The ‘epileptic diet’- ketogenic and/or slow release of glucose intervention: A review

The ketogenic diet is high in fat content, adequate with respect to protein but low in carbohydrate and designed to provide brain energy as ketone bodies rather than glucose. The consequence is that epilepsy can be managed and endurance (sport) related energy be derived from fat rather than ingested or stored (glycogen) carbohydrate. This review aims to set the diet in context for seizure related intervention, sport and potential modern variants with respect to glucose management – which have many medical (including epilepsy potentially) and activity related applications.
Source: Clinical Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research