Via Nigel Kinbrum comes an interesting paper [3] exploring the use of branched - chain amino acids as an adjunct to ketogenic diets
for epileptic children.
Even though Johns Hopkins used a ketogenic diet for curing epilepsy over 80 years ago, when medical drugs did not help epilepsy effectively, mainstream medicine continues to rely on new and expensive toxic drugs
for epileptic children.
THE HISTORY: Originally the Ketogenic diet was created as an effective treatment
for epileptic children.
It may be used as a short term tool
for epileptic children, but it comes with a cost.
Not exact matches
The discovery of CHD2 as the culprit gene in a subset of
children with
epileptic encephalopathy is a major step
for us.»
Triheptanoin is an investigational medicine being developed by Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals
for patients with fatty - acid metabolism disorders and Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome, which leads to
epileptic seizures in young
children.
Because the underlying molecular mechanisms are unclear, there are currently no effective treatments
for affected
children of
epileptic mothers who took antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy.
«Currently, the
children of
epileptic women who take VPA during pregnancy suffer cognitive deficiencies without any available methods
for prevention or treatment,» says senior study author Kinichi Nakashima of Kyushu University.
The high fat, low carbohydrate ketogenic diet (KD) has long been recognized as an effective non-toxic therapy
for reducing
epileptic seizures in
children.
This diet has been effectively used to treat drug resistant
epileptic seizures since the 1920s, 4 and studies have confirmed it's helpful
for both
children and adults.
Treats epilepsy and seizures: Not only has CBD - enriched cannabis been studied
for its incredible ability to reduce seizures in
epileptic children; a later study observed the effects of a particular CBD extract on cases of treatment - resistant epilepsy.
Additional concerns with sugar alcohols stem from the fact that they seem to increase the frequency of seizures in
epileptics, and
children are especially sensitive to the gastrointestinal side effects, possibly due to their propensity
for bingeing on sweet foods.
It mentions how the ketogenic diet was first created by Dr. Russel Wilder in 1923 at the Mayo Clinic
for successfully treating
epileptic children who weren't responding to existing medical interventions.
The BCAA -
for -
epileptic -
children paper [3] can help us judge safe dosages.
For example, we have results in
epileptic children.
Forced to help pay
for his
epileptic sister Esther's medical bills, Clem begins a dangerous life as a
child lead miner, forgoing the life he would prefer — attending school and writing stories — before discovering the illicit moonshine business.
Philadelphia, PA About Blog This blog provides me with an outlet
for the thoughts and emotions that I imagine are common
for parents of
epileptic kids or parents of
children with any disability.