Nervous System - Pediatric/Paediatric Epilepsy: Ketogenic Diet

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• Dietary Therapies to Treat Seizures and Epilepsy

  Last Updated: 2023-08-25 – Handout  

  A fact sheet for parents or individuals considering diet therapy to treat epilepsy from the Epilepsy Foundation. Provides information on the four major types of dietary therapy used to treat epilepsy, including the ketogenic diet, Medium-chain triglyceride diet (MCT), Modified Atkins Diet (MAD), and Low Glycemic Index Treatment (LGIT).

    Target Audience: Consumer

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• Diets and Epilepsy (Queensland)

  Last Updated: 2023-08-25 – Handout  

  A consumer fact sheet from the Epilepsy Queensland about the classical ketogenic diet and the modified ketogenic diet used to seizures.

   Target Audience: Consumer

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