Fight epilepsy with the ketogenic diet: you are what you eat

When people think of the word “diet” you tend to think of low fat in there somewhere, and sayings like “you are what you eat” come to mind. The Ketogenic diet would let people eat of bacon and cream cheese instead, but this diet is aimed at combating epilepsy seizures in children who don’t respond to drugs alone.

Columbus Dispatch are reporting that this old-time high-fat diet reduces seizures in children and the ketogenic diet dates back to biblical times…an option that can help prevent epilepsy without drugs seems and thats great in my book, but what affect can all that fat have.

Read about an 8-year-old with epilepsy whose life has changed since he started the Ketogenic diet.