TY - JOUR
T1 - Ketogenic Diet-An Evidence Based Direction for Seizure Control
AU - Arulappan, Judie
AU - Karkada, Suja
AU - Jayapal, Sathish
AU - Seshan, Vidya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The ketogenic diet is a high fat, low carbohydrate and adequate protein diet. This diet is used in treating difficult to control epilepsy in children. The diet helps the body in utilizing fat than carbohydrate. The liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies. The ketone bodies replace glucose as an energy source. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood, a state known as ketosis reduces the frequency of seizure episodes.
AB - The ketogenic diet is a high fat, low carbohydrate and adequate protein diet. This diet is used in treating difficult to control epilepsy in children. The diet helps the body in utilizing fat than carbohydrate. The liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies. The ketone bodies replace glucose as an energy source. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood, a state known as ketosis reduces the frequency of seizure episodes.
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U2 - 10.4103/ijnpnd.ijnpnd_53_18
DO - 10.4103/ijnpnd.ijnpnd_53_18
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065341586
SN - 2231-0738
VL - 9
SP - 37
EP - 40
JO - International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases
JF - International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases
IS - 1
ER -