Treating Epilepsy With An Atkins-Like Diet: Leptin Attenuates Rodent Seizure Severity

Not all individuals who have epilepsy respond to traditional treatments and these individuals are said to have medically refractory epilepsy. Strict use of a ketogenic diet high in fats and extremely low in carbohydrates is sometimes used for treatment of refractory epilepsy, and is effective about half of the time. However, the mechanisms whereby ketogenic diets suppress epileptic symptoms have long been a mystery. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Endocrinology on December 24th, 2007