I was watching the Fox News morning show this morning and I saw an interesting story. A fout year old kid who was suffering from over 100 seizures per day stopped suffering them after switching to a ketogenic diet.
WOW!
What is a ketogenic diet you might be thinking?
Well, generally it is a diet designed to stimulate the body to produce ketones by minimizing the amount of sugars ingested. In order to get energy the body must breakdown proteins and that produces ketones as a byproduct.
Note: People suffering from untreated type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes are unable to use the sugars in their blood and as a result the body eventually begins breaking down proteins and producing letones also...
Well, enough words from me. How about what the Children's Hospital Boston has to say:
Ketogenic diet - Certain children who are having problems with medications, or whose seizures are not being well controlled, may be placed on a special diet called the ketogenic diet. Certain children who are having problems with medications, or whose seizures are not being well controlled, may be placed on a special diet called the ketogenic diet. This type of diet is low in carbohydrates and high in protein and fat.What is a ketogenic diet?
The ketogenic diet is sometimes offered to those children who continue to have seizures while on seizure medication. When the medications do not work, a ketogenic diet may be considered. No one knows exactly how the diet works, but some children do become seizure-free when put on the diet. However, the diet does not work for everyone.
What does the diet consist of?
The ketogenic diet is very high in fat (about 90 percent of the calories come from fat). Protein is given in amounts to help promote growth. A very small amount of carbohydrate is included in the diet. This very high- fat, low- carbohydrate diet causes the body to make ketones. Ketones are made by the body from protein. They are made for energy when the body does not get enough carbohydrates for energy. If your child eats too many carbohydrates, then his/her body may not make ketones. The presence of ketones is important to the success of the diet
High-fat foods:
butter
heavy cream
oil
mayonnaise
cream cheese
bacon
cheese
cheese
So, the treatment consists of eating BACON! And BUTTER! And CREAM CHEESE! Of course, the low carbohydrate requirement of the diet would remove candy, and cake, and ice cream, and a lot of non-diet beverages. :( But hey, you can't have everything, right?
EAT MORE BACON!
I'm feeling seizurish.
Anyone else think similarly or differently?
It's also called the Jesus Diet because of the following;
In the body, a ketogenic diet mimics starvation and was even the basis for the popular Atkins diet.
"In the Bible, in Mark 9, it talks about a father who brought his son to see Jesus because the son was having seizures, and Jesus told him the only way to heal him is through prayer and fasting. And fasting is actually what the ketogenic diet does to your body."
Link.
...the basis for the popular Atkins diet.
Been there. No thanks. I like bread too much.
You can have all the burgers you want…just without buns, lettuce, tomato or even ketchup.