Dr. Eric Kossoff on Common Adverse Effects from the Ketogenic Diet

Epilepsy News From: Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Dr. Eric Kossoff of Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland, discusses the ketogenic diet, common adverse effects, and how the side effects are treated and prevented. 

Side effects are not the major reason we stop the diet anymore. ... Now it's efficacy." - Dr. Kossoff

Dr. Kossoff's work focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood seizures and epilepsy, particularly treatments other than medications, such as diet, neurostimulation, and surgery. Specific interests include the ketogenic diet, the modified Atkins diet for children and adults, infantile spasms, hemispherectomy, the interaction of migraine headaches with epilepsy, and Sturge-Weber syndrome. He is also epilepsy.com's Ketogenic Diet Editor and contributes regularly to the site in Keto News.

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The Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

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