Neurológia pre prax 2/2013
Ketogenic diet
The ketogenic diet is an established non-pharmacologic treatment for childhood intractable epilepsy. It is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low- -carbohydrate diet. Efficacy and safety of ketogenic diet has been proven in many clinical trials. If ketogenic diet was previously considered as an alternative medical procedure of „last choice“ nowadays its indications changed. For some epilepsies or epileptic syndromes is recommended after failure of two or three AEDs.
Keywords: epilepsy, ketogenic diet.
