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Epilepsy vs Keto diet
Thu, 05/16/2019 - 12:51Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth
Hi! I’m a teenaged girl with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. I’m doing a research paper on Epilepsy and how the Keto diet effects seizures and symptoms. If anyone has any input please share!! Thanks :)
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there are some useful sites
Submitted by Amy Jo on Thu, 2019-05-16 - 15:01
there are some useful sites/pages like thesehttps://charliefoundation.org/https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/treating-seizures-and-epilepsy/dietary-therapies/ketogenic-dietor might you want some research papers likehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898565/or are you looking for personal stories - then Charlie Foundation would still be good (see above) and search Facebook posts from them or Epilepsy Foundation because compelling personal stories tend to raise awareness and stick with people
hey my names katie, i suffer
Submitted by katie.elson on Wed, 2019-09-04 - 06:03
hey my names katie, i suffer with epilepsy too. I had to go on the keto diet when i was eleven (now 18), it really benefitted me, as my small seizures decreased and therefore i was able to do things my brother and sister could do. it also increased my self esteem because i didnt like having it at the time, but now i embrace it.
Hi lara-jane, Thank you for
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2019-05-16 - 14:47
Hi lara-jane, Thank you for posting. For information regarding the keto diet please visit, https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/treating-seizures-and-epilepsy/dietary-therapies/ketogenic-diet , https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/treating-seizures-and-epilepsy/dietary-therapies &https://www.epilepsy.com/living-epilepsy/healthy-living/healthy-eatingPlease visit https://www.epilepsy.com/living-epilepsy/healthy-living/healthy-eating/nutrition-and-seizure-control , https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/managing-your-epilepsy , https://www.epilepsy.com/living-epilepsy/youth/young-adults & for information on managing epilepsy & for additional information on temporal lobe epilepsy https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/types-epilepsy-syndromes/temporal-lobe-epilepsy-aka-tle