A New Dietary Therapies Feature

With today’s renewed interest in diet and health, we are pleased to announce the creation of an exciting new feature on epilepsy.com, a recurring monthly section highlighting new advances in the use of dietary therapies for epilepsy. This feature will be edited by Eric Kossoff, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital, who is also a member of the epilepsy.com editorial board. This section will include new information helpful for patients, parents, and caregivers who receive or provide diets for the treatment of epilepsy. Cutting edge research, as well as helpful hints, will be presented.

There have been several articles already on epilepsy.com ranging from research to recipes and menus for holiday celebrations. However, this marks the creation of a permanent feature. Readers can look forward to new information and thought provoking articles written by neurologists, dietitians, parents, and patients who are experts in the ketogenic, Atkins, and low glycemic index diets.

This monthly feature will also include stories from the Charlie Foundation and Matthew’s Friends, a parent support group in the United Kingdom.

If there are specific topics you would like to see covered, please contact Dr. Eric Kossoff at ekossoff@jhmi.edu or epilepsy.com senior editor, Rita Watson, rita@epilepsytdp.org. We welcome your input. We look forward to hearing from you.

To read more about the ketogenic diet, please see the following links:

• The Ketogenic Diet defined:
  • epilepsy.com/epilepsy/treatment_ketogenic_diet.html
  • Ketogenic diet information: epilepsy.com/epilepsy/ketogenic_links.html
  • Modification of the ketogenic diet – the Atkins diet: epilepsy.com/epilepsy/treatment_atkins_diet.html
• Holiday recipes: epilepsy.com/epilepsy/keto_diet_holiday.html

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