New Class Of Molecules May Help Prevent Fatal Complication In Patients With Kidney Disease Nov 6, 2009
(July 27, 2009) Children on the high-fat ketogenic diet to control epileptic seizures can prevent the excruciatingly painful kidney stones that the diet can sometimes cause if they take a daily supplement of. (July 9, 2009) Dialysis treatments do not affect the heart health of kidney disease patients who have had a heart attack, according to a new study. (Science Daily)
Low-Carb Diet Speeds Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury Oct 23, 2009
In this study, researchers investigated the ketogenic diet as a fasting alternative ... To test the diet, rats were put on either a standard or ketogenic diet immediately after undergoing a cervical spinal cord contusion ... The rats on the ketogenic diet recovered faster: after 14 weeks, 54 percent used their injured paws 15 times more frequently than the rats on a standard diet. (Science Daily)
Epilepsy: The Cause and Effect Sep 14, 2009
An Alternative: the Ketogenic Diet and How It Helps Epilepsy. The ketogenic diet is a high fat, adequate protein, very low carbohydrate diet which is carefully and individually calculated for each person ... The ketogenic diet provides exogenous fats (fat from outside the body) for the body to burn, but limits the available carbohydrate so that ketone bodies build up. (Suite101.com)
5 Fat-Burning Myths Every Man Should Know Aug 29, 2009
When you start up on a very low carbohydrate diet such as Atkins or a Ketogenic diet, you enter into what is referred to as ketosis, where your body switches from running on carbohydrates as fuel to using a source called ketones. Many individuals believe that there is something special about being in ketosis that speeds up the rate of fat loss you experience. (Fox News)
An Apple A Day Keeps Kidney Stones Away: More Fruits And Veggies, Less Salt Prevents Stones From Forming Aug 15, 2009
(July 27, 2009) Children on the high-fat ketogenic diet to control epileptic seizures can prevent the excruciatingly painful kidney stones that the diet can sometimes cause if they take a daily supplement of. . (Science Daily)
Potassium Cuts Kidney Stones in Kids on "K" Diet Aug 8, 2009
"We can confidently say this is a safe and powerful way to prevent kidney stones, and it should become part of standard therapy in all ketogenic dieters," senior investigator Dr. Eric Kossoff, from Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore said in a prepared statement ... The ketogenic diet is used effectively in many children with epileptic seizures who do not respond to drug therapy ... In their study of 301 children treated for epilepsy with the ketogenic diet at Hopkins Children's, Kossoff... (MEDLINEplus)
Fresh Meats Often Contain Additives Harmful To Kidney Disease Patients Jul 25, 2009
(July 21, 2009) Children on the high-fat ketogenic diet to control epileptic seizures can prevent the excruciatingly painful kidney stones that the diet can sometimes cause if they take a daily supplement of. (July 3, 2008) Consistently maintaining certain blood levels of markers of bone metabolism and disease can prolong the lives of patients on hemodialysis, according to a new study. (Science Daily)
Daily potassium citrate wards off kidney stones in seizure patients on high-fat diet Jul 22, 2009
Children on the high-fat ketogenic diet to control epileptic seizures can prevent the excruciatingly painful kidney stones that the diet can sometimes cause if they take a daily supplement of potassium citrate the day they start the diet, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center ... "We can confidently say this is a safe and powerful way to prevent kidney stones, and it should become part of standard therapy in all ketogenic dieters, not just those who already show elevated... (EurekAlert!)
Innovative Surgical Technique Gives Hope To Patients Suffering From Refractory Epilepsy Jun 20, 2009
Strict adherence to a ketogenic diet high in fats and extremely low in carbohydrates is sometimes used to treat these. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Diet Of Whipping Cream, Butter, Vegetable Oil Can Help Control Epileptic Seizures In Many Children Apr 9, 2009
8, 2009) A new study by researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children s Hospital of Wisconsin has shown that the highly regimented ketogenic diet, a high-fat nutritional therapy used to limit seizures, requires long-term medical management and strong parental commitment to achieve both sufficient nutrition and improved seizure control in children ... Of these children who started on the ketogenic diet between 2002 and 2006, half had a greater than 90 percent reduction in seizure... (Science Daily)
Epilepsy: Modified Atkins Diet Redu... Mar 12, 2009
The Modified Atkins Diet shares similarities with the better-known Ketogenic diet for seizure disorders ... In 2004, Brooklyn was not improving when Koski heard about research at Johns Hopkins on the Modified Atkins Diet for epilepsy, "Our doctor heard it mentioned offhand at a seminar. We asked him if Brooklyn was a candidate for the Ketogenic Diet and he said, 'I've heard about some research using the Atkins Diet.'". (Suite101.com)
Low-Carb Diet Improves Type 2 Diabetes Control Feb 7, 2009
A very low carb diet causes the body to use protein to provide energy, which produces ketones, and it is therefore called a ketogenic diet ... They were assigned to a low carbohydrate (less than 20 grams per day) ketogenic diet or to low-glycemic reduced-calorie diet for 24-weeks ... Those on the low-carb ketogenic diet had no restrictions on their daily calorie intake. (MEDLINEplus)
