High Fat Diet to Treat Epilepsy

Recent research has shown that a diet high in fat can help to control epilepsy. Once again, the Dr. Atkins approach to health and weight loss has other medical benefits.

Specifically the diet in question is a ketogenic diet, which involves eating three-and-a-half parts fat to every one part protein and carbohydrate. The key is to have three strictly-controlled meals and two snacks a day, which all have to be measured to be the correct ratio and the correct number of calories. In one epileptic patient studied, seizures stopped and tests showed her brain activity was much calmer after six weeks on the diet.

A TYPICAL KETOGENIC DAY’S FOOD

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Breakfast – mushroom omelette, small bowl of raspberries and clementines, and a hot chocolate
Lunch - thai stir fry with quorn, courgette, onion and peppers and a strawberry milkshake
Dinner – roast chicken with cabbage, broccoli and carrots, small bowl of strawberries and vanilla ice cream
Snacks - ketogenic coconut cookie (with ground almonds instead of flour), ketogenic chocolate (plain chocolate mixed with creamed coconut)

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