Nutricia hosted a ketogenic diet information evening and cookery session at the Cooks Academy in Dun Laoighre on the 24th of November. The event was filled to capacity with a range of Health Care Professionals attending including, Dietitians, Clinical Nurse Specialists, a Consultant Neurologist and Diet Chefs. Mr. Kevin Rafferty, a dietitian from Nutricia Liverpool presented on “Nutritional therapy as a standard part of epilepsy care”.
Posts Tagged ‘ketogenic’
Nutricia Ketogenic Diet Information Evening – 24/11/08
Friday, November 28th, 2008The Ketogenic Diet – The 1950’s & Now
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008A meeting took place in Holland last week concerning the use of the Ketogenic Diet. The Ketogenic Diet is re-emerging as a more acceptable treatment for paediatric epilepsy as parents become more and more concerned about the effects of epilepsy drugs on their children, as well as the obvious benefits of following the Ketogenic Diet.
Ketogenic Diet – A History
Monday, October 6th, 2008The Ketogenic diet is not by all means a new treatment. Claims for a dietary treatment of epilepsy are very old, (even before any anticonvulsants were available). Earlier attempts to a diet for epilepsy include: salt restriction, protein restriction, acid-ash diets, water restriction (to provoke dehydration), etc. There is even a reference to fasting as a “cure” for seizures in the Bible.
What is the ketogenic diet?
Friday, July 4th, 2008It’s Friday and I want to have some fun- so I’m going to post about the ketogenic diet. I’ll introduce the concept of dietary treatment of epilepsy now. I’ll discuss how these diets might be working in a later post. Of course, I’m no doctor and most of this info has come from research I’ve done on the web so please feel free to correct me if you don’t agree with anything.