The Evolution of Dietary Therapy for Neurologic Disorders 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

New Research With Diets and Epilepsy 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

The ketogenic diet is not a new treatment for the treatment of epilepsy, but the degree of literature now available seems to have given it a new lease of life. Over the past 12 years, there has been m...

Autism and Dietary Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

We report the history of a child with autism and epilepsy who, after limited response to other interventions following her regression into autism, was placed on a gluten-free, casein-free diet, after ...

Traumatic Brain Injury and Diet 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

Increasing attention is being paid to nutritional and metabolic management of traumatic brain injury patients. The gross metabolic changes that occur after injury have been found to be influenced by b...

High-Fat and Ketogenic Diets in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Epidemiologic data suggest that malnutrition is a common feature in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and being overweight or obese conf...

Ketogenic Diets and Pain 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

Ketogenic diets are well established as a successful anticonvulsant therapy. Based on overlap between mechanisms postulated to underlie pain and inflammation, and mechanisms postulated to underlie the...

Restricted Calorie Ketogenic Diet for the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common malignant primary brain tumor in adults and generally considered to be universally fatal. Glioblastoma multiforme accounts for 12% to 15% of all intracranial...

Treatment of Diabetes and Diabetic Complications With a Ketogenic Diet 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

Accumulating evidence suggests that low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets are safe and effective to reduce glycemia in diabetic patients without producing significant cardiovascular risks. Most of these st...

An Update on Diets in Clinical Practice 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

Ketogenic diet therapies involve a collaborative healthcare team and therefore are typically offered in tertiary care centers. Centers that utilize these therapies with frequency gain valuable experie...

How Does the Ketogenic Diet Work? Four Potential Mechanisms 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm

The ketogenic diet and its newer variants are clinically useful in treating epilepsy. They can also have antiepileptogenic properties and can eventually have a role in treating other neurologic and no...