Publisher's Synopsis
Ketogenic Diet is a high fat diet which appears to benefit some people with epilepsy, especially children. It is not a magic cure but one alternative to the various anti-epilepticmedications currently available. The ketogenic diet offers the advantage of improved seizurecontrol for some children, and in some cases, improved mental alertness with fewer medications.The ketogenic diet is often regarded as a difficult regimen to follow, however, with practice, andan understanding what the diet aims to achieve, it can be reduced to a manageable routine. Thebasic aim is to switch the body's primary fuel source from carbohydrates (like bread and sugar)to fats. This is done by increasing the intake of fats and greatly reducing the intake ofcarbohydrates. The real difficulty is that the diet is so restrictive, that all foods eaten must beweighed out to a tenth of a gram during meal preparation, and a participant may not eat anythingwhich is not "prescribed" by the dietitian
