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Since 2007, Ketogenic News has been edited by Dr. Eric Kossoff, Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Ketogenic Diet Program, one of the world experts on dietary treatment for epilepsy. This feature has become a "mini-book" with many valuable articles about how to make the diet work better for you or your child.
Keto News includes 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, are presented.
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With 13 years of content from Dr. Eric Kossoff, we will be periodically highlighting older Keto News articles.
This Quarter's Featured Article: Ketogenic Diet for Infantile Spasms
2021 Articles
- April 2021: Studies Show Benefit of Ketogenic Diet for Steroid-refractory Infantile Spasms
- February 2021: Breastfeeding and the Ketogenic Diet
2020 Articles
- December 2020: Building for Brighton: Webinars Released in Advance of the 2021 Biannual Global Keto Meeting
- October 2020: Pediatric to Adult Transitions for Ketogenic Therapy
- June 2020: Ketogenic Diets and Blood
- April 2020: Ketogenic Diets and COVID-19: Is there an interaction?
- February 2020: Calling for citrates? Further Evidence for this Extra Ketogenic Diet Supplement
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2019 Articles
- December 2019: American Epilepsy Society 2019 Update
- November 2019: Ketogenic Diet Through an IV? A New Expert Guideline is Published
- August 2019: A New Method of Ketogenic Diet Training
- July 2019: Kaptain Keto! The Power of Children’s Books about the Ketogenic Diet
- May 2019: Ketogenic Diet for Infantile Spasms: Is it a viable option instead of steroids?
- March 2019: How should we interpret negative studies on dietary therapy?
- January 23, 2019 Webinar: Ketogenic Diets: High Fat for Fewer Seizures
- January 2019: Historic American Epilepsy Society Meeting in New Orleans!
2018 Articles
- November 2018: Keto Korea! Recap of the 6th Global Symposium on Ketogenic Therapies for Neurological Disorders
- September 2018: Does the bacteria in your gut affect seizures?
- June 2018: Updated Recommendations for Ketogenic Dietary Therapy in Children Published! (Hallway Conversation podcast included)
- April 2018: Ketogenic diets for Cancer, Autism, Dementia, and Migraine?
- February 2018: Olympian, Epilepsy Advocate, and Ketogenic Dieter!
2017 Articles
- November 2017: What Vitamins and Minerals Should Be Taken Along with Dietary Therapy?
- September 2017: The Amazing Stories of 3 Ketogenic Chefs
- August 2017: Ketogenic Diet Trainings: Opportunities for Dietitians and Neurologists
- July 2017: What is “Child Life” and How Can They Help?
- May 2017: The Ketogenic Diet Results in Cost Savings to Health Care
- March 2017: How to Handle When Children Struggle with Starting the Ketogenic Diet
- February 2017: Ketogenic Diet … for Neonates?
- January 2017: American Epilepsy Society 2016 Annual Meeting Ketogenic Recap
2016 Articles
- October 2016: Banff Recap: Report from the 5th Global Symposium on Ketogenic Diet Therapies
- September 2016: Food for Thought: Does the Ketogenic Diet Improve Thinking and Behavior?
- August 2016: Ketogenic Diet Guidelines for Infants
- May 2016: New Results from a Large Adult Epilepsy Diet Center
- March 2016: Try, Try Again! Results of a Second Attempt of Dietary Therapy
- February 2016: How Do Families of Children with GLUT1 Really Use Dietary Therapies? Results of a Large Survey
- January 2016: What's New with the Diet?
2015 Articles
- October 2015: Steroids and the Diet: A Recipe for Success?
- July 2015: Bringing the Diet to the World
- May 2015: Can You Give the Ketogenic Diet Intravenously?
- March 2015: Can You Fine-Tune the Ketogenic Diet?
- January 2015: New Ketogenic Diet Information at the American Epilepsy Society 2014 Annual Meeting
2014 Articles
- November 2014: Report from the 4th Biannual Ketogenic Dietary Therapies Symposium
- August 2014: The Ketogenic Diet Goes Global
- July 2014: What is a Bibliometric Study?!
- May 2014: Effect of the Ketogenic Diet on Blood Vessels: Cause for Concern?
- January 2014: Top 10 Ketogenic Diet Articles of 2013
2013 Articles
- November 2013: GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome and the Ketogenic Diet
- July 2013: What to do when your Child Grows Up and Still Needs the Diet?
- May 2013: Continuing to Combat the Fear of High Cholesterol
- February 2013: Fasting and Absence Epilepsy: Reassessing Both in 2013
2012 Articles
- October 2012: 3rd International Ketogenic Diet Symposium Recap
- August 2012: The Road to the Ketogenic Diet
- April 2012: Welcome to Chicago! The 3rd International Ketogenic Diet Conference
- March 2012: High fat and curry? A trip to witness the Indianization of the Ketogenic Diet
- January 2012: Top 10 Articles of 2011
2011 Articles
- November 2011: Dietary Treatments and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- September 2011: What to do When it's Time to Stop?
- July 2011: Summer Reading on the Ketogenic Diet
- May 2011: EEGs and the Ketogenic Diet
- March 2011: Diets and Adults: an Update for 2011
- January 2011: Top 10 Articles of 2010
2010 Articles
- December 2010: Will My Child Get a Heart Attack?!? No! Long-term Use of the Diet is Safe!
- November 2010: New York Times Magazine Cover Story on Ketogenic Diet Therapy for Epilepsy
- October 2010: Excitement in Edinburgh: Report from the 2nd International Dietary Therapies Meeting
- September 2010: October in Edinburgh! Ketogenic Diets 2nd Biannual Conference
- July 2010: Infantile Spasms and the Diet: The Evidence Grows
- April 2010: The Ketogenic Diet Up North
- March 2010: American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting Recap
- January 2010: Top 10 Articles of 2009
2009 Articles
- November 2009: 911: Using Ketogenic Diets for Emergencies
- September 2009: Can You "Fine-Tune" the Ketogenic Diet?
- August 2009: Side Effects on the Diet: Prevention, Not Just Treatment
- July 2009: The Ketogenic Diet in a Bottle?
- June 2009: Diet Therapy for Epilepsy in the Mideast
- April 2009: Why is this Night Different from All Other Nights? Mixing Ketogenic Diets and Passover
- March 2009: Is There a Right Way to Do the Diet? The Consensus Statement is Published!
- February 2009: Does Ketosis Matter? Discussion at the 2008 American Epilepsy Society
- January 2009: Top 10 Ketogenic Diet Articles for 2008
2008 Articles
- December 2008: A Remembrance of Life on the Ketogenic Diet 60 Years Later!
- November 2008: Using the Diet for Epilepsy First?
- October 2008: Siblings and the Ketogenic Diet
- September 2008: Grace's Magic Diet: A Child's Story
- August 2008: Ketogenic Diets: Not Just for Epilepsy any Longer
- July 2008: Ketogenic Diet Centers in the United States
- June 2008: Newly-released Results from a Randomized and Controlled Study of the Ketogenic Diet in London
- May 2008: The First International Dietary Treatments for Epilepsy and other Neurologic Disorders Meeting Report
- April 2008: The Ketogenic Diet and Antiepileptic Drugs: A Good Mix?
- March 2008: Ketogenic Recipes for Easter and Passover
- February 2008: Let's Meet! Exciting Past (and Future) Ketogenic Diet Conferences
- February 2008: Hearts, Flowers, and Almond Bread
- January 2008: Top 10 Ketogenic Diet Articles in the Medical Literature of 2007
2007 Articles
- December 2007: Winter Holidays
- November 2007: Side Effects on the Ketogenic Diet: Identification and Treatment
- November 2007: A Happy Ketogenic Thanksgiving
- October 2007: Laboratory Notes on the Ketogenic Diet
- September 2007: Try It: They Might Like It!
- August 2007: The MCT Diet
- July 2007: A Mother's Plan for the Ketogenic Diet (Part II)
- June 2007: Preparing Yourself, Your Family, and Your Child for the Ketogenic Diet (Part I)
- May 2007: The Low Glycemic Index Treatment and the Ketogenic Diet
- April 2007: Modified Atkins Diet – More on the Plate than Ever
- March 2007: Do Ketogenic Diets Work for Adults with Epilepsy? Yes!
- Feburary 2007: Ketogenic Diet Research
