketogenic diet a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet similar to the more commonly known Atkins diet. A team of researchers, led by Detlev Boison, at the Legacy Research Institute, Portland, has now identified in mice the molecular mechanism responsible for the antiepileptic effects of the ketogenic diet.