Ketogenic diet shown safe, effective option for some with rare and severest form of epilepsy
Monday, February 27, 2017 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
In a small phase I and II clinical trial, researchers and colleagues elsewhere found that the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet was a safe and effective treatment option for the majority of adults experiencing a relatively rare, often fatal and always severe form of epilepsy marked by prolonged seizures that require medically induced comas to prevent them from further damaging the body and the brain.