High fat, Atkins-style diet shown to reduce epileptic seizures by 50 percent - WZZM13.com


High fat, Atkins-style diet shown to reduce epileptic seizures by 50 percent
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The ketosis diet for epilepsy is also known as the modified Atkins diet. Focusing on high fat and low carbohydrates, "When we shift our fuel utilization towards fats, that's what brings us into ketosis and that mechanism is what's stopping these seizures .