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Ketogenic Diet Could Help with Epilepsy Treatments
Children with epilepsy, who aren’t helped by anti-seizure medication, are treated with a ketogenic diet that is high in fat and low in carbohydrates. The ketogenic diet mimics effects of starvation.
Neurologists were never quite sure why the diet works well with epilepsy. In a new study, scientists say they may have found the answer. Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical...